A little celebratory flight

[doc]

Celebrating both my birthday and the fact that I know that at least
today Bush is a long ways from Texas and there won’t be any popup
presidential TFR’s, I rented a little old 152 for a spin around the prairie.

My landings showed a lot of rust, but weren’t particularly scary. What
was scary was a Cub or something like that suddenly popping out of the
haze at exactly my altitude, passing by going the opposite direction
just a couple hundred yards to my right. The weather was severe clear,
but with no wind on a warm day the horizon was nothing but a brown
smudge about 10 degrees wide. I’d put in something sanctimonious here
about air pollution, but I can’t say as I was exactly improving the
situation in that Cessna.

Time to turn on the grill. And yes, I am serving Texas wine with Texas
beef. It's better than you might think. How's that for a ringing
endorsement?

[Jay Beckman]

"doc" > wrote in message
...
> Celebrating both my birthday and the fact that I know that at least today
> Bush is a long ways from Texas and there won’t be any popup presidential
> TFR’s, I rented a little old 152 for a spin around the prairie.
>
> My landings showed a lot of rust, but weren’t particularly scary. What was
> scary was a Cub or something like that suddenly popping out of the haze at
> exactly my altitude, passing by going the opposite direction just a couple
> hundred yards to my right.

What was your heading? Were you at the correct even/odd+500? Was he?

> The weather was severe clear, but with no wind on a warm day the horizon
> was nothing but a brown smudge about 10 degrees wide. I’d put in something
> sanctimonious here about air pollution, but I can’t say as I was exactly
> improving the situation in that Cessna.
>
> Time to turn on the grill. And yes, I am serving Texas wine with Texas
> beef. It's better than you might think. How's that for a ringing
> endorsement?

[doc]

Jay Beckman wrote:
> "doc" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>Celebrating both my birthday and the fact that I know that at least today
>>Bush is a long ways from Texas and there won’t be any popup presidential
>>TFR’s, I rented a little old 152 for a spin around the prairie.
>>
>>My landings showed a lot of rust, but weren’t particularly scary. What was
>>scary was a Cub or something like that suddenly popping out of the haze at
>>exactly my altitude, passing by going the opposite direction just a couple
>>hundred yards to my right.
>
>
> What was your heading? Were you at the correct even/odd+500? Was he?
>

Both of us were correct, as we were well below the altitude at which
cruising altitudes apply.

[houstondan]

doc wrote:
> Celebrating both my birthday and the fact that I know that at least
> today Bush is a long ways from Texas and there won't be any popup
> presidential TFR's, I rented a little old 152 for a spin around the
prairie.
>
> >
> Time to turn on the grill. And yes, I am serving Texas wine with
Texas
> beef. It's better than you might think. How's that for a ringing
> endorsement?

pop-up tfr is right. i fersure know one top flight senior boss pilot
instructor guy who had that one pop-up on him outta nowhere while he
was enroute to somewhere over there. he checked before leaving and it
was not there, or warned. they made him sit on the ground for a long
time before finally letting him escape.
by the way, i do appreciate your sense of culinary priorities.


dan

[Gil Brice]

Hi doc,
I did the same thing on Sunday. I was flying in the southern part of
the DFW area. By my log book it had been since...well lets just say it
had been too long since I had flown at all. With an instructor and a
friend I flew from Grand Prairie to Ennis to Hillsboro and back to GPM.
I called FSS an hour before the flight to get the status of P49. She
said the "extended" zone was not active. I got the usual "...stay in
touch with ATC in the event it does become active during your flight."
Hillsboro isn't in the extended P-49, so I wasn't too worried. It was a
bit hazy at 3000 that day, but it was a joy to fly. I can't let it get
that long between flights again. Happy Birthday and wishing you many more.

doc wrote:
> Celebrating both my birthday and the fact that I know that at least
> today Bush is a long ways from Texas and there won’t be any popup
> presidential TFR’s, I rented a little old 152 for a spin around the
> prairie.
>
> My landings showed a lot of rust, but weren’t particularly scary. What
> was scary was a Cub or something like that suddenly popping out of the
> haze at exactly my altitude, passing by going the opposite direction
> just a couple hundred yards to my right. The weather was severe clear,
> but with no wind on a warm day the horizon was nothing but a brown
> smudge about 10 degrees wide. I’d put in something sanctimonious here
> about air pollution, but I can’t say as I was exactly improving the
> situation in that Cessna.
>
> Time to turn on the grill. And yes, I am serving Texas wine with Texas
> beef. It's better than you might think. How's that for a ringing
> endorsement?

[Jack Allison]

doc wrote:

> I rented a little old 152 for a spin around the prairie.

