Thanks for the weather, Jay!

[George Patterson]

Because Jay put his plane in the shop, he's been seeing great flying weather.
That's trickled down East by now.

Today was in the 40's and CAVU. I dug the Maule out of the snow last weekend, so
I knew that all I needed to do was to top off the tailwheel tire. After that was
accomplished, she started right up. I had been a bit nervous about that, since I
haven't flown in a while.

I was second for departure behind a school Tomahawk. With the chilly air, the
Maule got off the ground like an advertisement. By the time we got to pattern
altitude, I was rapidly overhauling the Traumahawk, so I turned east for the
coast. When I got there, I ran towards the city about 1500' up. The inland
waterway was mostly ice, and it was fun to see the beaches nearly empty. Most of
the boats were shrinkwrapped in cradles on the shore, but a few were still in
slips. With the ice, they weren't going anywhere. I was pleased to see the oil
temperature reaching the green; sometimes it doesn't in the winter.

When I got to the hook, I was surprised to see a few people on the beaches. I
also started wondering about the lack of company in the air - maybe I missed a
TFR?

Dialed in 121.5 and heard nothing, but I decided not to make a run up the Hudson
anyway. I turned inland and made my way over to the Parkway to head home. As I
passed a couple of Navy installations, I felt fortunate that we in NJ don't have
to deal with the clowns they have in the Portland area.

All too soon, Lakewood was in sight and it was time to pull the plug. The
landing turned out to be a real nice one; another nice surprise.

I shut down in front of my tiedown and climbed out. I beautiful yellow Pacer
turned in right after me, so I hurried to push the Maule off the taxiway. It
didn't take long to put her to bed.

Tomorrow I'll fly her to Pennsylvania to meet her new owner. The weather's
supposed to be good for that too.

George Patterson
He who would distinguish what is true from what is false must have an
adequate understanding of truth and falsehood.

[Jon Kraus]

He just got his plane out of the shop so expect the weather to turn to
****....

Jon Kraus
PP-ASEL-IA
'79 Mooney 201 4443H


George Patterson wrote:

> Because Jay put his plane in the shop, he's been seeing great flying weather.
> That's trickled down East by now.
>
> Today was in the 40's and CAVU. I dug the Maule out of the snow last weekend, so
> I knew that all I needed to do was to top off the tailwheel tire. After that was
> accomplished, she started right up. I had been a bit nervous about that, since I
> haven't flown in a while.
>
> I was second for departure behind a school Tomahawk. With the chilly air, the
> Maule got off the ground like an advertisement. By the time we got to pattern
> altitude, I was rapidly overhauling the Traumahawk, so I turned east for the
> coast. When I got there, I ran towards the city about 1500' up. The inland
> waterway was mostly ice, and it was fun to see the beaches nearly empty. Most of
> the boats were shrinkwrapped in cradles on the shore, but a few were still in
> slips. With the ice, they weren't going anywhere. I was pleased to see the oil
> temperature reaching the green; sometimes it doesn't in the winter.
>
> When I got to the hook, I was surprised to see a few people on the beaches. I
> also started wondering about the lack of company in the air - maybe I missed a
> TFR?
>
> Dialed in 121.5 and heard nothing, but I decided not to make a run up the Hudson
> anyway. I turned inland and made my way over to the Parkway to head home. As I
> passed a couple of Navy installations, I felt fortunate that we in NJ don't have
> to deal with the clowns they have in the Portland area.
>
> All too soon, Lakewood was in sight and it was time to pull the plug. The
> landing turned out to be a real nice one; another nice surprise.
>
> I shut down in front of my tiedown and climbed out. I beautiful yellow Pacer
> turned in right after me, so I hurried to push the Maule off the taxiway. It
> didn't take long to put her to bed.
>
> Tomorrow I'll fly her to Pennsylvania to meet her new owner. The weather's
> supposed to be good for that too.
>
> George Patterson
> He who would distinguish what is true from what is false must have an
> adequate understanding of truth and falsehood.

[dave]

Sorry to hear your selling you airplane. I hope the new owner enjoys it
as much as you did. Maybe I'll see him around. I'm at Wings.

I also got up and about on Saturday and will hopefully get out later
today. Beautiful.

