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Ladies & Gentlemen: Happy Fourth!
Larry Dighera wrote:
On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 14:45:37 GMT, john smith wrote in :: "Freedom's just another name for nothing left to give, and it ain't nothing if it ain't free!" Janis Joplin I don't know if you're trying to make a point, or if you just got it wrong, but the word 'give' in the quote above should have been 'lose' if it would be correctly attributed to Ms. Joplin. Uhh . . . no. The lyrics a "Freedom's just another WORD for nothin' left to lose. Nothin' ain't worth nothin' if it's free." The words were penned by Kris Kristofferson in "Me and Bobby McGee". www.Rosspilot.com |
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Montblack wrote: wrote) As for for flying, well, you can do the same thing in the most of continental Europe except the Great Lakes tour. The Grand Canyon flight might be tough "over there," too. g Montblack Not really. We have a Not-A-Very-Grand-Canyon. And a small Statue of Liberty. :-) Kees. |
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Ladies & Gentlemen: Happy Fourth!
As for for flying, well, you can do the same thing in the most of
continental Europe except the Great Lakes tour. It is a bit more costly though. Now tell me, where can you land in five different countries in five hours flying time with somthing as slow as a C150 without the need of filling out a single piece of paper(not counting aircraft log). This is intriguing, as Mary and I have been discussing visiting Europe one of these years. I would MUCH prefer flying myself around Europe, but have been dissuaded from the notion by many people who have inferred that it is quite impossible. Please fill me in: What would I, as an American pilot, have to do to, say, rent a plane in England, fly it to France, Belgium, Austria, Germany, and back to England? -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Ladies & Gentlemen: Happy Fourth!
"Jay Honeck" wrote This is intriguing, as Mary and I have been discussing visiting Europe one of these years. I would MUCH prefer flying myself around Europe, but have been dissuaded from the notion by many people who have inferred that it is quite impossible. Please fill me in: What would I, as an American pilot, have to do to, say, rent a plane in England, fly it to France, Belgium, Austria, Germany, and back to England? As much as I know you love to fly, unless you have a very big block of time (to take VFR delays into consideration) I wouldn't recommend it. It is impossible to beat an unlimited 30 day Eurorail pass. You get to go whenever you want, it is quick and on time, night or day, and it seems there is always a train to get you where you want to go. I could see getting 1/2 the things seen, flying vs. train-ing. Go over and rent a plane for a day here and there, when something demands a view from the air. Just my opinion, mind-ya. g -- Jim in NC PS This is a different machine that I'm posting from. I think my hard disk just croaked! :-( Anyone? What does it mean, when it tries to boot, and the hard drive starts right away, and sounds like it is scanning the same sector, continuously. CD will not eject, same if it is unplugged, or attempted to shut down with the power switch, (which it will not do) to recycle it. It is an older E-machine, running XP. Any guesses? |
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Ladies & Gentlemen: Happy Fourth!
Jay Honeck wrote: As for for flying, well, you can do the same thing in the most of continental Europe except the Great Lakes tour. It is a bit more costly though. Now tell me, where can you land in five different countries in five hours flying time with somthing as slow as a C150 without the need of filling out a single piece of paper(not counting aircraft log). This is intriguing, as Mary and I have been discussing visiting Europe one of these years. I would MUCH prefer flying myself around Europe, but have been dissuaded from the notion by many people who have inferred that it is quite impossible. Please fill me in: What would I, as an American pilot, have to do to, say, rent a plane in England, fly it to France, Belgium, Austria, Germany, and back to England? -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" Hi Jay, For an American pilot there are two options. 1- Try to find an N-reg for rent, then you have all the priveleges as in the US on your license. Problems, just one, finding that N-reg. 2- In of the JAA countries you can fly their aircraft on a FAA license but with restrictions. I found this piece of text on the AOPA-NL website: Flying with a FAA PPL on Dutch PH-aircraft A pilot with a foreign licence, in accordance with ICAO Annex 1, can fly, without validation, private flights, provided that: a. he has no permanent home address in The Netherlands b. flights are VFR in aircraft certified for one pilot and possible restrictions for VFR-operations in his licence are met. Other countries may have similar rules, I think you better contact AOPA about this. Or ask around on the Net. Now, flying over here. The air behaves the same, planes behave the same, compasses work here too and clocks still show the time in hrs:min:sec and not some metric equivalent, so those problems are covered. All other things can be dealt with by three simple things: Preflight, Preflight and Preflight. The first few foreign flights will give you a few mild headaches( I had them) but as soon as you know how it works it is not that difficult. Oh, and be sure your cell phone works here. Good luck, Kees. |
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Ladies & Gentlemen: Happy Fourth!
