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On 15 May 2007 21:01:54 -0700, Jay Honeck wrote:
You guys kill me. There are whole forests here, and lakes, and big (well, okay, not that big) hills, and some pretty nice river valleys. Yeah, but if you shaved your back, that'd cut the acreage by about 50%. :-) Ron Wanttaja |
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"Margy Natalie" wrote Damned, all I did when I discovered I had NO IDEA what Jay's tail number was and I'd left the papers I'd carefully prepared at home, was to call the hotel and talk the person at the desk out of Jay's cell phone number. Now, if I'd only put that in the memory, I'd be ok! Yep, and you could just have punched Jay's tail number into your phone's memory, too. But that would be too easy. No scraps of paper to lose, that way! g -- Jim in NC |
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Richard Riley wrote:
On Wed, 16 May 2007 04:28:20 GMT, Michelle P wrote: RST Engineering wrote: Forest? How do you set 50,000 acres of corn on fire? Jim "Michelle P" wrote in message rthlink.net... Jay, Love to come, can't unless you have a really large forest fire near by. Michelle Not sure but I can consult with the controlled burn folks and get back to you ;-) Michelle Michelle P, totally off topic, I heard that Gov. Swartzenegger ordered the forrest servcie to contract the DC-10 tanker. Do you know if it saw any action in Catalena? He can order the DC-10 for the CDF Calif dept of Forestry. The US Forest service refuses to use it. It cannot spot dump. It is only good for laying in long, long retardant lines. The plane is not that maneuverable as well. No something we do often and it is very very expensive to run. about $30,000/ hr. Michelle |
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What are you guys using for dumpers, Stoots or Stoofs? The two here at
Grass Valley were the first two S2Ts in California and they have just been absolute workhorses. You flying the dumpers or the spotter? Jim He can order the DC-10 for the CDF Calif dept of Forestry. The US Forest service refuses to use it. It cannot spot dump. It is only good for laying in long, long retardant lines. The plane is not that maneuverable as well. No something we do often and it is very very expensive to run. about $30,000/ hr. Michelle |
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RST Engineering wrote:
What are you guys using for dumpers, Stoots or Stoofs? The two here at Grass Valley were the first two S2Ts in California and they have just been absolute workhorses. You flying the dumpers or the spotter? Jim He can order the DC-10 for the CDF Calif dept of Forestry. The US Forest service refuses to use it. It cannot spot dump. It is only good for laying in long, long retardant lines. The plane is not that maneuverable as well. No something we do often and it is very very expensive to run. about $30,000/ hr. Michelle The Forest Service uses P2V-7s and P-3s from private contractors. BT-3s (DC-3s converted to Turbo props) and Sherpas for jump planes. King Air C-90s for Lead Planes, King Airs, Sky Masters, 310s, Queen Airs, and anything else for Air Attack. I fly Air Attack.. This are the spotter/command platform. Michelle |
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Hey...popcorn!!!
Jim Burns wrote: You'd need napalm... lots of napalm, especially in July! I thought there was a forest fire up near Duluth, MN... is that close enough? Jim Burns "RST Engineering" wrote in message ... Forest? How do you set 50,000 acres of corn on fire? Jim "Michelle P" wrote in message link.net... Jay, Love to come, can't unless you have a really large forest fire near by. Michelle |
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Hey...popcorn!!!
For a while I thought we'd have popcorn -- or at least a widespread fire -- here in Iowa. However, after a week of high wind, low humidity and high temps, the rains finally came and made everything that beautiful "spring" shade of green once again. I'm looking out my patio as I type this, and the greens are so intense, it almost hurts. It sure does a soul good, after seeing nothing but gray, black, and white from December through March. There is simply no place I'd rather be than Iowa in the springtime. God almighty, it is gorgeous... -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Jay Honeck wrote:
Hey...popcorn!!! For a while I thought we'd have popcorn -- or at least a widespread fire -- here in Iowa. However, after a week of high wind, low humidity and high temps, the rains finally came and made everything that beautiful "spring" shade of green once again. I'm looking out my patio as I type this, and the greens are so intense, it almost hurts. It sure does a soul good, after seeing nothing but gray, black, and white from December through March. There is simply no place I'd rather be than Iowa in the springtime. God almighty, it is gorgeous... Remember that next month when it's 90 degrees and 90 percent humidity... in between the thunderstorms :-) - John (soon to be ex-Iowan) Ousterhout - |
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Remember that next month when it's 90 degrees and 90 percent humidity...
in between the thunderstorms :-) Funny you should mention T-storms. We have not had a single (not one!) instance of severe weather here this spring. Not even a tornado "watch", let alone warning. Very, very, VERY unusual for Iowa in springtime. (Remember last May, and the tornado that scrambled Iowa City?) We're getting kind of an "all-day-rain" today, which we sorely needed, but the weather has really been perfect all spring. Personally, I don't mind flying in summertime thunderstorms, because they are usually widely scattered and easy to circumnavigate. It's the big frontal boundaries (like we're seeing today) that screw up lots of stuff. (Just took a cancellation a few minutes ago from a pilot in Allentown, PA, thanks to this stupid front...) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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