Today I was able to celebrate my 10-Year anniversary of getting my wings by
flying Mary and friends to a wonderful lunch in Kewanee, IL (at an amazing
furniture store called "Goods"), followed by a full day of camaraderie and
fun.

Best of all, my landing in Kewanee was an absolute greaser, despite high,
gusty winds! (Funny how that never ceases to be a real ego builder...) In
ten years and over 900 hours, I've surprisingly managed to complete an equal
number of take-offs and landings, while simultaneously avoiding any bent
metal or mishaps. Meanwhile, my kids have grown up in the back seat of an
airplane, seeing so many things that they could never have seen from the
ground, and I've had the privilege of owning aircraft since '98.

It's truly been a wondrous decade.

Nothing in my life has been more rewarding than flying. In fact, it's hard
to believe how much aviation has changed my life in this very short decade.
Ten years ago I was a life-time wanna-be pilot, trying to figure out how to
get into the left seat and see what flying was really like. If anyone had
told me that ten years later I would have abandoned my newspaper career and
other businesses -- and could have convinced Mary to do the same with her
medical career -- in order to reap the risky and always doubtful financial
benefits of aviation (by creating an aviation-theme-suite hotel, of all
things!), I surely would have thought they were daft.

Yet, here I am. Only in America.

I always tell anyone who will listen that my first 35 years on this planet
were utterly wasted, spent on the ground, looking up. Flying truly is life,
ladies and gents, and I'm here to tell you that it's time to get out and
enjoy every minute of it! I'm looking forward to another ten (or thirty)
years of flying, and I'm incredibly honored to have been able to share the
sky with y'all over these last ten years.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck > wrote:

> Today I was able to celebrate my 10-Year anniversary of getting my wings by
> flying Mary and friends to a wonderful lunch in Kewanee, IL (at an amazing
> furniture store called "Goods"), followed by a full day of camaraderie and
> fun.
<snip>

Congratulations, Jay. Reading your posts over these last few years, I have
enjoyed reliving many of your experiences.

--
Peter













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That was great.
"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:aceRd.7229$zH6.6601@attbi_s53...
> Today I was able to celebrate my 10-Year anniversary of getting my wings
> by flying Mary and friends to a wonderful lunch in Kewanee, IL (at an
> amazing furniture store called "Goods"), followed by a full day of
> camaraderie and fun.
>
> Best of all, my landing in Kewanee was an absolute greaser, despite high,
> gusty winds! (Funny how that never ceases to be a real ego builder...)
> In ten years and over 900 hours, I've surprisingly managed to complete an
> equal number of take-offs and landings, while simultaneously avoiding any
> bent metal or mishaps. Meanwhile, my kids have grown up in the back seat
> of an airplane, seeing so many things that they could never have seen from
> the ground, and I've had the privilege of owning aircraft since '98.
>
> It's truly been a wondrous decade.
>
> Nothing in my life has been more rewarding than flying. In fact, it's
> hard to believe how much aviation has changed my life in this very short
> decade. Ten years ago I was a life-time wanna-be pilot, trying to figure
> out how to get into the left seat and see what flying was really like. If
> anyone had told me that ten years later I would have abandoned my
> newspaper career and other businesses -- and could have convinced Mary to
> do the same with her medical career -- in order to reap the risky and
> always doubtful financial benefits of aviation (by creating an
> aviation-theme-suite hotel, of all things!), I surely would have thought
> they were daft.
>
> Yet, here I am. Only in America.
>
> I always tell anyone who will listen that my first 35 years on this planet
> were utterly wasted, spent on the ground, looking up. Flying truly is
> life, ladies and gents, and I'm here to tell you that it's time to get out
> and enjoy every minute of it! I'm looking forward to another ten (or
> thirty) years of flying, and I'm incredibly honored to have been able to
> share the sky with y'all over these last ten years.
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>

Congrats, and I hope you find the next 10 years even more rewarding :-)