Dave
68 7ECA

George Patterson wrote:
> Because Jay put his plane in the shop, he's been seeing great flying weather.
> That's trickled down East by now.
>
> Today was in the 40's and CAVU. I dug the Maule out of the snow last weekend, so
> I knew that all I needed to do was to top off the tailwheel tire. After that was
> accomplished, she started right up. I had been a bit nervous about that, since I
> haven't flown in a while.
>
> I was second for departure behind a school Tomahawk. With the chilly air, the
> Maule got off the ground like an advertisement. By the time we got to pattern
> altitude, I was rapidly overhauling the Traumahawk, so I turned east for the
> coast. When I got there, I ran towards the city about 1500' up. The inland
> waterway was mostly ice, and it was fun to see the beaches nearly empty. Most of
> the boats were shrinkwrapped in cradles on the shore, but a few were still in
> slips. With the ice, they weren't going anywhere. I was pleased to see the oil
> temperature reaching the green; sometimes it doesn't in the winter.
>
> When I got to the hook, I was surprised to see a few people on the beaches. I
> also started wondering about the lack of company in the air - maybe I missed a
> TFR?
>
> Dialed in 121.5 and heard nothing, but I decided not to make a run up the Hudson
> anyway. I turned inland and made my way over to the Parkway to head home. As I
> passed a couple of Navy installations, I felt fortunate that we in NJ don't have
> to deal with the clowns they have in the Portland area.
>
> All too soon, Lakewood was in sight and it was time to pull the plug. The
> landing turned out to be a real nice one; another nice surprise.
>
> I shut down in front of my tiedown and climbed out. I beautiful yellow Pacer
> turned in right after me, so I hurried to push the Maule off the taxiway. It
> didn't take long to put her to bed.
>
> Tomorrow I'll fly her to Pennsylvania to meet her new owner. The weather's
> supposed to be good for that too.
>
> George Patterson
> He who would distinguish what is true from what is false must have an
> adequate understanding of truth and falsehood.

[Jay Honeck]

> Tomorrow I'll fly her to Pennsylvania to meet her new owner. The weather's
> supposed to be good for that too.

Man, that sucks, George. I'm sorry to hear it.

Our good friends who bought our old Warrior have it sold, too. I'll be sad
to see my baby fly away to another airport -- I'd gotten used to seeing her
just a couple of hangars down...

I hope you get back in the saddle again, soon.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[George Patterson]

dave wrote:
>
> Maybe I'll see him around. I'm at Wings.

The pre-buy is being done at N47, but I don't know if that's going to be his
home base.

George Patterson
He who would distinguish what is true from what is false must have an
adequate understanding of truth and falsehood.

[jsmith]

Yes, thank you, Jay!
For the first time in three months, I was able to once again become
airborne. I even invited my friend with the dislocated shoulder from two
weeks ago, along.
We had to wait about an hour for the fog to burn off, though.
The 1000 ET ATIS Special was 1 mile, temp 0C/dew point -2C.
By 1045 the weather was up to 4 miles, temp 2C/dew point -3C.
The top of the haze layer was low (1000AGL) and the air above was smooth
and clear. We flew from Ohio State/Don Scott (KOSU) to Carrol
County/Tolson (KTSO).
We wanted to go to the Amish restaurant, but there was a sign posted
stating that they are closed JAN/FEB/MAR. Bummer.
Instead, we ate at the airport restaurant. The food was good and we
lingered for an hour-and-a-half.
Lots of people had the same idea. The last time most of us were out was
to inspect the floods last month.
My friend flew back. This was to be a test as her left arm was the one
that got dislocated. As long as she could support her arm on her leg,
she could fly. She even made a real good landing upon returning to Don
Scott.
It was a glorious day!

[Jay Honeck]

As I sit here, the drizzle and fog have just rolled in. In 35 minutes
or so I'll be free for the day -- and conditions are now solid "big boy
IFR," with low icing levels. Unicom, so active these last few days,
is utterly silent.

*sigh* Oh, well. The paperwork for the landing lights probably won't
be done today anyway...

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

[Bob Noel]

In article . com>,
"Jay Honeck" > wrote:

> As I sit here, the drizzle and fog have just rolled in. In 35 minutes
> or so I'll be free for the day -- and conditions are now solid "big boy
> IFR," with low icing levels. Unicom, so active these last few days,
> is utterly silent.
>
> *sigh* Oh, well. The paperwork for the landing lights probably won't
> be done today anyway...

good time to wax the airplane.

--
Bob Noel
looking for a sig the lawyers will like

[Jim Burns]

I knew your plane must be ready to go, because ceilings just fell here
also!! Got 4 instrument approaches in this morning before it started to
rain... rain? yep, rain here in central Wis. changeing to snow of
course... just a reminder that it is still February.

Jim

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> As I sit here, the drizzle and fog have just rolled in. In 35 minutes
> or so I'll be free for the day -- and conditions are now solid "big boy
> IFR," with low icing levels. Unicom, so active these last few days,
> is utterly silent.
>
> *sigh* Oh, well. The paperwork for the landing lights probably won't
> be done today anyway...
>
> :-)
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>