Sun N Fun Pix -- Better Late than Never! [Archive]

Jay Honeck

May 5th 04, 08:29 PM

> Geez - you weren't kidding about the terrible condition of the asphalt at
> IOW.

I'd like to be very clear on this issue: It is only the asphalt in front of
our old hangar that is bad.

The asphalt and concrete runways, ramps, and main taxiways are all in fine
shape -- so don't be afraid to come here!

It's just the old blacktop in front of our line of hangars -- which are the
oldest on the airport -- that is in shameful condition.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck

May 5th 04, 08:40 PM

> You landed in Huntsville for lunch and didn't call me. It's only about an
> hour away. Remind me to smack you next time I see you.

Wow -- I didn't realize I was so close! Sorry, man.

You'll be glad to know, however, that I *did* almost get my ass kicked while
in Huntsville, by some good ol' 'Bama boy who jumped up on my wing and
wanted a piece of me.

It seems in my frustrating search for the FBO (who did not answer my calls
on the radio), I taxied past his open maintenance hangar door, and blew a
bunch of crap around inside. It must've been some weird combination of wind
currents and prop blast, cuz neither Mary nor I thought I had taxied close
enough to do such a thing -- but this poor sap chased me clear across the
airport on his bicycle to let me know what a dope I was...

Funny thing is, Mary and the kids were out on the tarmac stretching (after a
3.5 hour flight) when this guy jumped up on my wing to have a look at the
idiot inside.
I was busily filling out my log book, and didn't even notice him next to me
for some seconds. Mary says he was kneeling there for over a minute,
waiting for me to notice him.

My first thought when I saw him was "Uh-oh -- ramp check time!," so I
politely asked him what I could do for him.

This unexpected politeness seemed to completely deflate him, and he just
mumbled something about how I should be more careful when taxiing past open
hangars. He told me I had blown all sorts of crap around his hangar, and he
really didn't appreciate it much.

I was as nice as pie, and apologized profusely -- I really did feel badly,
cuz it's happened to me.

In retrospect, however, the next time someone jumps up on my wing without
asking, I'm going to kick his ass -- and THEN apologize.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

David Dyer-Bennet

May 5th 04, 09:44 PM

"Jay Honeck" > writes:

> In retrospect, however, the next time someone jumps up on my wing without
> asking, I'm going to kick his ass -- and THEN apologize.

Your choice -- but wasn't the outcome you actually got, by being nice,
really about the best available? Nobody hurt, not even much yelling.

Yeah, jumping on your wing without asking isn't good, but still; you
decide to kick his ass, and he might kick yours, or he might press
charges. Either outcome seems pretty bad.

(Among other things, I'm a concealed handgun instructor, and we spend
a LOT of time in class talking about the importance of *avoiding*
conflict.)
--
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Ben Smith

May 5th 04, 09:57 PM

> I'd like to be very clear on this issue: It is only the asphalt in front
of
> our old hangar that is bad.

Sorry for not specifying that, I know IOW is very nice, it's just the front
of your hangar that all haggard.

I'll definitely try to be out for the Pool Party in a couple months. I'd
stop out sooner but I've grounded myself until I work out some health
issues. :( (Fatigue, Nausea, general 'jet lag' type feeling for the last 3
months.) Extensive blood tests came up with nothing, but I have a cranial
MRI scheduled in a couple weeks. (The doc wanted to see if there was
something going on with my sinuses, or something?). Any advice or other
guesses are welcome. :)

It's hard to let our nice Skyhawk sit around on these gorgeous days!

--
Ben
C-172 - N13258 @ 87Y

Mike Weller

May 6th 04, 01:17 AM

On Wed, 05 May 2004 19:40:37 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
> wrote:

This is my home airport.

That was the Med-Flight hangar you trashed!!! You didn't see the big
"H" and all of that? They didn't think it was cute at all. You're
lucky you've still got both/any testicles.

>You'll be glad to know, however, that I *did* almost get my ass kicked while
>in Huntsville, by some good ol' 'Bama boy who jumped up on my wing and
>wanted a piece of me.
>
>It seems in my frustrating search for the FBO (who did not answer my calls
>on the radio), I taxied past his open maintenance hangar door, and blew a
>bunch of crap around inside. It must've been some weird combination of wind
>currents and prop blast, cuz neither Mary nor I thought I had taxied close
>enough to do such a thing -- but this poor sap chased me clear across the
>airport on his bicycle to let me know what a dope I was...
>

First of all, our new airport has some of the best markings anywhere.
There is a yellow line and taxiway signs that are new and easily seen.
How in the world did you get over to the maintenance hangar if you
could see our new terminal building (the one in your pictures)? It
dominates the ramp.