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:aceRd.7229$zH6.6601@attbi_s53...
> Today I was able to celebrate my 10-Year anniversary of getting my wings
> by flying Mary and friends to a wonderful lunch in Kewanee, IL (at an
> amazing furniture store called "Goods"), followed by a full day of
> camaraderie and fun.
>
> Best of all, my landing in Kewanee was an absolute greaser, despite high,
> gusty winds! (Funny how that never ceases to be a real ego builder...)
> In ten years and over 900 hours, I've surprisingly managed to complete an
> equal number of take-offs and landings, while simultaneously avoiding any
> bent metal or mishaps. Meanwhile, my kids have grown up in the back seat
> of an airplane, seeing so many things that they could never have seen from
> the ground, and I've had the privilege of owning aircraft since '98.
>
> It's truly been a wondrous decade.
>
> Nothing in my life has been more rewarding than flying. In fact, it's
> hard to believe how much aviation has changed my life in this very short
> decade. Ten years ago I was a life-time wanna-be pilot, trying to figure
> out how to get into the left seat and see what flying was really like. If
> anyone had told me that ten years later I would have abandoned my
> newspaper career and other businesses -- and could have convinced Mary to
> do the same with her medical career -- in order to reap the risky and
> always doubtful financial benefits of aviation (by creating an
> aviation-theme-suite hotel, of all things!), I surely would have thought
> they were daft.
>
> Yet, here I am. Only in America.
>
> I always tell anyone who will listen that my first 35 years on this planet
> were utterly wasted, spent on the ground, looking up. Flying truly is
> life, ladies and gents, and I'm here to tell you that it's time to get out
> and enjoy every minute of it! I'm looking forward to another ten (or
> thirty) years of flying, and I'm incredibly honored to have been able to
> share the sky with y'all over these last ten years.
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>

("Jay Honeck" wrote)
<snips>
> Today I was able to celebrate my 10-Year anniversary of getting my wings
> by flying Mary and friends to a wonderful lunch in Kewanee, IL (at an
> amazing furniture store called "Goods"), followed by a full day of
> camaraderie and fun.

> I always tell anyone who will listen that my first 35 years on this planet
> were utterly wasted, spent on the ground, looking up. Flying truly is
> life, ladies and gents, and I'm here to tell you that it's time to get out
> and enjoy every minute of it! I'm looking forward to another ten (or
> thirty) years of flying, and I'm incredibly honored to have been able to
> share the sky with y'all over these last ten years.


Ten years is Titanium isn't it? <g>

Nice write up.


Montblack

Big congratulations!!! :0) I'm just a hair over halfway there,,, keep up
the pace man or I'll 'catch-up' with you <grin>!

Enjoy and be sure to celebrate !!!! :)

--
--
=-----
Good Flights!

Cecil
PP-ASEL-IA
Student - CP-ASEL

Check out my personal flying adventures from my first flight to the
checkride AND the continuing adventures beyond!
Complete with pictures and text at: www.bayareapilot.com

"I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things."
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery -

"We who fly, do so for the love of flying. We are alive in the air with
this miracle that lies in our hands and beneath our feet"
- Cecil Day Lewis -
"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:aceRd.7229$zH6.6601@attbi_s53...
> Today I was able to celebrate my 10-Year anniversary of getting my wings
> by flying Mary and friends to a wonderful lunch in Kewanee, IL (at an
> amazing furniture store called "Goods"), followed by a full day of
> camaraderie and fun.
>
> Best of all, my landing in Kewanee was an absolute greaser, despite high,
> gusty winds! (Funny how that never ceases to be a real ego builder...)
> In ten years and over 900 hours, I've surprisingly managed to complete an
> equal number of take-offs and landings, while simultaneously avoiding any
> bent metal or mishaps. Meanwhile, my kids have grown up in the back seat
> of an airplane, seeing so many things that they could never have seen from
> the ground, and I've had the privilege of owning aircraft since '98.
>
> It's truly been a wondrous decade.
>
> Nothing in my life has been more rewarding than flying. In fact, it's
> hard to believe how much aviation has changed my life in this very short
> decade. Ten years ago I was a life-time wanna-be pilot, trying to figure
> out how to get into the left seat and see what flying was really like. If
> anyone had told me that ten years later I would have abandoned my
> newspaper career and other businesses -- and could have convinced Mary to
> do the same with her medical career -- in order to reap the risky and
> always doubtful financial benefits of aviation (by creating an
> aviation-theme-suite hotel, of all things!), I surely would have thought
> they were daft.
>
> Yet, here I am. Only in America.
>
> I always tell anyone who will listen that my first 35 years on this planet
> were utterly wasted, spent on the ground, looking up. Flying truly is
> life, ladies and gents, and I'm here to tell you that it's time to get out
> and enjoy every minute of it! I'm looking forward to another ten (or
> thirty) years of flying, and I'm incredibly honored to have been able to
> share the sky with y'all over these last ten years.
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>

> Congratulations, Jay. Reading your posts over these last few years, I
> have
> enjoyed reliving many of your experiences.