"Morgans" wrote in message
... [...] PS This is a different machine that I'm posting from. I think my hard disk just croaked! :-( Anyone? What does it mean, when it tries to boot, and the hard drive starts right away, and sounds like it is scanning the same sector, continuously. Yup...that's probably a dead drive. If you haven't had it powered on for too long in that state, it's possible a drive recovery service can get your data back for you, but even in a simple case that kind of thing costs a fortune ($1000 is the low end). Hopefully, you've got your important stuff backed up and don't need anything like that. The only odd part is that you say that your CD won't eject either (at least when things are powered-up). I'm not used to optical drives caring whether or not there's even a hard disk around, never mind what state it's in, in order to obey the eject button on the front of the drive. That said, if you've got a CD stuck in there, you can probably get it out without turning the PC back on. Most optical drives (and many other kinds of removeable media drives, for that matter, like floppy drives) have a small hole on their front. A paper-clip or similar sized object poked through the hole will push on a lever that opens the drive so you can get your disc out. Why you can't eject the disc with the power on I don't know. Maybe some funny business with the IDE controller that E-Machines put into that PC or something like that. If you expect to have to get data off the failed drive, ejecting the disc with the power off is better anyway though (unless you are willing to open up the PC case and unplug the power to the hard drive altogether, so that the hard drive doesn't power up when the PC power is turned on). Pete |
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Ladies & Gentlemen: Happy Fourth!
Jay Honeck wrote:
As for for flying, well, you can do the same thing in the most of continental Europe except the Great Lakes tour. It is a bit more costly though. Now tell me, where can you land in five different countries in five hours flying time with somthing as slow as a C150 without the need of filling out a single piece of paper(not counting aircraft log). This is intriguing, as Mary and I have been discussing visiting Europe one of these years. I would MUCH prefer flying myself around Europe, but have been dissuaded from the notion by many people who have inferred that it is quite impossible. Please fill me in: What would I, as an American pilot, have to do to, say, rent a plane in England, fly it to France, Belgium, Austria, Germany, and back to England? You would have to own your own oil well. Matt |
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Ladies & Gentlemen: Happy Fourth!
"Matt Whiting" wrote in message ... Jay Honeck wrote: As for for flying, well, you can do the same thing in the most of continental Europe except the Great Lakes tour. It is a bit more costly though. Now tell me, where can you land in five different countries in five hours flying time with somthing as slow as a C150 without the need of filling out a single piece of paper(not counting aircraft log). This is intriguing, as Mary and I have been discussing visiting Europe one of these years. I would MUCH prefer flying myself around Europe, but have been dissuaded from the notion by many people who have inferred that it is quite impossible. Please fill me in: What would I, as an American pilot, have to do to, say, rent a plane in England, fly it to France, Belgium, Austria, Germany, and back to England? You would have to own your own oil well. Matt Maybe he got one of those that was stolen from Iraq |
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Ladies & Gentlemen: Happy Fourth!
In article . com,
"Jay Honeck" wrote: Please fill me in: What would I, as an American pilot, have to do to, say, rent a plane in England, fly it to France, Belgium, Austria, Germany, and back to England? Something none of the other followup threads have mentioned is "lots of Euros!!!" Everything is going to cost you alot more; aircraft rental, fuel, oil, facilities fees, EuroControl, etc. Add to that the poor exchange rate of the dollar to Euros. Would some of you Continental RAPer's please post some prices/costs associated with the above items for reference? |
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