What's on YOUR Christmas list?

[Jay Honeck]

Ho, ho, ho....!

Me, I'm asking Santa for a new, solid-state transponder -- which is about as
dull as socks & underwear, but the third digit on mine keeps going wacky
once in while. I *hate* it when ATC thinks I've set my squawk code
wrong...

What are you hoping to find in YOUR stocking on Christmas morn?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Tom Sixkiller]

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:GE9Db.554575$Fm2.523350@attbi_s04...
> Ho, ho, ho....!
>
> Me, I'm asking Santa for a new, solid-state transponder -- which is about
as
> dull as socks & underwear, but the third digit on mine keeps going wacky
> once in while. I *hate* it when ATC thinks I've set my squawk code
> wrong...
>
> What are you hoping to find in YOUR stocking on Christmas morn?

A better audio panel than the King KMA-24, a bottle of MacCallans scotch,
and ammo.

Tom
------
Redneck... F33A @ 00V

[Peter MacPherson]

A TBM700-C2.
Ok, I'll need a big stocking.... ; - )

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:GE9Db.554575$Fm2.523350@attbi_s04...
> Ho, ho, ho....!
>
> Me, I'm asking Santa for a new, solid-state transponder -- which is about
as
> dull as socks & underwear, but the third digit on mine keeps going wacky
> once in while. I *hate* it when ATC thinks I've set my squawk code
> wrong...
>
> What are you hoping to find in YOUR stocking on Christmas morn?
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>
>

[Greg Burkhart]

"Tom Sixkiller" > wrote in message
...
> > What are you hoping to find in YOUR stocking on Christmas morn?
>
> A better audio panel than the King KMA-24, a bottle of MacCallans scotch,
> and ammo.
>

I hope you're using each of these three items at different times...
;-)

[Kai Glaesner]

> What are you hoping to find in YOUR stocking on Christmas morn?

....a Lancair IV-P PropJet, already build by Santa's elves... ;-)

[Paul]

A Cessna... Kind of T182-RG

Paul

"Jay Honeck" > a écrit dans le message de
news:GE9Db.554575$Fm2.523350@attbi_s04...
> Ho, ho, ho....!
>
> Me, I'm asking Santa for a new, solid-state transponder -- which is about
as
> dull as socks & underwear, but the third digit on mine keeps going wacky
> once in while. I *hate* it when ATC thinks I've set my squawk code
> wrong...
>
> What are you hoping to find in YOUR stocking on Christmas morn?
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>
>

[Dan Luke]

"Jay Honeck" wrote:
> What are you hoping to find in YOUR stocking on Christmas morn?

A Garmin/Apollo CNX80 (with a "free installation" coupon).
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

[Jay Honeck]

> Peace On Earth.

Oh, sure. Make the rest of us look shallow...

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

[Jim Buckridge]

"Jay Honeck" wrote:
>
> What are you hoping to find in YOUR stocking on Christmas morn?

My private glider rating! Checkride scheduled for Sunday 12/21.

[Peter R.]

Dan Luke ) wrote:

> "Jay Honeck" wrote:
> > What are you hoping to find in YOUR stocking on Christmas morn?
>
> A Garmin/Apollo CNX80 (with a "free installation" coupon).

A Garmin G1000. :)

--
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[PaulaJay1]

In article <GE9Db.554575$Fm2.523350@attbi_s04>, "Jay Honeck"
> writes:

>What are you hoping to find in YOUR stocking on Christmas morn?
>--

I've already bought my wife a knot meter for the boat. Mothing new for the
plane. I'm still recovering from the 430 last year.

Chuck

[Michael 182]

Personal Avionics (an IPod)

Michael

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:GE9Db.554575$Fm2.523350@attbi_s04...
> Ho, ho, ho....!
>
> Me, I'm asking Santa for a new, solid-state transponder -- which is about
as
> dull as socks & underwear, but the third digit on mine keeps going wacky
> once in while. I *hate* it when ATC thinks I've set my squawk code
> wrong...
>
> What are you hoping to find in YOUR stocking on Christmas morn?
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>
>

[Corky Scott]

>> What are you hoping to find in YOUR stocking on Christmas morn?
>> --
>> Jay Honeck
>> Iowa City, IA
>> Pathfinder N56993
>> www.AlexisParkInn.com
>> "Your Aviation Destination

A prop.