How many turns and in what direction? :-)


--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL, IA Student, Student Arrow Buyer

"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

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[vincent p. norris]

Something wrong with this newsgroup! So far, NO ONE has asked you for
deatils about that Texas wine!

vince norris

[Rod Madsen]

Many years ago I moved from California to Texas. As a lark, I brought a
couple of bottles of Texas wine to serve our California friends on a return
visit. They are pretty discriminationg wine drinkers, and they couldn't
tell it from California wine. Either Texas wine is pretty good, or my
friends aren't as discriminating as I thought.

Rod
"vincent p. norris" > wrote in message
...
> Something wrong with this newsgroup! So far, NO ONE has asked you for
> deatils about that Texas wine!
>
> vince norris

[Orval Fairbairn]

In article >,
"Rod Madsen" > wrote:

> Many years ago I moved from California to Texas. As a lark, I brought a
> couple of bottles of Texas wine to serve our California friends on a return
> visit. They are pretty discriminationg wine drinkers, and they couldn't
> tell it from California wine. Either Texas wine is pretty good, or my
> friends aren't as discriminating as I thought.
>
> Rod
> "vincent p. norris" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Something wrong with this newsgroup! So far, NO ONE has asked you for
> > deatils about that Texas wine!
> >
> > vince norris


There are reputedly some pretty good wines made in Texas, although I
have never tasted any Texas wine.

[Blueskies]

"Rod Madsen" > wrote in message ...
> Many years ago I moved from California to Texas. As a lark, I brought a
> couple of bottles of Texas wine to serve our California friends on a return
> visit. They are pretty discriminationg wine drinkers, and they couldn't
> tell it from California wine. Either Texas wine is pretty good, or my
> friends aren't as discriminating as I thought.
>
> Rod
> "vincent p. norris" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Something wrong with this newsgroup! So far, NO ONE has asked you for
>> deatils about that Texas wine!
>>
>> vince norris
>
>


You missed the third possibility...the possibility that California wine is not so good after all. ;-)

(Don't get me wrong, my sister is one of those "pretty discriminating wine drinkers" and is directly involved in the
wine industry)

[Jay Honeck]

> Either Texas wine is pretty good, or my
> friends aren't as discriminating as I thought.

In my experience, self-proclaimed wine connoisseurs usually have more
attitude than taste.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Rod Madsen]

Or a 4th possibility: my friends were too kind to tell me how it really
tasted.

Rod
"Blueskies" > wrote in message
m...
>
> "Rod Madsen" > wrote in message
...
> > Many years ago I moved from California to Texas. As a lark, I brought a
> > couple of bottles of Texas wine to serve our California friends on a
return
> > visit. They are pretty discriminationg wine drinkers, and they couldn't
> > tell it from California wine. Either Texas wine is pretty good, or my
> > friends aren't as discriminating as I thought.
> >
> > Rod
> > "vincent p. norris" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> Something wrong with this newsgroup! So far, NO ONE has asked you for
> >> deatils about that Texas wine!
> >>
> >> vince norris
> >
> >
>
>
> You missed the third possibility...the possibility that California wine is
not so good after all. ;-)
>
> (Don't get me wrong, my sister is one of those "pretty discriminating wine
drinkers" and is directly involved in the
> wine industry)
>
>

[Blueskies]

True, they may be good liars ;-)


"Rod Madsen" > wrote in message ...
> Or a 4th possibility: my friends were too kind to tell me how it really
> tasted.
>
> Rod
> "Blueskies" > wrote in message
> m...
>>
>> "Rod Madsen" > wrote in message
> ...
>> > Many years ago I moved from California to Texas. As a lark, I brought a
>> > couple of bottles of Texas wine to serve our California friends on a
> return
>> > visit. They are pretty discriminationg wine drinkers, and they couldn't
>> > tell it from California wine. Either Texas wine is pretty good, or my
>> > friends aren't as discriminating as I thought.
>> >
>> > Rod
>> > "vincent p. norris" > wrote in message
>> > ...
>> >> Something wrong with this newsgroup! So far, NO ONE has asked you for
>> >> deatils about that Texas wine!
>> >>
>> >> vince norris
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>> You missed the third possibility...the possibility that California wine is
> not so good after all. ;-)
>>
>> (Don't get me wrong, my sister is one of those "pretty discriminating wine
> drinkers" and is directly involved in the
>> wine industry)
>>
>>
>
>

[houstondan]

vincent p. norris wrote:
> Something wrong with this newsgroup! So far, NO ONE has asked you for
> deatils about that Texas wine!
>
> vince norris


well, actually, at least one of us was hoping the reference to TEXAS
wine would just kinda go away. it really does not work with the state
image. TEXAS beer would work much better. how about "GENUINE TEXAS
ALCOHOHALIFIED GRAPE SQUEEZINS" ??

dan