"Merry Christmas" and "Thank You" to the NG

[Icebound]

I have been around here for a few years, and today I would like to extend my
special thanks to the participants of these newsgroups. In spite of the
sometimes bizarre politics and occasional outright hostility, there was
still plenty here to help inspire me....

.... so this year I started flight training...

.....and today for the first time, the Instructor saw fit to remove himself
from the right hand seat, and allow me one take-off, which I managed to
"equate with the same number of landings on the same piece of pavement,
followed by returning the airplane in a sufficiently serviceable condition
such that it could be used again".... as someone once put it.

They might let me do again, sometime soon.

I am a little embarrassed by the number of dual circuit hours to this
point... but I don't think that it will increase the national average by too
much :-)

[Jay Beckman]

"Icebound" > wrote in message
...
>I have been around here for a few years, and today I would like to extend
>my special thanks to the participants of these newsgroups. In spite of the
>sometimes bizarre politics and occasional outright hostility, there was
>still plenty here to help inspire me....
>
> ... so this year I started flight training...
>
> ....and today for the first time, the Instructor saw fit to remove himself
> from the right hand seat, and allow me one take-off, which I managed to
> "equate with the same number of landings on the same piece of pavement,
> followed by returning the airplane in a sufficiently serviceable condition
> such that it could be used again".... as someone once put it.
>
> They might let me do again, sometime soon.
>
> I am a little embarrassed by the number of dual circuit hours to this
> point... but I don't think that it will increase the national average by
> too much :-)
>

Way to go Icebound!!!

Congrats and have fun with the next phase...cross country flying!!

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
Chandler, AZ

[Mark Hansen]

On 12/17/2004 12:55, Icebound wrote:

> I have been around here for a few years, and today I would like to extend my
> special thanks to the participants of these newsgroups. In spite of the
> sometimes bizarre politics and occasional outright hostility, there was
> still plenty here to help inspire me....
>
> ... so this year I started flight training...
>
> ....and today for the first time, the Instructor saw fit to remove himself
> from the right hand seat, and allow me one take-off, which I managed to
> "equate with the same number of landings on the same piece of pavement,
> followed by returning the airplane in a sufficiently serviceable condition
> such that it could be used again".... as someone once put it.

That's a good one. My instructor once said that my landings were
"... within mechanical tolerances."


>
> They might let me do again, sometime soon.

The sooner the better.

>
> I am a little embarrassed by the number of dual circuit hours to this
> point... but I don't think that it will increase the national average by too
> much :-)

Eh... don't be. It's different for everyone. There comes a point when
your head and your hands/feet finally get it - and then they seem to
work out from them on.

Don't get me wrong, though - like everyone else, you'll be working
the rest of your life to improve your landings; but now you have
the basics and can begin practicing.

Congratulations and have fun!

--
Mark Hansen
PP-ASEL, C-172M/G

[Jack Allison]

Congratulations!!!! Now, there's a wonderful early Christmas present.


--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL, IA Student, airplane partnership 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)

[PJ Hunt]

I just tell people they need to download some more memory off the internet.

They could try www.downloadfreememoryhere.com

If they are all out of memory at that site, I offer to email them some.

PJ

============================================
Here's to the duck who swam a lake and never lost a feather,
May sometime another year, we all be back together.
JJW
============================================

"Icebound" > wrote in message
...
> I have been around here for a few years, and today I would like to extend
my
> special thanks to the participants of these newsgroups. In spite of the
> sometimes bizarre politics and occasional outright hostility, there was
> still plenty here to help inspire me....
>
> ... so this year I started flight training...
>
> ....and today for the first time, the Instructor saw fit to remove himself
> from the right hand seat, and allow me one take-off, which I managed to
> "equate with the same number of landings on the same piece of pavement,
> followed by returning the airplane in a sufficiently serviceable condition
> such that it could be used again".... as someone once put it.
>
> They might let me do again, sometime soon.
>
> I am a little embarrassed by the number of dual circuit hours to this
> point... but I don't think that it will increase the national average by
too
> much :-)
>
>
>
>

[PJ Hunt]

whoops, sorry wrong thread.