Corky Scott

[Montblack]

("Michael Nouak" wrote)
> > What are you hoping to find in YOUR stocking on Christmas morn?

> Peace On Earth.


Santa's global TFR (Temporary *Fight* Restrictions)

Actualy, Santa's already got my list (request). Only one thing on it -
waiting to hear back :-)


--
Montblack
http://lumma.de/mt/archives/bart.gif

[Gene Seibel]

2000 gallons of avgas.
--
Gene Seibel
Hangar 131 - http://pad39a.com/gene/plane.html
Because I fly, I envy no one.



"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message news:<GE9Db.554575$Fm2.523350@attbi_s04>...
> Ho, ho, ho....!
>
> Me, I'm asking Santa for a new, solid-state transponder -- which is about as
> dull as socks & underwear, but the third digit on mine keeps going wacky
> once in while. I *hate* it when ATC thinks I've set my squawk code
> wrong...
>
> What are you hoping to find in YOUR stocking on Christmas morn?

[Russell Kent]

Gene Seibel wrote:

> 2000 gallons of avgas.

Best not hang the stocking over the fireplace... :-)

Russell Kent

[TripFarmer]

Goodwill to all Men.....

Trip

In article <ogjDb.548702$HS4.4170114@attbi_s01>,
says...
>
>> Peace On Earth.
>
>Oh, sure. Make the rest of us look shallow...
>
>;-)
>--
>Jay Honeck
>Iowa City, IA
>Pathfinder N56993
>www.AlexisParkInn.com
>"Your Aviation Destination"
>
>

[Tony]

2 blondes and a brunet

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[Dennis O'Connor]

Time off... I won't get it either...

"TripFarmer" > wrote in message
...
> Goodwill to all Men.....
>
> Trip
>
> In article <ogjDb.548702$HS4.4170114@attbi_s01>,
> says...
> >
> >> Peace On Earth.
> >
> >Oh, sure. Make the rest of us look shallow...
> >
> >;-)
> >--
> >Jay Honeck
> >Iowa City, IA
> >Pathfinder N56993
> >www.AlexisParkInn.com
> >"Your Aviation Destination"
> >
> >
>

[Greg Hopp]

Santa's bringing a factory-reman carburetor for my 0-200. A
smooth-running engine, just for once, is all I ask!

Greg Hopp

[Mike Adams]

Well, I got a new idea as of Saturday morning. We had a nice morning trip
up to Sedona for breakfast. Life is good: cold, calm air, plane's running
good, good company at the restaurant. Then we fire up to come home, and all
of a sudden, the Attitude Indicator doesn't know which way is up anymore!
About 10 minutes after takeoff it had figured it out, but this is not good.
So, it's time for a new gyro.

Mike

>> What are you hoping to find in YOUR stocking on Christmas morn?

[none]

That a certain poster will stop posting irrelevant things to the
rec.aviation newsgroups...

Perhaps it is too much to ask.

It is odd that you celebrate Christmas though - given your rantings about
Christians and religions...


"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:GE9Db.554575$Fm2.523350@attbi_s04...
> Ho, ho, ho....!
>
> Me, I'm asking Santa for a new, solid-state transponder -- which is about
as
> dull as socks & underwear, but the third digit on mine keeps going wacky
> once in while. I *hate* it when ATC thinks I've set my squawk code
> wrong...
>
> What are you hoping to find in YOUR stocking on Christmas morn?
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>
>

[Jay Honeck]

> 2000 gallons of avgas.

How 'bout mogas instead? :-)

(I just checked a couple of days ago -- we've pumped over 2300 gallons out
of the "Mighty Grape" since buying/building it in November 2002. At a
savings of over a buck a gallon, well... It's pretty much like getting a
Christmas present! :-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Jay Honeck]

> I've already bought my wife a knot meter for the boat. Mothing new for
the
> plane. I'm still recovering from the 430 last year.

What the heck is a "knot meter"? A speedometer? (Or, more correctly, a
"water-speed indicator"?)