Thanks, Peter. It's been in an incredible journey.

To have the ability to simply hop in a plane, and *go* -- literally anywhere
in the Western Hemisphere -- at a moment's notice, is truly amazing.
Sometimes I think we pilots get jaded to that fact, but it's something that
bears repeating.

Because of G.A., Mary and I have been everywhere, from Wisconsin to Florida,
from Nevada to New York. When I first got my ticket, I was able to fly my
Mom back to her little home town, where she arrived like a queen in her own
personal son-flown airplane, to the amazement of friends and relatives
alike. We were both proud as peacocks, and I truly believe that was the
best day of her retirement years.

A few years later, when she lay dying, aviation was the gift that allowed me
to fly home to be with her every few days. Without G.A. I would not have
been able to say goodbye...

My kids have seen Cape Canaveral, Lakeland, Oshkosh, the Grand Canyon, the
Great Lakes, Mackinac Island, Devil's Tower, Mt. Rushmore, Carlsbad Caverns,
the Gulf of Mexico, the Ozarks, and a hundred other places that they could
NEVER have seen if we were flightless birds. Even before the hotel, our
small business life meant that days off were few and far between, so the
speed and spontaneity of flying has allowed us to provide our children with
a nearly normal life, in a very strange sense of the word.

Finally, and most importantly, flying has made me a better person. Because
of aviation, I'm more highly motivated, more organized, and mentally sharper
than I would be otherwise. Best of all, by surrounding myself with
pilots -- both here in cyberspace, and in "real life" at the hotel -- I have
learned so many things from some of the best and smartest people on the
planet.

Face it -- the world is full of crap, and crappy people. Pilots are far and
away the best of the lot -- and I'm honored to be one of them.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"
"Peter R." > wrote in message
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> Jay Honeck > wrote:
>
>> Today I was able to celebrate my 10-Year anniversary of getting my wings
>> by
>> flying Mary and friends to a wonderful lunch in Kewanee, IL (at an
>> amazing
>> furniture store called "Goods"), followed by a full day of camaraderie
>> and
>> fun.
> <snip>
>
>
> --
> Peter
>
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>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Jay Honeck wrote:

> Today I was able to celebrate my 10-Year anniversary of getting my wings by
> flying Mary and friends to a wonderful lunch in Kewanee, IL (at an amazing
> furniture store called "Goods"), followed by a full day of camaraderie and
> fun.
>
> Best of all, my landing in Kewanee was an absolute greaser, despite high,
> gusty winds! (Funny how that never ceases to be a real ego builder...) In
> ten years and over 900 hours, I've surprisingly managed to complete an equal
> number of take-offs and landings, while simultaneously avoiding any bent
> metal or mishaps. Meanwhile, my kids have grown up in the back seat of an
> airplane, seeing so many things that they could never have seen from the
> ground, and I've had the privilege of owning aircraft since '98.
>
> It's truly been a wondrous decade.
>
> Nothing in my life has been more rewarding than flying. In fact, it's hard
> to believe how much aviation has changed my life in this very short decade.
> Ten years ago I was a life-time wanna-be pilot, trying to figure out how to
> get into the left seat and see what flying was really like. If anyone had
> told me that ten years later I would have abandoned my newspaper career and
> other businesses -- and could have convinced Mary to do the same with her
> medical career -- in order to reap the risky and always doubtful financial
> benefits of aviation (by creating an aviation-theme-suite hotel, of all
> things!), I surely would have thought they were daft.
>
> Yet, here I am. Only in America.
>
> I always tell anyone who will listen that my first 35 years on this planet
> were utterly wasted, spent on the ground, looking up. Flying truly is life,
> ladies and gents, and I'm here to tell you that it's time to get out and
> enjoy every minute of it! I'm looking forward to another ten (or thirty)
> years of flying, and I'm incredibly honored to have been able to share the
> sky with y'all over these last ten years.
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>
>
Congrats, Jay! And may you have many more years of blue skies and calm
winds.
Thanks, too, for your many postings and musings here. Keep those things
coming. Hope to get out your way, one of these days. My wifes brother
lives in Muscatine and two good friends of mine live in Lake City. When
in the area, we'll give you a callup for a reservation.
Arnold Sten