PJ

============================================
Here's to the duck who swam a lake and never lost a feather,
May sometime another year, we all be back together.
JJW
============================================

"PJ Hunt" > wrote in message
...
> I just tell people they need to download some more memory off the
internet.
>
> They could try www.downloadfreememoryhere.com
>
> If they are all out of memory at that site, I offer to email them some.
>
> PJ
>
> ============================================
> Here's to the duck who swam a lake and never lost a feather,
> May sometime another year, we all be back together.
> JJW
> ============================================
>
> "Icebound" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I have been around here for a few years, and today I would like to
extend
> my
> > special thanks to the participants of these newsgroups. In spite of the
> > sometimes bizarre politics and occasional outright hostility, there was
> > still plenty here to help inspire me....
> >
> > ... so this year I started flight training...
> >
> > ....and today for the first time, the Instructor saw fit to remove
himself
> > from the right hand seat, and allow me one take-off, which I managed to
> > "equate with the same number of landings on the same piece of pavement,
> > followed by returning the airplane in a sufficiently serviceable
condition
> > such that it could be used again".... as someone once put it.
> >
> > They might let me do again, sometime soon.
> >
> > I am a little embarrassed by the number of dual circuit hours to this
> > point... but I don't think that it will increase the national average by
> too
> > much :-)
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

[Mike Rapoport]

"Mark Hansen" > wrote in message
...
> On 12/17/2004 12:55, Icebound wrote:
>
>> I have been around here for a few years, and today I would like to extend
>> my special thanks to the participants of these newsgroups. In spite of
>> the sometimes bizarre politics and occasional outright hostility, there
>> was still plenty here to help inspire me....
>>
>> ... so this year I started flight training...
>>
>> ....and today for the first time, the Instructor saw fit to remove
>> himself from the right hand seat, and allow me one take-off, which I
>> managed to "equate with the same number of landings on the same piece of
>> pavement, followed by returning the airplane in a sufficiently
>> serviceable condition such that it could be used again".... as someone
>> once put it.
>
> That's a good one. My instructor once said that my landings were
> "... within mechanical tolerances."
>
> --
> Mark Hansen
> PP-ASEL, C-172M/G

Mine ultimately decided that it is better to scare one person than two...

Mike
MU-2

[Wizard of Draws]

On 12/17/04 3:55 PM, in article ,
"Icebound" > wrote:

> I have been around here for a few years, and today I would like to extend my
> special thanks to the participants of these newsgroups. In spite of the
> sometimes bizarre politics and occasional outright hostility, there was
> still plenty here to help inspire me....
>
> ... so this year I started flight training...
>
> ....and today for the first time, the Instructor saw fit to remove himself
> from the right hand seat, and allow me one take-off, which I managed to
> "equate with the same number of landings on the same piece of pavement,
> followed by returning the airplane in a sufficiently serviceable condition
> such that it could be used again".... as someone once put it.
>
> They might let me do again, sometime soon.
>
> I am a little embarrassed by the number of dual circuit hours to this
> point... but I don't think that it will increase the national average by too
> much :-)
>
>
>
>
Congratulations IB!
--
Jeff 'The Wizard of Draws' Bucchino
Cartoons with a Touch of Magic�
http://www.wizardofdraws.com
http://www.cartoonclipart.com

The Wizard's 2004 Christmas newsletter
http://www.wizardofdraws.com/main/xmas04.html

[Jase Vanover]

Fantastic! Congratulations. I'm another "soontabee" who just started
training. Looking forward to my first solo. Keep that plane in
"serviceable condition" and keep at it!


"Icebound" > wrote in message
...
>I have been around here for a few years, and today I would like to extend
>my special thanks to the participants of these newsgroups. In spite of the
>sometimes bizarre politics and occasional outright hostility, there was
>still plenty here to help inspire me....
>
> ... so this year I started flight training...
>
> ....and today for the first time, the Instructor saw fit to remove himself
> from the right hand seat, and allow me one take-off, which I managed to
> "equate with the same number of landings on the same piece of pavement,
> followed by returning the airplane in a sufficiently serviceable condition
> such that it could be used again".... as someone once put it.
>
> They might let me do again, sometime soon.
>
> I am a little embarrassed by the number of dual circuit hours to this
> point... but I don't think that it will increase the national average by
> too much :-)
>
>
>
>

[BTIZ]

congratulations Jr Birdman..

