Re: Pinckneyville rec.aviation flyin

[John Ousterhout]

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 17:16:21 -0500, "Highfllyer" >
wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>The annual flyin is coming up again May 21, 22, and 23. Come on down to
>Pinckneyville ( KPJY) and hang out in John's hangar! Fly all day and fly
>the hangar all night.

Stella and I will be there by Friday evening even if the Rain God
****es on us like last year and we have to drive again.

What's the difference between a Fairy Tale and A Flying Tale?

A Fairy Tale begins "Once upon a time..."

A Flying Tale begins "No ****, this is a true story..."

- J.O.-

[Rich Ahrens]

John Ousterhout wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 17:16:21 -0500, "Highfllyer" >
> wrote:
>
>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>The annual flyin is coming up again May 21, 22, and 23. Come on down to
>>Pinckneyville ( KPJY) and hang out in John's hangar! Fly all day and fly
>>the hangar all night.
>
>
> Stella and I will be there by Friday evening even if the Rain God
> ****es on us like last year and we have to drive again.

John, John, John... I flew in from Minneapolis, VFR no less, and you had
to drive from Des Moines? What's up with that? :-)

[StellaStar]

Rich points out:
>I flew in from Minneapolis, VFR no less, and you had
>to drive from Des Moines? What's up with that? :-)

Tall people get nervous scud-running. Too much negative conditioning bumping
their heads, a problem I've never had. (John is roughly 1.7 Stellas in height)

OTOH, after a day driving under the overcast, we arrived just in time for the
clouds to clear and watched the lunar eclipse from Highflyer's hangar!

[nauga]

StellaStar wrote...

> OTOH, after a day driving under the overcast, we arrived just in time for
the
> clouds to clear and watched the lunar eclipse from Highflyer's hangar!

http://www.jouster.0catch.com/p2k/u5200051.jpg

Dave 'My eyes!' Hyde

[John Ousterhout]

On Tue, 04 May 2004 07:40:25 -0500, Rich Ahrens > wrote:
>John, John, John... I flew in from Minneapolis, VFR no less, and you had
>to drive from Des Moines? What's up with that? :-)

Good Judgement :-)

-J.O.-

[John Ousterhout]

On Wed, 05 May 2004 10:34:53 GMT, "nauga" > wrote:

>StellaStar wrote...
>
>> OTOH, after a day driving under the overcast, we arrived just in time for
>the
>> clouds to clear and watched the lunar eclipse from Highflyer's hangar!
>
>http://www.jouster.0catch.com/p2k/u5200051.jpg
>
>Dave 'My eyes!' Hyde


MuzzleLoader ingestion often affects judgement.

- J.O.-

[Rich Ahrens]

John Ousterhout wrote:

> On Tue, 04 May 2004 07:40:25 -0500, Rich Ahrens > wrote:
>
>>John, John, John... I flew in from Minneapolis, VFR no less, and you had
>>to drive from Des Moines? What's up with that? :-)
>
>
> Good Judgement :-)

Then what the heck were you doing in Iowa in the first place???

[Rich Ahrens]

StellaStar wrote:

> Rich points out:
>
>>I flew in from Minneapolis, VFR no less, and you had
>>to drive from Des Moines? What's up with that? :-)
>
>
> Tall people get nervous scud-running. Too much negative conditioning bumping
> their heads, a problem I've never had. (John is roughly 1.7 Stellas in height)

Seems to me I'm taller than Oysterhouse. Next excuse??? :-)

> OTOH, after a day driving under the overcast, we arrived just in time for the
> clouds to clear and watched the lunar eclipse from Highflyer's hangar!

The last moment the skies were clear for about a week, it seemed...

[Ron Wanttaja]

On 05 May 2004 04:06:49 GMT, (StellaStar) wrote:

>Rich points out:
>>I flew in from Minneapolis, VFR no less, and you had
>>to drive from Des Moines? What's up with that? :-)
>
>Tall people get nervous scud-running. Too much negative conditioning bumping
>their heads, a problem I've never had. (John is roughly 1.7 Stellas in height)

Yeah, but how do the aspect ratios compare? :-)

Ron Wanttaja

[Rich Ahrens]

Highfllyer wrote:
> The annual flyin is coming up again May 21, 22, and 23. Come on down
> to Pinckneyville ( KPJY) and hang out in John's hangar! Fly all day
> and fly the hangar all night.