Don't boats come with those things standard?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Gerald Sylvester]

> 2 blondes and a brunet

that serve peanuts in short skirts and "hooters" shirts.....oh wait,
that already exists for a small fee to Hooters Airlines, and you can
even drink on the flight.

Gerald

[Montblack]

("none" wrote)
> That a certain poster will stop posting irrelevant things to the
> rec.aviation newsgroups...
>
> Perhaps it is too much to ask.
>
> It is odd that you celebrate Christmas though - given your rantings about
> Christians and religions...


Hmm. That's more of a Thanksgiving (wishbone) type wish - shooting star
territory maybe, or perhaps something for a wishing-well.

This is a Christmas list.

"You know, jingle bells and deck them halls and ho ho ho and presents for
pretty girls??"

Stocking stuffer?
Something under the tree ...or next to the Festivus pole?
Something out in the [hangar] wrapped with a big red bow?

Your choice.

Peace on Earth has already been scooped up <g>

--
Montblack
http://lumma.de/mt/archives/bart.gif

[Rob Perkins]

On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 03:12:38 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
> wrote:

>What are you hoping to find in YOUR stocking on Christmas morn?

A fully paid-for glass panel 2004 Cessna 182. Hey, I can dream, can't
I?

Rob

[Rob Perkins]

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 02:55:48 GMT, "none" >
wrote:

>It is odd that you celebrate Christmas though - given your rantings about
>Christians and religions...

Uh, Jay didn't rant (much) about Christians and religions, that was
other folks. He just had a problem with proselytizers well outside the
midwestern norm for genteel casino lunch-eating, was my take.

Rob

[Harry Gordon]

That kind of sounds like me. I am tempted to tell my wife that I want a
brand new Cessna 172SP fully loaded. Knowing her she would get me one...in a
small cardboard box made out of plastic with a note: "some assembly
required". :-).

Happy Hollidays, everyone. Have fun flying but stay safe.

Harry
PP-ASEL

"Rob Perkins" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 03:12:38 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
> > wrote:
>
> >What are you hoping to find in YOUR stocking on Christmas morn?
>
> A fully paid-for glass panel 2004 Cessna 182. Hey, I can dream, can't
> I?
>
> Rob

[1acondguy]

Let 'em fight. I want an airplane.
Alex
"Michael Nouak" > wrote in message
...
> > What are you hoping to find in YOUR stocking on Christmas morn?
>
> Peace On Earth.
>
> Mike
>
>

[Jay Honeck]

> Well, I got a new idea as of Saturday morning. We had a nice morning trip
> up to Sedona for breakfast. Life is good: cold, calm air, plane's running
> good, good company at the restaurant. Then we fire up to come home, and
all
> of a sudden, the Attitude Indicator doesn't know which way is up anymore!
> About 10 minutes after takeoff it had figured it out, but this is not
good.
> So, it's time for a new gyro.

Hey Mike -- I just went through this, with both the DG and the AI. Give the
Gyro House a call -- they've been great to work with.

See 'em at http://www.gyrohouse.com/ .
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"
"Mike Adams" > wrote in message
news:eVsDb.18237$m83.14801@fed1read01...
>
> Mike
>
> >> What are you hoping to find in YOUR stocking on Christmas morn?
>

[Peter R.]

Rob Perkins ) wrote:

> A fully paid-for glass panel 2004 Cessna 182. Hey, I can dream, can't
> I?

You're not in central NY by chance, are you? I was thinking of starting a
small club with this aircraft.

--
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[Mike Z.]

The bigger the boat the less likely it is to come with. There are too many options.

Also, power boaters think a GPS 'is' a knot meter but (s)he may be a sailor.

Mike Z


"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message news:cnvDb.362531$Dw6.1195387@attbi_s02...

> What the heck is a "knot meter"? A speedometer? (Or, more correctly, a
> "water-speed indicator"?)
>
> Don't boats come with those things standard?
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>
>

[Russell Kent]

Jay Honeck wrote:

> What the heck is a "knot meter"? A speedometer? (Or, more correctly, a
> "water-speed indicator"?)

Yep. I assume for historical reasons they are called "knot meters".

> Don't boats come with those things standard?