BT

"Icebound" > wrote in message
...
>I have been around here for a few years, and today I would like to extend
>my special thanks to the participants of these newsgroups. In spite of the
>sometimes bizarre politics and occasional outright hostility, there was
>still plenty here to help inspire me....
>
> ... so this year I started flight training...
>
> ....and today for the first time, the Instructor saw fit to remove himself
> from the right hand seat, and allow me one take-off, which I managed to
> "equate with the same number of landings on the same piece of pavement,
> followed by returning the airplane in a sufficiently serviceable condition
> such that it could be used again".... as someone once put it.
>
> They might let me do again, sometime soon.
>
> I am a little embarrassed by the number of dual circuit hours to this
> point... but I don't think that it will increase the national average by
> too much :-)
>
>
>
>

[tony roberts]

Well - about bloody time :)

Congratulations - now the fun starts.
BTW - it's OK to stop grinning now :)

Tony

--

Tony Roberts
PP-ASEL
VFR OTT
Night
Cessna 172H C-GICE
In article >,
"Icebound" > wrote:

> I have been around here for a few years, and today I would like to extend my
> special thanks to the participants of these newsgroups. In spite of the
> sometimes bizarre politics and occasional outright hostility, there was
> still plenty here to help inspire me....
>
> ... so this year I started flight training...
>
> ....and today for the first time, the Instructor saw fit to remove himself
> from the right hand seat, and allow me one take-off, which I managed to
> "equate with the same number of landings on the same piece of pavement,
> followed by returning the airplane in a sufficiently serviceable condition
> such that it could be used again".... as someone once put it.
>
> They might let me do again, sometime soon.
>
> I am a little embarrassed by the number of dual circuit hours to this
> point... but I don't think that it will increase the national average by too
> much :-)

[Roger]

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 15:55:47 -0500, "Icebound"
> wrote:

>I have been around here for a few years, and today I would like to extend my
>special thanks to the participants of these newsgroups. In spite of the
>sometimes bizarre politics and occasional outright hostility, there was
>still plenty here to help inspire me....
>
>... so this year I started flight training...
>
>....and today for the first time, the Instructor saw fit to remove himself
>from the right hand seat, and allow me one take-off, which I managed to

That is called self preservation<:-=))

Congratulations and may your flying avocation be long and enjoyable.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

[Robert A. Barker]

Icebound: CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!
Welcome to the post solo group!!!!!! Now you can
finally be SHURE you did not get any "help" from the
CFI :-)

All the best and keep us up to date

Bob Barker N8749S

"Icebound" > wrote in message
...
>I have been around here for a few years, and today I would like to extend
>my special thanks to the participants of these newsgroups. In spite of the
>sometimes bizarre politics and occasional outright hostility, there was
>still plenty here to help inspire me....
>
> ... so this year I started flight training...
>
> ....and today for the first time, the Instructor saw fit to remove himself
> from the right hand seat, and allow me one take-off, which I managed to
> "equate with the same number of landings on the same piece of pavement,
> followed by returning the airplane in a sufficiently serviceable condition
> such that it could be used again".... as someone once put it.
>
> They might let me do again, sometime soon.
>
> I am a little embarrassed by the number of dual circuit hours to this
> point... but I don't think that it will increase the national average by
> too much :-)
>
>
>
>

[Jay Honeck]

>> ....and today for the first time, the Instructor saw fit to remove
>> himself from the right hand seat, and allow me one take-off, which I
>> managed to "equate with the same number of landings on the same piece of
>> pavement, followed by returning the airplane in a sufficiently
>> serviceable condition such that it could be used again".... as someone
>> once put it.

Outstanding! Way to go!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"