Best place to live and fly?

"David Dyer-Bennet" wrote in message
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"Montblack" writes:

Downside: You can't go sit up on your roof for a week, after a tornado
rips through your town. No roof!

It may take the roofs off half a dozen or so houses. If yours is
gone, you can generally go sit on your neighbor's roof.

....and drink beer.

On 2006-05-10, john smith wrote:
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Dylan Smith wrote:

Personally, I also need humidity -
my lips dry out horribly if I spend more than 4 or 5 days in the dryer
parts of the US

Chapped lips are the result of dehydration, not humidity.

I must have been dehydrating fast then. I drank what seemed like gallons
of water all the time, and pretty much always had a water bottle handy.

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Dylan Smith wrote:

On 2006-05-10, john smith wrote:
In article ,
Dylan Smith wrote:

Personally, I also need humidity -
my lips dry out horribly if I spend more than 4 or 5 days in the dryer
parts of the US

Chapped lips are the result of dehydration, not humidity.

I must have been dehydrating fast then. I drank what seemed like gallons
of water all the time, and pretty much always had a water bottle handy.

Does this senario fit the bill...
You flew on an airliner from Europe for at least eight hours prior to
arriving in the dryer climes. During that time on the aircraft you drank
less than one liter per hour of water. Hence you arrived dehydrated and
the chapping had already begun. It then takes several days of good
hydration for your lips to recover.

OH, I definitely meant the good kind of noise.... the Waco is my
favorite though I equally enjoy the Apache that just joined us. Even
the local news chopper is nice to these ears. Nothing like lit grass
with JetA.

BTW, regarding GE - my home and hangar are right at the midfield turnoff
- that line that intersects the airstrip is a gas line easement - I'm up
against that. The house and lot 4 properties to the SE I understand is
on the market. No hangar but should would be nice to have someone come
in and build one.

Montblack wrote:
("Maule Driver" wrote)

But the nicest place to live and fly is a Lake Ridge Aero Park - 8NC8
in Durham NC. There's even a home on the runway for sale.... for no
more than a home anywhere else though it's a bit noisy.



Noisy because of the highway? Or the good kind of noisy? :-)

The Great Lakes are a bit different though: thanks to the relatively
warm (especially for our latitude) waters, despite being further north
than the entire lower 48 states, we can grow many species of palm here
- I just planted some Washingtonia filifera (i.e. California fan palm)
in my back garden (it won't grow as tall as it does in California
though). It seldom freezes here, and if it snows, it melts within about 2
hours. The summers are mild - rarely getting higher than the mid 70s
which is an extremely pleasant temperature, I think.

Yep, that's a far cry from the Great Lakes. I remember as a boy when
Lake Michigan would freeze all the way across. Every now and then some
moron would try to hike out there, and get stuck on an ice floe.

I always wondered how many tried that and DIDN'T get any notice, when
they simply disappeared.

I don't think it's come to freezed across in many years now. But it's
still mighty cold and damp.

Personally, I like it warmer than the 70s in the summer. Upper 80s is
'bout perfect for a day at poolside -- but you can keep the humidity.
I just can't stand sweating that much!
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On 2006-05-11, john smith wrote:
Does this senario fit the bill...
You flew on an airliner from Europe for at least eight hours prior to
arriving in the dryer climes.

No - flew from California in a Piper TriPacer on one instance, from
Houston in a Cessna 182 in another instance, and on SouthWest from
Houston on a couple of instances.

I don't remember how much I drank on the planes (GA or otherwise), but I
usually fly with LOTS of water if I'm going over sparsely populated/arid
areas in a light plane - just in case the fan stops (and usually have
some handy). Generally, I don't drink sodas. I don't doubt what you say,
but it seems that I drink gallons when I'm out west but still suffer.

Incidentally, BA are pretty good at making sure there's always water
available on their transatlantic flights.

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("Grumman-581" wrote)
Damn, time to get the tar and feather out... Is there a railroad nearby?


From what I'm reading, you might have a handy substitute for tar available
at most any Texas BBQ. g

Me? I'll have some more of that smoked Walleye.


BBQ Lutefisk? ;-)

http://www.airnav.com/airport/KMDZ

of course the best airport to fly is the closest one.

it's not like us non-pilot enthusiasts wander around looking at airports

but http://www.airnav.com/airport/KAUW is definitely for airplane nuts.
bunch of model airplanes hanging from the ceiling of the lobby


"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com...
I vote for Iowa City!

This just in:

"'Kiplinger's Personal Finance' ranked Iowa City 10th in its top 50
'Smart Places to Live' list. The rankings are based on cost of living,
homes, crime, health care, climate, environment and education."

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

("Tater Schuld" wrote)
but http://www.airnav.com/airport/KAUW is definitely for airplane nuts.
bunch of model airplanes hanging from the ceiling of the lobby


http://www.airnav.com/airport/KEKO
Elko Nevada, too.

http://www.airnav.com/airport/KENV
Wendover, Utah has a (FREE) very well done museum in the FBO. The field is a
GIANT museum piece, too. g

[Upcoming Wendover Trip]
We're on the, "sorry full," waiting list for a June [$99/person RT + three
nights + no extra taxes or fees + ride to hotel ...EVERYTHING] flight into
Wendover Airport - on the Nevada state line.

We could do the flight out of MSP or Eau Claire, WI for $199 per person, but
that's just not as fun as getting it for $99 - even if we have to drive to
Sioux City, Iowa or Sioux Falls, South Dakota to get it ....300 miles [+-]
to either city.

Sounds like a lot of driving but MSP would kill almost 2 hours anyway. Small
town ...land, get in car, drive home. Parking might even be free at FSD and
SUX!! Money we'd save driving and flying out of SUX would go toward a rental
car on the other end. We'd drive over to Salt Lake City this trip. :-)

http://max.peppermillwendover.com/maxaire.htm
(Map + prices ...I hate playful websites!!!) Sioux Falls, South Dakota and
Sioux City, Iowa are very near the SW corner of Minnesota. Map is
misleading.

Flying into Wendover Utah/Nevada is very much like landing on the Bonneville
Salt Flats - ocean of white, with a runway on it. "The World's Fastest
Indian" BSF speed course is on the other side of the freeway from the
airport/WWII airbase.

http://www.mnhs.org/places/sites/lh/...lindbergh.html
Lindbergh on a homemade raft on the Mississippi River near his boyhood home
in Little Falls, MN, about 1912.

MSP - Minneapolis/St Paul (Lindbergh Terminal) has a replica of The Spirit
of St Louis hanging from the ceiling, but it's on the far end of the
building and few people see it. Charles Lindbergh was born and raised in
Minnesota.


Montblack