I know it's hard to believe, but unlike airplanes, speed isn't a critical
parameter on a boat. :-)

Russell Kent

[Rob Perkins]

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 14:15:29 GMT, "Harry Gordon"
> wrote:

>That kind of sounds like me. I am tempted to tell my wife that I want a
>brand new Cessna 172SP fully loaded. Knowing her she would get me one...in a
>small cardboard box made out of plastic with a note: "some assembly
>required". :-).

Yes, but those don't come with the glass panel! ;-)

Rob

[Rob Perkins]

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 10:27:27 -0500, Peter R.
> wrote:

>Rob Perkins ) wrote:
>
>> A fully paid-for glass panel 2004 Cessna 182. Hey, I can dream, can't
>> I?
>
>You're not in central NY by chance, are you? I was thinking of starting a
>small club with this aircraft.

Sorry. Higher latitudes. Pacific Ocean.

Rob

[Dennis O'Connor]

Ohhh gawd, here I go again doing the broken record thing... jeez, why is it
always me that has to be the bad guy...
RANT ON>
When your life depends on an instrument you do NOT overhaul/repair it, you
replace it with brand new... Ask Senator Wellstone how much he saved when
his son had the gyro system "repaired" instead of replacing with brand
new...
rant off>
Secondary flight instruments, clocks, tachometers, temp gauges, etc., are
not important... Take a hammer to em for all I care... But attitude gyros,
asi, altimeter, compass, are your life...
Denny
"
> Hey Mike -- I just went through this, with both the DG and the AI. Give
the
> Gyro House a call -- they've been great to work with.

[Jim]

I've already asked for it and Santa said yes, but we both agreed that we
won't take a loan or go into debt to get it. So far we're in the price
range of a nice C170.
--
Jim Burns III

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"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:GE9Db.554575$Fm2.523350@attbi_s04...
> Ho, ho, ho....!
>
> Me, I'm asking Santa for a new, solid-state transponder -- which is about
as
> dull as socks & underwear, but the third digit on mine keeps going wacky
> once in while. I *hate* it when ATC thinks I've set my squawk code
> wrong...
>
> What are you hoping to find in YOUR stocking on Christmas morn?
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>
>
>

[Montblack]

"Dennis O'Connor"
<snip>
> When your life depends on an instrument you do NOT overhaul/repair it, you
> replace it with brand new... Ask Senator Wellstone how much he saved when
> his son had the gyro system "repaired" instead of replacing with brand
> new...


You've got the wrong dead Senator.

--
Montblack
http://lumma.de/mt/archives/bart.gif

[PaulaJay1]

In article <cnvDb.362531$Dw6.1195387@attbi_s02>, "Jay Honeck"
> writes:

>What the heck is a "knot meter"? A speedometer? (Or, more correctly, a
>"water-speed indicator"?)
>
>Don't boats come with those things standard?
>--

Boat is a 1988 Catalina 36 sail boat in Lake Erie. Yes, a knotmeter measures
speed in knots thur the water. And yes, they usually have one but after 15
years, the original went TU. Until I bought the airplane a few years ago, I
thought that a boat was expensive to own.<G> Nice thing re boats is that you
can do the work on them if you want and don't need an A&E to sign it off.

Chuck

Chuck

[Michelle P]

Gulfstream G500
nothing else for the aircraft.

Michelle

Jay Honeck wrote:

>Ho, ho, ho....!
>
>Me, I'm asking Santa for a new, solid-state transponder -- which is about as
>dull as socks & underwear, but the third digit on mine keeps going wacky
>once in while. I *hate* it when ATC thinks I've set my squawk code
>wrong...
>
>What are you hoping to find in YOUR stocking on Christmas morn?
>
>

--

Michelle P ATP-ASEL, CP-AMEL, and AMT-A&P

"Elisabeth" a Maule M-7-235B (no two are alike)

Volunteer Pilot, Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic

Volunteer Builder, Habitat for Humanity

[Tom Sixkiller]

"Michelle P" > wrote in message
nk.net...
> Gulfstream G500
> nothing else for the aircraft.
>
> Michelle

I hope you were a GOOD girl!!

[John Harlow]

> What are you hoping to find in YOUR stocking on Christmas morn?

Hopefully not yet another Citation V.

C'mon, Santa - use some *imagination* this year!

