So...What did Santa Bring you?

Cherish the time you have with your loved ones.

I'm sorry for your loss, Hai. The holidays are a bad time for such
things. (Not that there is a good time...)

I echo your thoughts about GA as a wonderful "time machine" for seeing
more of family and friends. Were it not for our old Warrior, I would
never have been able to spend as much time with my Mom when she was
dying.

And we just returned from an over-night flight to Wisconsin to attend
Mary's family Xmas celebration. Atlas saved us from an 11-hour
round-trip drive, in exchange for a 3-hour round-trip flight.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

("Jay Honeck" wrote)
How 'bout you? Whad'ja find in *your* Christmas stocking?


1. Socks ...in my stocking

2. Sears Craftsman bottle opener
http://images.nearbynow.com/products/sears/6f/00036d6f_lg.jpg

3. The Enya Collection CD - Sounds of the Season

4. Frank Sinatra CD - The Christmas Collection

5. Some small misc. items ---- Chap Stick, etc.

My sister, in Colorado, sent us their (hubby and daughter's) new CD.

Choose: Play All Songs (2 minutes/song)
http://cdbaby.com/cd/martianacres2/from/bonda6974
Martian Acres - From Waltz to War

(NAC) Necessary Aviation Content
We received a (very cool) faded 'farm green' bird house, made from an old,
old, old paint can. An attached life-size 'metal sculpted' oak leaf adds to
the artsy (rustic) charm of the ......chick hangar.


Mont ..."Home Alone" (1990)
(Black has been in balmy Minot, ND for the week)

Aviation related:

- Bose headphones
- "Earth From Above" by Yenn Arthus-Bertrand

Marc


"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ups.com...
Ho! Ho! Ho! I'll start -- Santa was good to us this year! He brought
us...

- Rod Machado's DVD "Aviation Humor", Part I
- Microsoft Flight Simulator X Pro for the Kiwi
- Some more screwdrivers, pliers, and cordless driver bits for my son
to lose

Nothing specific for Atlas this year, but we just did the 496 panel
dock/XM radio thing, and had to buy a new "Mighty Grape" fuel truck --
so that's enough of an aviation upgrade for our Christmas season...

How 'bout you? Whad'ja find in *your* Christmas stocking?

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

2. Sears Craftsman bottle opener
http://images.nearbynow.com/products/sears/6f/00036d6f_lg.jpg

Now THAT is cool. You're not going to break THAT bottle opener any
time soon!

(Does it come with a lifetime replacement guarantee?)

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

In article . com,
Jay Honeck wrote:

How 'bout you? Whad'ja find in *your* Christmas stocking?


A little late, but Santa gave me a 1979 Citroen GS to restore

http://www.nn.cl/Autos/Gs/


--
Eduardo K. | Darwin pone las reglas.
http://www.carfun.cl | Murphy, la oportunidad.
http://e.nn.cl |
| Yo.

I got a Logitech extreme 3D Pro joystick for Flight Sim so I can...
Lemme know how ya like it...

I like it. However, it is clearly a right-handed joystick, and I fly
with my left hand, so many of the buttons are on the wrong side, and the
fist support is ineffective. It would be nice if they made it more
ambidextrous (and it wouldn't be all that hard either) but they didn't.

One nice feature (of the driver) is that you can program any button for
an entire sequence of commands, or to cycle through commands (a
different command on every press). I set the trigger up for the radios
using that feature.

It has a stronger spring than the other joystick and I'm still getting
used to that, but it operates smoothly. Once I got used to the twist
yoke that was nice too (though my ball still bobbles).

This joystick has a more solid base, so I can't just use it in my lap
like the other stick I had. However, I managed to figure out an easy
temporary way to set it up near my computer (one clamp, and move the
keyboard) and that works well.

Jose
--
He who laughs, lasts.
for Email, make the obvious change in the address.

Jay Honeck wrote:
Cherish the time you have with your loved ones.

Yes, make every day count.


I'm sorry for your loss, Hai. The holidays are a bad time for such
things. (Not that there is a good time...)

I'll second this one. My condolences Hai...and our prayers to you and
your family. Times like this are difficult and it seems that only time
helps...but even then only so much as we are faced with the loss of
someone that can't be replaced.

I echo your thoughts about GA as a wonderful "time machine" for seeing
more of family and friends. Were it not for our old Warrior, I would
never have been able to spend as much time with my Mom when she was
dying.

An excellent point Jay. I was able to take my Dad flying on the 24th
and it was great. The airport restaurant had closed early but that
didn't matter. We just took off and around 1000 AGL, I gave him the
airplane as we buzzed around the local lake. It was amazing to watch
him return to his element and do a great job of maintaining altitude and
keeping the ball centered as we tooled around. I even had him fly
vectors for a practice ILS approach.


--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-Instrument Airplane

"To become a Jedi knight, you must master a single force. To become
a private pilot you must strive to master four of them"
- Rod Machado

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Jay Honeck wrote:
2. Sears Craftsman bottle opener
http://images.nearbynow.com/products/sears/6f/00036d6f_lg.jpg

Now THAT is cool. You're not going to break THAT bottle opener any
time soon!

(Does it come with a lifetime replacement guarantee?)


I think it needs to be permanently attached to whatever version of PMC
makes it to OSH '07.


--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-Instrument Airplane

"To become a Jedi knight, you must master a single force. To become
a private pilot you must strive to master four of them"
- Rod Machado

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"Jose" wrote

This joystick has a more solid base, so I can't just use it in my lap like
the other stick I had. However, I managed to figure out an easy temporary
way to set it up near my computer (one clamp, and move the keyboard) and
that works well.

Try mounting it on a piece of wood, say 10" x 18", with a pedestal about 8"
high, just big enough to mount the base on, and put a couple clamps of some
design to hold the base firmly on the pedestal.

That should let you sit on it with your legs, and have it high enough to be
about the same height as a normal stick. Put a little padding on the
plywood, if you need more comfort.
--
Jim in NC

Try mounting it on a piece of wood, say 10" x 18", with a pedestal about 8"
high, just big enough to mount the base on, and put a couple clamps of some
design to hold the base firmly on the pedestal.

That should let you sit on it with your legs, and have it high enough to be
about the same height as a normal stick. Put a little padding on the
plywood, if you need more comfort.

Good idea, but I already have a satisfactory solution. I have a piece
of plywood that my keyboard sits on, on top of another piece of plywood
for the (large) monitor. When I want to use the joystick, I just remove
the keyboard, and clamp the plywood pieces together (further out, which
is why I need the clamp) and put the joystick on the plywood. It stays
fine.

Jose
--
He who laughs, lasts.
for Email, make the obvious change in the address.