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RST Engineering wrote:
The SR-71 required the pilot to wear what was, in essence, a space suit. THe implication was that anybody that stays in the Blackbird Suite has to wear a space suit while staying in that suite. That would make certain maneuvers ... interesting to work out. With IOW under 700' MSL, it won't get you in the mile high club anways... |
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I taught a very small part of stew school for the airlines. I remember
during coffee break somebody explaining the mile high club to this newhire trainee ... and she asked how high the XYZ motel was in Idyllwild. Jim "Darrel Toepfer" wrote in message news With IOW under 700' MSL, it won't get you in the mile high club anways... |
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On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 14:10:16 -0700, "RST Engineering"
wrote in :: she asked how high the XYZ motel was in Idyllwild It looks like she was a ground crew member of the Mile High Club: http://www.idyllwildchamber.com/ Elevation: Idyllwild is about 5,300 feet above sea level. Nearby communities range from 5,300 feet to 6,500 feet. You should have sent her he http://www.milehighclub.com/ And pinned these on here lapel: http://www.bushwings.com/frontpag.html :-) |
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"RST Engineering" wrote: The SR-71 required the pilot to wear what was, in essence, a space suit. ok, I feel appropriately slow... -- Bob Noel no one likes an educated mule |
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Um, this was back in the '60s, when such things weren't widely advertised.
Besides, I was a 20 year old college junior with a brand new fiancee and didn't want to rock the boat... Besides, she wasn't all that hot... Jim "Larry Dighera" wrote in message ... On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 14:10:16 -0700, "RST Engineering" wrote in :: she asked how high the XYZ motel was in Idyllwild It looks like she was a ground crew member of the Mile High Club: http://www.idyllwildchamber.com/ Elevation: Idyllwild is about 5,300 feet above sea level. Nearby communities range from 5,300 feet to 6,500 feet. You should have sent her he http://www.milehighclub.com/ And pinned these on here lapel: http://www.bushwings.com/frontpag.html :-) |
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Just wait till our Apollo Suite is done.
What number? 13? "Houston, we have a problem. Send room service with some Viagra." -- Jim in NC |
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Darrel Toepfer wrote:
With IOW under 700' MSL, it won't get you in the mile high club anways... The "Mile-High" Club is probably one of those more difficult clubs for GA pilots to get into given the space available in most GA a/c... In the 150 that I fly, I barely feel like I fit! g Chris (No, I'm not THAT fat.... |
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The "Mile-High" Club is probably one of those more difficult clubs for
GA pilots to get into given the space available in most GA a/c... In the 150 that I fly, I barely feel like I fit! g I've checked this out rather extensively, and (it appears to me, anyway) that nothing less than a Cherokee Six will do. At least when you're in your 40s, and "flexibility" ain't your middle name anymore... -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Chris G. nospam@noemail wrote:
Darrel Toepfer wrote: With IOW under 700' MSL, it won't get you in the mile high club anways... The "Mile-High" Club is probably one of those more difficult clubs for GA pilots to get into given the space available in most GA a/c... In the 150 that I fly, I barely feel like I fit! g My Cessna-206... with the 4 rear seats removed is "just the thing"... just enough room for a quilt, pillows... and a curtain behind the pilot so no one is distracted. :-) Best regards, Jer/ "Flight instruction and mountain flying are my vocation!" Eberhard -- Jer/ (Slash) Eberhard, Mountain Flying Aviation, LTD, Ft Collins, CO CELL 970 231-6325 EMAIL jer'at'frii.com WEB http://users.frii.com/jer/ C-206 N9513G, CFII Airplane&Glider, FAA-DEN Aviation Safety Counselor CAP-CO Mission&Aircraft CheckPilot, BM218 HAM N0FZD, 228 Young Eagles! |
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My Cessna-206... with the 4 rear seats removed is "just the thing"...
just enough room for a quilt, pillows... and a curtain behind the pilot so no one is distracted. :-) Dang, Jer -- bring it to the inn, and we'll advertise it as a "weekend special" or sumpin'... ;-) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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