[Michelle P]

Tom,
I have been naughty and nice. ;-)
Michelle

Tom Sixkiller wrote:

>"Michelle P" > wrote in message
nk.net...
>
>
>>Gulfstream G500
>>nothing else for the aircraft.
>>
>>Michelle
>>
>>
>
>I hope you were a GOOD girl!!
>
>
>
>

--

Michelle P ATP-ASEL, CP-AMEL, and AMT-A&P

"Elisabeth" a Maule M-7-235B (no two are alike)

Volunteer Pilot, Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic

Volunteer Builder, Habitat for Humanity

[Russell Kent]

I hear that Michelle is good, she's very good.
And when she's bad, she's even better. ;-)

(Apologies to Mae West)
Russell Kent

Michelle P wrote:

> Tom,
> I have been naughty and nice. ;-)
> Michelle
>
> Tom Sixkiller wrote:
>
> >"Michelle P" > wrote in message
> nk.net...
> >
> >
> >>Gulfstream G500
> >>nothing else for the aircraft.
> >>
> >>Michelle
> >>
> >>
> >
> >I hope you were a GOOD girl!!
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
>
> Michelle P ATP-ASEL, CP-AMEL, and AMT-A&P
>
> "Elisabeth" a Maule M-7-235B (no two are alike)
>
> Volunteer Pilot, Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic
>
> Volunteer Builder, Habitat for Humanity

[hlongworth]

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message news:<GE9Db.554575$Fm2.523350@attbi_s04>...
> Ho, ho, ho....!
>
> What are you hoping to find in YOUR stocking on Christmas morn?


Good health to all pilots and their birds too.

[G.R. Patterson III]

Tom Sixkiller wrote:
>
> "Michelle P" > wrote in message
> nk.net...
> > Gulfstream G500
> > nothing else for the aircraft.
> >
> > Michelle
>
> I hope you were a GOOD girl!!

Of course she was. Just don't ask *what* she was good at. :-)

George Patterson
Great discoveries are not announced with "Eureka!". What's usually said is
"Hummmmm... That's interesting...."

[Jay Honeck]

> Secondary flight instruments, clocks, tachometers, temp gauges, etc., are
> not important... Take a hammer to em for all I care... But attitude
gyros,
> asi, altimeter, compass, are your life...

Well, Denny, I have been assured by people who know the business that a
rebuilt gyro instrument is in many ways better than new. All the "wear
parts" are brand new, and everything inside is "tweaked" to precision by the
technician who rebuilds it. In many cases, the only thing not replaced is
the housing.

But I'm VFR by choice anyway. I won't risk my life behind ANY vacuum
instruments, period.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Rosspilot]

>But I'm VFR by choice anyway. I won't risk my life behind ANY vacuum
>instruments, period.

Does this mean you elect not to fly IFR or not to pursue your IR, or both?


www.Rosspilot.com

[tony roberts]

> What are you hoping to find in YOUR stocking on Christmas morn?

A gift certificate for air to air photographs.


--

Tony Roberts
PP-ASEL
VFR OTT
Night
Almost Instrument :)
Cessna 172H C-GICE

[Jay Honeck]

> >But I'm VFR by choice anyway. I won't risk my life behind ANY vacuum
> >instruments, period.
>
> Does this mean you elect not to fly IFR or not to pursue your IR, or both?

For the moment, both.

When I can afford a more capable panel, and have more time to invest in
staying proficient, I may elect to fly in the clouds.

For now, we're content to fly beneath them! :-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[John Clonts]

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:3h4Eb.577851$Tr4.1552685@attbi_s03...
> > Secondary flight instruments, clocks, tachometers, temp gauges, etc.,
are
> > not important... Take a hammer to em for all I care... But attitude
> gyros,
> > asi, altimeter, compass, are your life...
>
> Well, Denny, I have been assured by people who know the business that a
> rebuilt gyro instrument is in many ways better than new. All the "wear
> parts" are brand new, and everything inside is "tweaked" to precision by
the
> technician who rebuilds it. In many cases, the only thing not replaced is
> the housing.
>
> But I'm VFR by choice anyway. I won't risk my life behind ANY vacuum
> instruments, period.
> --

Isn't your turn coordinator electric?