Sorry that UNICOM didn't give you a call back. They are very good
about that. Really.

Mike Weller

Peter R.

May 6th 04, 02:30 AM

Mike Weller wrote:

> Sorry that UNICOM didn't give you a call back. They are very good
> about that. Really.

Perhaps Jay mistakenly dialed in an incorrect/out of date frequency or
transmitted on COM1 instead of COM2? There are other explanations why
one may not receive a response on a UNICOM frequency, especially when
one is a transient.

--
Peter

Stan Prevost

May 6th 04, 06:34 PM

"Jim Fisher" > wrote in message
. ..
>
> "Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
> news:gVXlc.33415$0H1.2770559@attbi_s54...
> > http://alexisparkinn.com/sun_n_fun_04.htm
> >
> > I *finally* got a few minutes to post these.
>
> 'Sup Jay.
>
> You landed in Huntsville for lunch and didn't call me. It's only about an
> hour away. Remind me to smack you next time I see you.
>
> --
> Jim Fisher
>
>

Hell, it's *zero* away from me!

I'm mortally insulted.

Stan
(low-winger)

Jay Honeck

May 7th 04, 04:14 AM

> That was the Med-Flight hangar you trashed!!! You didn't see the big
> "H" and all of that? They didn't think it was cute at all. You're
> lucky you've still got both/any testicles.

I don't think we blasted a Med-Flight hangar. The guy on my wing said it
was the "maintenance hangar" -- and I don't recall any big "H" our front.
But I suppose that would explain why there were there on a Saturday
afternoon.

> First of all, our new airport has some of the best markings anywhere.
> There is a yellow line and taxiway signs that are new and easily seen.
> How in the world did you get over to the maintenance hangar if you
> could see our new terminal building (the one in your pictures)?

Yeah, it's kind of funny, but we absolutely could NOT believe that the big,
brand new building was the "real" FBO for little folks like us! At every
other airport of Huntsville's size that we've visited, the big, beautiful,
new building out front is always the terminal for commuter airline
service -- NOT the FBO for Spam Cans.

In the absence of any answers to our inquiries on Unicom, we pulled in front
of what LOOKED like the FBO, trying to find the gas pumps -- which was the
older brick building with the sign out front. (I'll bet that used to be the
FBO, right? It looks like every other FBO in the country.)

When the lady inside the "real" FBO finally answered, we taxied over to the
gorgeous new building -- which is VERY impressive, I must say. At some
point along the way we must've blasted the poor guy inside the open
maintenance hangar -- although, as I said, neither of us thought we were
close enough to have done such a thing.

Still, after over three hours in the air, "road head" can make you goofy.
I apologized profusely, and we moved on.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck

May 7th 04, 04:18 AM

> Yeah, jumping on your wing without asking isn't good, but still; you
> decide to kick his ass, and he might kick yours, or he might press
> charges. Either outcome seems pretty bad.

Yeah, you're right, of course. Still, I just can't imagine EVER jumping on
someone's wing without permission.

The bottom line is that HE was taking a big risk jumping on my wing. If I
had been of a different frame of mind, or maybe slightly less tired, I might
have just tossed his little ass into the prop, rather than nicely
apologizing.

Luckily, it all ended well.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

David Dyer-Bennet

May 7th 04, 05:13 AM

"Jay Honeck" > writes:

>> Yeah, jumping on your wing without asking isn't good, but still; you
>> decide to kick his ass, and he might kick yours, or he might press
>> charges. Either outcome seems pretty bad.
>
> Yeah, you're right, of course. Still, I just can't imagine EVER jumping on
> someone's wing without permission.

Makes sense.

> The bottom line is that HE was taking a big risk jumping on my wing. If I
> had been of a different frame of mind, or maybe slightly less tired, I might
> have just tossed his little ass into the prop, rather than nicely
> apologizing.

Yep, the exact same argument applies to him, too. *He* shouldn't have
done what he did either.

> Luckily, it all ended well.