On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 13:33:16 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
> wrote:


>
>Face it -- the world is full of crap, and crappy people. Pilots are far and
>away the best of the lot -- and I'm honored to be one of them.

that is it in a nutshell.

Stealth Pilot

> Big congratulations!!! :0) I'm just a hair over halfway there,,, keep up
> the pace man or I'll 'catch-up' with you <grin>!

Hey, you just might catch up in total time. If you want to build hours,
don't let your wife get her ticket. :-)

I figure I'd have over 1300 hours in my logbook by now, if we weren't
splitting left-seat time for the last six years. I'm kinda disappointed
that I didn't reach my goal of 1000 hours in 10 years, but 900-and-change is
a small price to pay for the luxury of having a second pilot on board. It
really does make flying cross country much more relaxing.

> Enjoy and be sure to celebrate !!!! :)

We did just that! Our favorite micro-brewery tapped a new batch of a nutty
brown ale last night. It was the perfect way to end a perfect day!

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

> Thanks, too, for your many postings and musings here. Keep those things
> coming. Hope to get out your way, one of these days. My wifes brother
> lives in Muscatine and two good friends of mine live in Lake City. When in
> the area, we'll give you a callup for a reservation.

Thanks, Arnold. We'll keep the beacon on for ya!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Montblack wrote:


>
> Ten years is Titanium isn't it? <g>

No, I'm pretty sure ten years is a set of dual Garmin GNS 530s...that's
what I'm telling my wife, anyway.

> Nice write up.

Agreed! Congrats Jay! Keep up the wonderful writing too...you have a
gift. Hope see see an aviation-themed offering by Jay Honeck at Borders
sometime!

Cheers,

Cap

Jay Honeck wrote:
>
> Hey, you just might catch up in total time. If you want to build
hours,
> don't let your wife get her ticket. :-)
>
Jay,
Congratulations. There is an easy way for both pilots in the family
to build hours. One flies under the hood while the other acts as the
safety pilot. Granted that it's a tradeoff, either you get to
manipulate the controls and stare at the gauges or to swivel your head
around looking at the scenery but if you love doing both, it's equal
opportunity.
Hai Longworth

We have been chosen to experience something that few others have. To
us, it's not simply flying - millions get on airliners every day and
"fly" from place to place. It's a freedom, a state of mind, an added
dimension, an appreciation, a reverence. It's something we feel, not
something we do. It affects our view of each new day, our community,
our planet and even our universe. We start out wanting to bring
everyone along, but eventually realize we are the chosen ones. Most
will live out their lives on a flat earth.
--
Gene Seibel
Gene & Sue's Aeroplanes - http://pad39a.com/gene/planes.html
Because I fly, I envy no one.

Call me a thief, but I'm going to steal what you've written below. In fact,
I've already emailed it to my wife.

I think you have perfectly described why flying is NOT expensive. What
other recreational endeavor rewards it's participants with such freedom and
abilities? What other hobby requires it's members to obtain such extensive
knowledge of the world around them and then demands that they use that
knowledge in life-preserving manner but for their efforts rewards them with
experiences and views beyond description? (ok, maybe mountain climbing)
Where could you possibly buy anything so wonderful? What idiot would sell
it if he owned it? How could he even put a price on it? It is truly
priceless and yet pilots are more than willing to GIVE this wonderful
experience to any interested person, just for the asking.

Flying is CHEAP and pilots are RICH! Rich with experiences that can be
obtained no other way. Rich with memories that will last their lifetime.
Rich with the friendship of other pilots and families that have experienced
the joy of flying.

Thanks Jay.

