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Brrrrrrrrrr.... cold here this morning... I had to run up to the airport at
5:00am and help a guy load up the Archer so he could take it today... balmy -8 this morning! Thank god the hanger is heated and it cranked right up but I sent along an extension cord and a set of jumper cables just in case. -- Jim Burns III Remove "nospam" to reply "G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message ... Jay Honeck wrote: I'm tellin' ya, the very best flying is in winter! Easy for you to say - *your* plane has a decent heater. George Patterson Great discoveries are not announced with "Eureka!". What's usually said is "Hummmmm... That's interesting...." |
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Jay Honeck wrote:
I'm tellin' ya, the very best flying is in winter! G.R. Patterson III wrote: Easy for you to say - *your* plane has a decent heater. What's a heater? Eric (1945 Champ) |
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"Jim" wrote in message ... Brrrrrrrrrr.... cold here this morning... I had to run up to the airport at 5:00am and help a guy load up the Archer so he could take it today... balmy -8 this morning! Thank god the hanger is heated and it cranked right up but I sent along an extension cord and a set of jumper cables just in case. -- Jim Burns III Cripes! Where are you located at? -- Jim in NC |
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I'm tellin' ya, the very best flying is in winter!
Easy for you to say - *your* plane has a decent heater. Maules don't, I take it? -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Jay Honeck wrote: I'm tellin' ya, the very best flying is in winter! Easy for you to say - *your* plane has a decent heater. Maules don't, I take it? The 160 hp models, at least, have lousy heat. If the temp is below freezing, I wear insulated boots, hunting bibs, my usual leather coat, and deerskin gloves. With all that on, it's a real exercise getting the flaps into the -7 degree notch. George Patterson Great discoveries are not announced with "Eureka!". What's usually said is "Hummmmm... That's interesting...." |
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On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 04:57:14 +0000, Jay Honeck wrote:
I'm tellin' ya, the very best flying is in winter! I went out to the airport today so I might be able to fly. The problem was I couldn't find the runway... We had enough snow that there was no difference between the ground and the runway, it was all white and smooth, but you could see every so often a light sticking up through the snow, but not many of them. I agree flying in the Winter is nice, but dang, I couldn't find the blasted runway today. Our airport isn't known for plowing after a snow, I had 8 inches on the ramp in front of the hangar, and I bet it'll be there a week from now if it doesn't warm up. |
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Matthew P. Cummings wrote:
I agree flying in the Winter is nice, but dang, I couldn't find the blasted runway today. Our airport isn't known for plowing after a snow, I had 8 inches on the ramp in front of the hangar, and I bet it'll be there a week from now if it doesn't warm up. Perhaps it would be good to rephrase: winter flying in and out of busy, well-maintained airports is great. I fly out of a busy class C (which would be a class B in the U.S.), and even with an outside tiedown out on the grass in the sleepy GA north field, I didn't have to shovel my plane out once last winter (in Ottawa, Canada). The big problem is that there are fewer places to fly to -- many of the friendly little country grass strips just shrivel up and die until the ground dries out after the spring thaw, so you're limited to bigger airports, mainly those with scheduled air service or at least moderate-to-heavy G.A. use. As a side note, when I did my primary flight training, my instructor mentioned that the most likely real-life use for the whole precautionary-landing technique was checking for snow and ice on a runway (I also use it for unmonitored grass strips, of course). All the best, David |
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I'm tellin' ya, the very best flying is in winter!
I went out to the airport today so I might be able to fly. The problem was I couldn't find the runway... We had enough snow that there was no difference between the ground and the runway, it was all white and smooth, but you could see every so often a light sticking up through the snow, but not many of them. Jeez, where do you fly out of again, Matt? I'd be on your airport manager/FBO like stink on you-know-what about that kind of crap. Even our airport, with all of its budget-cutting and lack of maintenance, is scrupulous about snow plowing. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Central Wisconsin. Fellow needed to rent the Archer so he could go further
north (colder) and sit outside in a tent all day while doing telephone line repair.... talk about a cold job! -- Jim Burns III Remove "nospam" to reply |
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That's what I thought! Man, you need to lean on 'em, hard.
-- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" "Jim" wrote in message ... Central Wisconsin. Fellow needed to rent the Archer so he could go further north (colder) and sit outside in a tent all day while doing telephone line repair.... talk about a cold job! -- Jim Burns III Remove "nospam" to reply |
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