Best all around. As with most things, it takes multiple mistakes /
failures to achieve seriously bad results.
--
David Dyer-Bennet, >, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/>
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Photos: <dd-b.lighthunters.net> Snapshots: <www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/>
Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>

Jay Masino

May 7th 04, 12:14 PM

Jay Honeck > wrote:
> The bottom line is that HE was taking a big risk jumping on my wing. If I
> had been of a different frame of mind, or maybe slightly less tired, I might
> have just tossed his little ass into the prop, rather than nicely
> apologizing.

I hate to interrupt your chest pounding, but you don't exactly look big
enough to be "tossing" any body any where.

--
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Jay Honeck

May 7th 04, 01:37 PM

> I hate to interrupt your chest pounding, but you don't exactly look big
> enough to be "tossing" any body any where.

Heh. That's what the last guy thought.

Adrenaline is a wondrous thing.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

EDR

May 7th 04, 04:30 PM

In article <kqLmc.45236$Ik.3117783@attbi_s53>, Jay Honeck
> wrote:

> > I hate to interrupt your chest pounding, but you don't exactly look big
> > enough to be "tossing" any body any where.
>
> Heh. That's what the last guy thought.
> Adrenaline is a wondrous thing.

Kinda like that Richard Prior saying, "Fire is a great motivator...
cause when you're on fire, you're motivated to put it out!"

G.R. Patterson III

May 7th 04, 08:48 PM

Jay Honeck wrote:
>
> If I
> had been of a different frame of mind, or maybe slightly less tired, I might
> have just tossed his little ass into the prop, rather than nicely
> apologizing.

I think you'd better go back to the "lucky I apologized" line. Probably some part of
your brain was evaluating the consequences of a well-aimed kick to the nose and just
how easy it would be to deliver such a kick to a belligerent inn-keeper as he's
trying to get out the door of a Piper. Betcha the guy on the outside of that door had
already worked that out, too.

George Patterson
If you don't tell lies, you never have to remember what you said.

EDR

May 7th 04, 09:57 PM

In article >, G.R. Patterson III
> wrote:

I think you'd better go back to the "lucky I apologized" line. Probably
some part of your brain was evaluating the consequences of a well-aimed
kick to the nose and just how easy it would be to deliver such a kick
to a belligerent inn-keeper as he's trying to get out the door of a
Piper. Betcha the guy on the outside of that door had already worked
that out, too.

Yet another reason to own a high-wing!

Jay Honeck

May 8th 04, 12:40 AM

> Kinda like that Richard Prior saying, "Fire is a great motivator...
> cause when you're on fire, you're motivated to put it out!"

For sure.

I'm always amazed at what adrenaline can do. A recent example: I was
wrestling with my 13 year old son, not long ago, when he accidentally hit me
in, shall we politely say, the "nether" parts.

We were pretty riled up already, really going at it, and -- since we've both
been lifting weights together now every day for the last five months --
we're both in pretty good shape. In my moment of agony and despair, I
grabbed him with one hand by the shoulder, and THREW him completely across
the room.

Now this kid is no lightweight -- he wrestles in the 150 pound class.
Luckily he landed on his head, where no harm could come to him...

Afterward, over a cold pop, both he and I were amazed that this was
physically possible. Under normal circumstances, that move would have put
ME in traction...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck

May 8th 04, 12:43 AM

> Hell, it's *zero* away from me!
>
> I'm mortally insulted.

Sorry, Stan. If I had been thinking ahead, I'd have bought you lunch!

BTW: We ate lunch at a GREAT little diner down the road, whose name escapes
me. It's a cutesy little name, like "Pansies" or something.

(We always ask for the privately owned, non-franchise restaurants -- and
this one was fabulous!)

The waitress was a kick, too. She started every, single, sentence, the
entire time we were there, with "Y'all" -- my kids couldn't stop laughing!

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

G.R. Patterson III

May 8th 04, 01:25 AM

Jay Honeck wrote:
>
> She started every, single, sentence, the
> entire time we were there, with "Y'all" -- my kids couldn't stop laughing!

Boy, you just keep digging that hole deeper, dontcha?

George Patterson
If you don't tell lies, you never have to remember what you said.

Jay Honeck

May 8th 04, 02:39 AM

> > She started every, single, sentence, the
> > entire time we were there, with "Y'all" -- my kids couldn't stop
laughing!
>
> Boy, you just keep digging that hole deeper, dontcha?

What, you don't think starting every sentence with "y'all" is funny?