>It's been in an incredible journey.
>
> To have the ability to simply hop in a plane, and *go* -- literally
anywhere
> in the Western Hemisphere -- at a moment's notice, is truly amazing.
> Sometimes I think we pilots get jaded to that fact, but it's something
that
> bears repeating.
>
> Because of G.A., Mary and I have been everywhere, from Wisconsin to
Florida,
> from Nevada to New York. When I first got my ticket, I was able to fly
my
> Mom back to her little home town, where she arrived like a queen in her
own
> personal son-flown airplane, to the amazement of friends and relatives
> alike. We were both proud as peacocks, and I truly believe that was the
> best day of her retirement years.
>
> A few years later, when she lay dying, aviation was the gift that allowed
me
> to fly home to be with her every few days. Without G.A. I would not have
> been able to say goodbye...
>
> My kids have seen Cape Canaveral, Lakeland, Oshkosh, the Grand Canyon, the
> Great Lakes, Mackinac Island, Devil's Tower, Mt. Rushmore, Carlsbad
Caverns,
> the Gulf of Mexico, the Ozarks, and a hundred other places that they could
> NEVER have seen if we were flightless birds. Even before the hotel, our
> small business life meant that days off were few and far between, so the
> speed and spontaneity of flying has allowed us to provide our children
with
> a nearly normal life, in a very strange sense of the word.
>
> Finally, and most importantly, flying has made me a better person.
Because
> of aviation, I'm more highly motivated, more organized, and mentally
sharper
> than I would be otherwise. Best of all, by surrounding myself with
> pilots -- both here in cyberspace, and in "real life" at the hotel -- I
have
> learned so many things from some of the best and smartest people on the
> planet.
>
> Face it -- the world is full of crap, and crappy people. Pilots are far
and
> away the best of the lot -- and I'm honored to be one of them.
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"

Congrats. Jay! I'm just under 8 years behind you in reaching that 10
year mark. I too hope for many more years of flying...not to mention
maybe someday perhaps getting paid to fly. Not make a living mind you,
maybe just enough to offset the cost of flying.

Here's to 10/20/30/+ more years!


--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-IA Student-Arrow Shopping Student

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

(Remove the obvious from address to reply via e-mail)

(Captainwubba wrote)
>> Ten years is Titanium isn't it? <g>

> No, I'm pretty sure ten years is a set of dual Garmin GNS 530s...that's
> what I'm telling my wife, anyway.


http://www.chipublib.org/008subject/005genref/giswedding.html
(Chicago Public Library)

Looks like ten years is actually Aluminum!!


Montblack

"Montblack" > wrote in message
...
> (Captainwubba wrote)
>>> Ten years is Titanium isn't it? <g>
>
>> No, I'm pretty sure ten years is a set of dual Garmin GNS 530s...that's
>> what I'm telling my wife, anyway.
>
>
> http://www.chipublib.org/008subject/005genref/giswedding.html
> (Chicago Public Library)
>
> Looks like ten years is actually Aluminum!!
>
>
> Montblack
>
>

Now you tell me. Doubt I can get the diamond necklace back from the wife for
a roll of reynolds wrap :-(

Hey, look who's finally back to posting! Ya, I know, you've been back
for a bit...just had to mention it. The humor factor just went up a notch.

Titanium...Aluminum...nah...I think the GNS upgrade is required. Heck,
I'd take a *single* 430 and call it good. Yep, I can see it now in the
(future) Arrow panel. Saw a picture of an Arrow panel with a 530 and a
430. It was great until you looked at the $120K+ price for the plane
though. Yikes them avionic thingys are expensive :-)

--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-IA Student-Arrow Shopping Student

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

(Remove the obvious from address to reply via e-mail)

Funny. Thats the element that has us addicted to aviation...

Ben

> We have been chosen to experience something that few others have. To
> us, it's not simply flying - millions get on airliners every day and
> "fly" from place to place. It's a freedom, a state of mind, an added
> dimension, an appreciation, a reverence. It's something we feel, not
> something we do. It affects our view of each new day, our community,
> our planet and even our universe. We start out wanting to bring
> everyone along, but eventually realize we are the chosen ones. Most
> will live out their lives on a flat earth.

As always, Gene, no one says it better.

Thanks...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"