Cheers,
John Clonts
Temple, Texas
N7NZ

[Dashi]

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:nL9Eb.575064$HS4.4323333@attbi_s01...
> > >But I'm VFR by choice anyway. I won't risk my life behind ANY vacuum
> > >instruments, period.

I didn't realize that anyone flying with vacuum instruments were risking
their life, well live and learn.

Dashi

> > Does this mean you elect not to fly IFR or not to pursue your IR, or
both?
>
> For the moment, both.
>
> When I can afford a more capable panel, and have more time to invest in
> staying proficient, I may elect to fly in the clouds.
>
> For now, we're content to fly beneath them! :-)
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>
>

[Javier Henderson]

"Dashi" > writes:

> "Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
> news:nL9Eb.575064$HS4.4323333@attbi_s01...
> > > >But I'm VFR by choice anyway. I won't risk my life behind ANY vacuum
> > > >instruments, period.
>
> I didn't realize that anyone flying with vacuum instruments were risking
> their life, well live and learn.

Of course we are, and the accident rate when the vacuum instruments
fail is fairly dismal.

This is one of the reasons for which I chose an S-Tec autopilot for
my Skylane, it does not rely on any vacuum instruments to keep the
shiny side up.

-jav

[Al Gilson]

> What are you hoping to find in YOUR stocking on Christmas morn?

Ummm. How about World Peace?

Ok....a little more reasonable:

How about perfect weather for flying whenever I'm available?

Maybe 99 cent AvGas?

Airport management that understands GA?

Silly me.

[Glenn Westfall]

On a more realistic note :-)

I'm asking for an ICOM A-22 and the Sporty's instrument DVD course.
Also some accessories for my Ipaq 5555.






On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 03:12:38 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
> wrote:

>Ho, ho, ho....!
>
>Me, I'm asking Santa for a new, solid-state transponder -- which is about as
>dull as socks & underwear, but the third digit on mine keeps going wacky
>once in while. I *hate* it when ATC thinks I've set my squawk code
>wrong...
>
>What are you hoping to find in YOUR stocking on Christmas morn?
>--
>Jay Honeck
>Iowa City, IA
>Pathfinder N56993
>www.AlexisParkInn.com
>"Your Aviation Destination"
>
>

[Jay Honeck]

>Me, I'm asking Santa for a new, solid-state transponder -- which is about
as
>dull as socks & underwear, but the third digit on mine keeps going wacky
>once in while. I *hate* it when ATC thinks I've set my squawk code
>wrong...

> On a more realistic note :-)

Heh. Well, I couldn't risk that "naughty or nice" routine, what with our
danged Narco 50AT transponder going on the fritz all last week. So, I
managed to score a used (it was in a plane exactly ONE day!) Garmin GTX-327
transponder on Ebay, for a fair price...

Who needs this Santa dude, anyway? :-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Jay Honeck]

> I didn't realize that anyone flying with vacuum instruments were risking
> their life, well live and learn.

Apparently you haven't been paying attention here for long.

I had both vacuum instruments fail in the space of two months. (6 weeks
apart, actually.) If those instruments had failed while I was in the
clouds, would I have survived? If my autopilot, which is slaved to those
instruments, had been engaged when the AI slowly leaned over, would the
autopilot have followed it right into the ground?

Could I have flown my plane safely out of the clouds, partial panel, flying
as seldom in actual instrument conditions as I no-doubt would be flying?

The answer to those questions is doubtful. Therefore, with my two kids
relying on me for the next decade or so, I think flying VFR is a pretty good
safety compromise, for now.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Thomas Borchert]

Jay,

> I had both vacuum instruments fail in the space of two months.
>

Yeah, but your Lightspeeds break, too <gd&r> <sorry, couldn't help
myself>

I am quite happy that we have an S-TEC autopilot, which is independent
of vacuum.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

[Jay Honeck]

> Yeah, but your Lightspeeds break, too <gd&r> <sorry, couldn't help
> myself>

Actually, the brand new pair (Twenty 3Gs), obtained at OSH '03, have been
perfect. This is the finest headset I've ever used, period.

However, the older 20XL has developed another intermittent problem with the
left ear again. But the two 15s seem to be fine for now, after multiple
repairs.