I mean, we're talking EVERY sentence. As in "Y'all, how is everything?" and
"Y'all, would y'all like some dessert?"

*I* thought it was endearingly funny. She was cute as a button, too.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Mike Weller

May 9th 04, 02:08 AM

On Fri, 07 May 2004 03:14:25 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
> wrote:

>I don't think we blasted a Med-Flight hangar. The guy on my wing said it
>was the "maintenance hangar" -- and I don't recall any big "H" our front.
>But I suppose that would explain why there were there on a Saturday
>afternoon.
>

You're right, it wasn't Med-Flight. It was just the maintenance
hangar. No problem. Sorry.

>Yeah, it's kind of funny, but we absolutely could NOT believe that the big,
>brand new building was the "real" FBO for little folks like us! At every
>other airport of Huntsville's size that we've visited, the big, beautiful,
>new building out front is always the terminal for commuter airline
>service -- NOT the FBO for Spam Cans.
>

Nice, isn't it. It took a long time, but we're proud of the the whole
place.

>In the absence of any answers to our inquiries on Unicom, we pulled in front
>of what LOOKED like the FBO, trying to find the gas pumps -- which was the
>older brick building with the sign out front. (I'll bet that used to be the
>FBO, right? It looks like every other FBO in the country.)
>

It was, and I guess I can see what you're saying. We have a sort of
"Leave it to Beaver" airport now and it is a little disconcerting to
see the first time.

>When the lady inside the "real" FBO finally answered, we taxied over to the
>gorgeous new building -- which is VERY impressive, I must say. At some
>point along the way we must've blasted the poor guy inside the open
>maintenance hangar -- although, as I said, neither of us thought we were
>close enough to have done such a thing.
>
>Still, after over three hours in the air, "road head" can make you goofy.
>I apologized profusely, and we moved on.

Please come back. I was way too harsh on you with your red-neck
comments. Us red-necks have some pretty thick skin. I think you know
what I mean.

Mike Weller

Stan Prevost

May 9th 04, 05:27 PM

OK, I reckon we will forgive y'all this time, Jay, but next time you better
email ahead. Fisher can *drive* over in his low-wheeled auto and we can
find a place to eat. Or maybe we can just fly over there.

Y'all come, now, y' hear?

:-)

Stan

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:FaVmc.48613$Ik.3466381@attbi_s53...
> > Hell, it's *zero* away from me!
> >
> > I'm mortally insulted.
>
> Sorry, Stan. If I had been thinking ahead, I'd have bought you lunch!
>
> BTW: We ate lunch at a GREAT little diner down the road, whose name
escapes
> me. It's a cutesy little name, like "Pansies" or something.
>
> (We always ask for the privately owned, non-franchise restaurants -- and
> this one was fabulous!)
>
> The waitress was a kick, too. She started every, single, sentence, the
> entire time we were there, with "Y'all" -- my kids couldn't stop laughing!
>
> :-)
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>
>

EDR

May 9th 04, 11:50 PM

In article <FaVmc.48613$Ik.3466381@attbi_s53>, Jay Honeck
> wrote:

> The waitress was a kick, too. She started every, single, sentence, the
> entire time we were there, with "Y'all" -- my kids couldn't stop laughing!

There were four of you, correct?
She should have used the plural, "All y'all..."
(She must have just been addressing you, Jay.)

G.R. Patterson III

May 10th 04, 01:26 AM

Jay Honeck wrote:
>
> What, you don't think starting every sentence with "y'all" is funny?

I don't care much for people who laugh at the way other people talk. For any reason.

George Patterson
If you don't tell lies, you never have to remember what you said.

Jay Honeck

May 10th 04, 02:35 AM

> > What, you don't think starting every sentence with "y'all" is funny?
>
> I don't care much for people who laugh at the way other people talk. For
any reason.

Geez, George, relax. I'm sure she thought *we* talked funny, too.

Hell, for the first two days Paul was staying with us, none of us could
understand a word he was saying. That British accent (and the occasional
unfamiliar phraseology) had us asking him to "say again" virtually
everything -- until he finally learned to slow down his speech patterns for
us dim-witted Iowans.

Personally, I thought the "y'all" chick was hilarious, and you probably
would have, too. And, like I said, she was damned cute.

Of course, being a New Yorker, you probably sound goofy, too.

