So where you flying for Turkey Day?

Jay Honeck wrote:
We're supposedly heading for Lansing, MI, so spend a few days with my
sister. Given the wonderful weather on the lee-side of Lake Michigan at
this time of year, our fall-back trip is to Minneapolis, to visit Mr. and
Mrs. Montblack for a day or two.

If the weather *really* sucks, we'll hole up in the house and eat turkey
till we pop.

Anyone going anywhere cool?
Airplane is in annual. Funny how that comes around once a year. I be
driving to NW Arkansas to be with my children and grandchildren. Hopw to
finish up next week. We are just going to take our time on this one.

Ya'll have a great Thanksgiving.

--
Regards,

Ross
C-172F 180 hp
KSWI

Not going anywhere on T'day; got the in-laws coming in. Gonna relax and
certainly overeat I will probably take the folks skyward on Friday for
some aerial sightseeing. They have yet to fly with me and Friday's
forecast looks to be decent. Hope all the turkey and trimmings don't
screw up my W & B. We'll all be a few pounds heavier.

Not going anywhere on T'day; got the in-laws coming in. Gonna relax and
certainly overeat I will probably take the folks skyward on Friday for
some aerial sightseeing. They have yet to fly with me and Friday's
forecast looks to be decent.

I was never able to take my Dad flying, but I will always relish the memory
of my Mom's first flight.

We took off in a clapped-out rental Cherokee 140, on a hot summer's day --
and the door popped open right after rotation! The wind was sucking her
hair out the door, and you could see that she was concerned, but -- after
landing and having the FBO adjust the latch so it would stay shut -- she
happily got back in that plane for a re-launch.

She arrived in her home town, Fond du Lac, WI, like the Queen of Sheba.
Many of her childhood relatives and friends met us at the airport, and she
spent the afternoon basking in the glow of admiration for her having a
"pilot son."

Me, too...!

:-)

I hope your first flight with your folks is as memorable!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

We took off in a clapped-out rental Cherokee 140, on a hot summer's day --
and the door popped open right after rotation!

You too? I took my mom and dad to visit my sister - Teterboro to
Ithaca. It was their first flight with me, and I had just gotten my
instrument rating, so I filed IFR for practice though the day was
brilliant VFR. We get into the plane, and I pull out my checklist and
her first thought is "my god, doesn't he know how to fly this thing - he
needs the instructions???". We get our clearance, taxi to the runway
and await our takeoff clearance. And wait. And wait. Half an hour
later with the motor cranking the hobbs I finally shut the engine down -
might as well not pay for waiting for a line of jets to land all day.
Right then the tower says that if we're ready we are cleared for
immediate takeoff. Well, uh... not really. I start up again, and wait,
and wait... an hour on the hobbs before we're cleared for takeoff.

It had gotten quite warm in the cockpit, and my mom had opened the door.
I didn't catch this, and as we're climbing out I notice that it's hard
to talk on the radio. Also, there's a breeze coming from somewhere. My
mom notices the sky showing where the door should be closed, and my dad
(in the back) holds on to her to keep her from being sucked out like
from a jet plane. Knowing that the open door is not a hazard, but
distraction by it is, I just tell my mom "don't worry, just open the
door and close it again." We try a few times, no dice, so we landed at
Caldwell, shut the door, and continued on.

There was a forty knot headwind, and my mom noticed the same lake was in
the same position for a long time. We're not moving! We're going to
fall out of the sky!. Well, we don't, and eventually make it to Ithaca
with no further incident, and have a great visit with my sister.

That was door day. The car we got picked up in had the door fall off.
There was a problem with the door in the building she was living in (I
forgot what the problem was), and there were a few other things that had
to do with doors that day.

Both she and my dad continued to fly with me.

Jose
--
He who laughs, lasts.
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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We're supposedly heading for Lansing, MI, so spend a few days with my
sister. Given the wonderful weather on the lee-side of Lake Michigan at
this time of year, our fall-back trip is to Minneapolis, to visit Mr. and
Mrs. Montblack for a day or two.

If the weather *really* sucks, we'll hole up in the house and eat turkey
till we pop.

Anyone going anywhere cool?

Thinking about going to NYC for the parade. Always wanted to see it, never
have. Now I can share the trip with our 5 year old son.

Anyone going anywhere cool?

Thinking about going to NYC for the parade. Always wanted to see it,
never have. Now I can share the trip with our 5 year old son.

Wow, not THERE is a cool place to go!

Where would you land in order to get close to the parade route?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

KTEB.

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:vO9gf.566387$_o.300064@attbi_s71...
Anyone going anywhere cool?

Thinking about going to NYC for the parade. Always wanted to see it,
never have. Now I can share the trip with our 5 year old son.

Wow, not THERE is a cool place to go!

Where would you land in order to get close to the parade route?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:
Anyone going anywhere cool?

Lake Powell houseboat "Wildwind II". :-)
FNL (Fort Collins - Loveland, Colorado, north of Denver)
- U07 (Bullfrog Basin, Glen Canyon Nat'l Recreation Area)
- FNL

Out on Wed, back 1/2 way on Sunday, weathered into Glenwood Springs
(GWS) due to clouds east of GWS. Spent Sunday evening at the
"World's Largest Outdoor Hot Springs". Launched too early, at 9AM,
could not get across Hagerman Pass to Leadville, Colorado. Launched
again at noon, flew west and south across Grand Mesa, to Montrose,
then 10 miles south of Gunnison VOR, then over to Gunnison, then
northeast to Cottonwood Pass, across Buena Vista, Kenosha Pass, west
of the DEN Class B and back home to FNL.

FUN! Planning on going again next Thanksgiving. You are invited!

Best regards,

Jer/ "Flight instruction/mountain flying are my vocation!" Eberhard

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Jer/ (Slash) Eberhard, Mountain Flying Aviation, LTD, Ft Collins, CO
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