Moral of the story: Don't buy any old LightSpeeds on Ebay.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Ron Natalie]

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:JjiFb.607170$HS4.4442800@attbi_s01...

> However, the older 20XL has developed another intermittent problem with
the
> left ear again. But the two 15s seem to be fine for now, after multiple
> repairs.
>
> Moral of the story: Don't buy any old LightSpeeds on Ebay.

Am I to understand that the Lightspeeds that you have had all the grief with
over the past few years were purchased used?

[PaulaJay1]

In article <M58Fb.616231$Fm2.554912@attbi_s04>, "Jay Honeck"
> writes:

> If my autopilot, which is slaved to those
>instruments, had been engaged when the AI slowly leaned over, would the
>autopilot have followed it right into the ground?

No, when the plane starts its slow (and increasing) turn, your wife says, "Why
is that laying over like that?" (pointing to the AI). And you start hand
flying the plane, pull the secondary air on, and talk to Center about where is
the nearest and best repair FBO. At least that is what happened to me. The
Memphis Center was very helpful in making landline calls to a couple of FBOs
and setting up repair at Batesville, Arkansas while I was still in the air.
Since you can't takeoff with secondary air, I had to find a repair FBO before
landing. Batesville did a super job and I recomend them.

Chuck

[[email protected]]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooo.................. :)

You are supposed to guess... <G>

Actually, the variants , types/styles are far to numerous to
install as standard except in small "casual" boats.


Dave


On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 03:55:52 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
> wrote:

>> I've already bought my wife a knot meter for the boat. Mothing new for
>the
>> plane. I'm still recovering from the 430 last year.
>
>What the heck is a "knot meter"? A speedometer? (Or, more correctly, a
>"water-speed indicator"?)
>
>Don't boats come with those things standard?

[[email protected]]

Ummm...well....

Groping our way through fog, timing distance to marks etc, we
like to know our speed very accurately..

And for "trimming " the planing angle of a large planing hull,
a knot meter that reads in 1 knt increments (digital) is VERY useful
for maxing fuel economy...

Capt Dave.. :)

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 10:03:09 -0600, Russell Kent
> wrote:

>Jay Honeck wrote:
>
>> What the heck is a "knot meter"? A speedometer? (Or, more correctly, a
>> "water-speed indicator"?)
>
>Yep. I assume for historical reasons they are called "knot meters".
>
>> Don't boats come with those things standard?
>
>I know it's hard to believe, but unlike airplanes, speed isn't a critical
>parameter on a boat. :-)
>
>Russell Kent

[Jay Honeck]

> Am I to understand that the Lightspeeds that you have had all the grief
with
> over the past few years were purchased used?

No -- I bought them all new, from dealers. (Except for the one that
LightSpeed gave me, gratis.)

I'm saying don't buy anything older than the new "3G" line of LightSpeed
headsets, cuz the older ones are junk.

(And, just cuz I said something to you yesterday, one of my 15s started
crackling like crazy today every time my son moved his head. The wire
inside the microphone boom must be failing, again...)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Jay Honeck]

> Groping our way through fog, timing distance to marks etc, we
> like to know our speed very accurately..

Isn't that what GPS is for? :-)

Last time I was on a boat, on Lake Michigan, my friend had a GPS the size of
a color TV. He could dock his boat without looking out the window!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[TripFarmer]

You don't want the Sporty's DVD Instrument course........It's not very good.
I'll sell you mine.


Trip


In article >,
says...
>
>
>On a more realistic note :-)
>
>I'm asking for an ICOM A-22 and the Sporty's instrument DVD course.
>Also some accessories for my Ipaq 5555.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 03:12:38 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
> wrote:
>
>>Ho, ho, ho....!
>>
>>Me, I'm asking Santa for a new, solid-state transponder -- which is about as
>>dull as socks & underwear, but the third digit on mine keeps going wacky
>>once in while. I *hate* it when ATC thinks I've set my squawk code
>>wrong...
>>
>>What are you hoping to find in YOUR stocking on Christmas morn?
>>--
>>Jay Honeck
>>Iowa City, IA
>>Pathfinder N56993
>>www.AlexisParkInn.com
>>"Your Aviation Destination"
>>
>>
>