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

G.R. Patterson III

May 10th 04, 02:36 AM

Jay Honeck wrote:
>
> Of course, being a New Yorker, you probably sound goofy, too.

I'm from East Tennessee.

George Patterson
If you don't tell lies, you never have to remember what you said.

Jay Honeck

May 10th 04, 02:39 AM

> Nice, isn't it. It took a long time, but we're proud of the the whole
> place.

It's an awesome FBO! The only one I've seen in Iowa that comes close is in
Ottumwa, where they recently put a couple of million bucks into a new,
totally unnecessary terminal building. (They're hoping to lure regional air
service back...)

Next time you're at the old maintenance hangar, tell 'em that the stupid
Yankees from Iowa who blew crap all over their hangar is still feeling badly
about it.

> Please come back. I was way too harsh on you with your red-neck
> comments. Us red-necks have some pretty thick skin. I think you know
> what I mean.

Well, we've got to stop *somewhere* for gas and lunch, en route to Florida.
It'll always be a toss-up between Muscle Shoals and Huntsville, I suspect.

NEXT time, we'll plan better -- and lunch will be on us!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck

May 10th 04, 03:01 AM

> I'm from East Tennessee.

Just curious: Is there a reason for specifying "East" Tennessee?
Different accents in the east, versus the rest of the state?

I ask because that's very true in Iowa. You get south of Ottumwa, and a
significant portion of the population has a pronounced southern accent,
albeit quite different from the "y'all" chick in Alabama.

In the rest of the state, everyone sounds like Dan Rather.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Newps

May 10th 04, 03:48 AM

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:VnBnc.60216$Ik.4694829@attbi_s53...
> > I'm from East Tennessee.
>
> Just curious: Is there a reason for specifying "East" Tennessee?

I work with a guy who used to live in North Georgia. Not just regular
Georgia, but North Georgia. As if it makes a difference to the 99.9% of us
not from there. People from the South are weird this way, in addition to
talking funny.

G.R. Patterson III

May 10th 04, 04:09 AM

Jay Honeck wrote:
>
> Just curious: Is there a reason for specifying "East" Tennessee?

There are sufficient reasons that the "welcome" signs at the Tennessee borders used
to say "Welcome to the Three Great States of Tennessee". I am in central New Jersey
at the moment. If I drove to the point in Tennessee which is closest to me, I would
not be even halfway to Memphis. When you have an area that long, you can expect a lot
of differences in the residents.

George Patterson
If you don't tell lies, you never have to remember what you said.

EDR

May 10th 04, 01:48 PM

In article <G3Bnc.60115$Ik.4690154@attbi_s53>, Jay Honeck
> wrote:

> Next time you're at the old maintenance hangar, tell 'em that the stupid
> Yankees from Iowa who blew crap all over their hangar is still feeling badly
> about it.

Yankees's?
Iowan's?
I thought you were carpetbaggers!
What was that Kansas-Nebraska thing all about? 44/40 or Fight?
(High school was a LONG time ago!)

EDR

May 10th 04, 01:49 PM

In article <VnBnc.60216$Ik.4694829@attbi_s53>, Jay Honeck
> wrote:

> > I'm from East Tennessee.
>
> Just curious: Is there a reason for specifying "East" Tennessee?
> Different accents in the east, versus the rest of the state?

Jay, think Mississippi and North Carolina.
Do they sound the same when they talk?

G.R. Patterson III

May 10th 04, 07:02 PM

EDR wrote:
>
> Yankees's?

To an Alabaman, he's a Yankee.

George Patterson
If you don't tell lies, you never have to remember what you said.

Mike Weller

May 10th 04, 11:47 PM

On Sat, 08 May 2004 01:39:03 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
> wrote:

>> > She started every, single, sentence, the
>> > entire time we were there, with "Y'all" -- my kids couldn't stop
>laughing!
>>

Laugh if you want to.

I'm reminded of a story, where the head Rabbi of Boston was asked to
address the congregation of the largest Catholic Church in a some sort
in inter-faith occasion.

He began with "I'm glad yoose guys are here".

A murmur ran through the crowd and escaped to climb the putpit and
bite the Rabbi on the butt.

Chastened, he quickly re-worded his introduction to "I'm glad you all
are here".

A breath of fresh air flowed in and the Rabbi's pants were
miraculously repaired.

He's now a rocket scientist here in Huntsville, and begins every
sentence with "Y'all". He's also a Baptist.

Mike Weller