Check in ...East Coast BLACKOUT

On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 09:02:01 -0400, "Bob Chilcoat"
wrote:

I had dropped into Sky Manor Airport (N40) just before 4:00 for a drink
(diet Coke) after flying up the Hudson with a couple of friends. A few
minutes after 4:00 the lights went out for no more than 10 seconds and then
came back on. We took off a bit later and when we got back to Somerset
(SMQ) found out that most of the Northeast was blacked out. We had power at
home. My next door neighbor got home from the City around nine having taken
one of his company's helicopters from Manhattan to Newark. His company was
charging $200 for a ride from Manhattan to EWR! Who says you can't make a
small fortune in aviation?

All it takes to make a small fortune in aviation is to start out with
a big one. At $200 in a normal business helicopter they probably
weren't even covering the variable costs.

Roger Halstead (K8RI EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
www.rogerhalstead.com
N833R World's oldest Debonair? (S# CD-2)