Hey, John, looking at the forecast it appears like you've ordered up the
traditional stationary front to the north of the fly-in again all
weekend. Right between me and there. How do you manage to get it
consistently on that weekend every year? :-)

[StellaStar]

>Hey, John, looking at the forecast it appears like you've ordered up the
>traditional stationary front to the north of the fly-in again all
>weekend. Right between me and there. How do you manage to get it
>consistently on that weekend every year? :-)
>

The man's got connections!

Besides, the forecast is only for SCATTERED t'storms...you can dodge 'em!

[Jay Honeck]

> Besides, the forecast is only for SCATTERED t'storms...you can dodge 'em!

Brave words from someone who is *driving* in to PJY!

:-)

We tried to fly there today, right after lunch. Got thirty miles out, and
had to turn back.

And if we had made it, we'd never have made it back -- it's been storming
all evening.

NASTY weather around here of late...

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

[Roger Halstead]

On Sun, 23 May 2004 03:58:53 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
> wrote:

>> Besides, the forecast is only for SCATTERED t'storms...you can dodge 'em!
>
That's all we've had here... ever since last Sunday when the ceiling
was above minimums for the last time.

>Brave words from someone who is *driving* in to PJY!
>
>:-)
>
>We tried to fly there today, right after lunch. Got thirty miles out, and
>had to turn back.

We had nearly 4 inches of rain in the first half of the week and now
we're trying to do it again.

So far we've reached our years average allotment in less than 6
months. Lower Michigan is definitely no longer considered a drought
area.
>
>And if we had made it, we'd never have made it back -- it's been storming
>all evening.
>
>NASTY weather around here of late...
>
And it gets even nastier a little farther north.

Welll... It's after 6 AM and another storm is coming through. I think
it's time to give up and go to bed.

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


>:-(

[Blueskies]

Yes, it has been wet. I see sun right now, but the radar is showing all kinds of stuff up north...
--
Dan D.
http://www.ameritech.net/users/ddevillers/start.html


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"Roger Halstead" > wrote in message ...
> On Sun, 23 May 2004 03:58:53 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
> > wrote:
>
> >> Besides, the forecast is only for SCATTERED t'storms...you can dodge 'em!
> >
> That's all we've had here... ever since last Sunday when the ceiling
> was above minimums for the last time.
>
> >Brave words from someone who is *driving* in to PJY!
> >
> >:-)
> >
> >We tried to fly there today, right after lunch. Got thirty miles out, and
> >had to turn back.
>
> We had nearly 4 inches of rain in the first half of the week and now
> we're trying to do it again.
>
> So far we've reached our years average allotment in less than 6
> months. Lower Michigan is definitely no longer considered a drought
> area.
> >
> >And if we had made it, we'd never have made it back -- it's been storming
> >all evening.
> >
> >NASTY weather around here of late...
> >
> And it gets even nastier a little farther north.
>
> Welll... It's after 6 AM and another storm is coming through. I think
> it's time to give up and go to bed.
>
> Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
> (N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
> www.rogerhalstead.com
>
>
> >:-(
>

[Barnyard BOb -]

>>Brave words from someone who is *driving* in to PJY!
>>
>>:-)
>>
>>We tried to fly there today, right after lunch. Got thirty miles out, and
>>had to turn back.
>
>We had nearly 4 inches of rain in the first half of the week and now
>we're trying to do it again.

>>Roger Halstead
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Due to flash flooding, some folks in the
Kansas City area could not drive anywhere.

Some neighborhoods had over 7 inches of rain in
less than 4 hours in the wee hours before daylight.


Barnyard BOb --

[Roger Halstead]

On Sun, 23 May 2004 09:03:44 -0500, Barnyard BOb -
> wrote:

>
>>>Brave words from someone who is *driving* in to PJY!
>>>
>>>:-)
>>>
>>>We tried to fly there today, right after lunch. Got thirty miles out, and
>>>had to turn back.
>>
>>We had nearly 4 inches of rain in the first half of the week and now
>>we're trying to do it again.
You can add another inch and a half for last night. Actually 1.52
since in the last 16 hours . One storm was putting out an inch in 15
minutes, but fortunately that was the duration of the storm.

I'd only been in bed about an hour when a really active/noisy storm
woke me. I was shutting down the computers when my tower took a hit.
One coax cable that goes to the 440 array at 130 feet (the array is
grounded) had a bright blue arc and cracked like a pistol shot. It
shut my network down, but the connections came right back up.
BTW that is the second hit this week. It usually takes an average of
three per summer. I think that last one was number 4 for this year.

When I went to feed the cats (as I was already up), I found them all
hiding in the basement. My big old cat who chases dogs is afraid of
thunderstorms.

>
>>>Roger Halstead
>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
>Due to flash flooding, some folks in the
>Kansas City area could not drive anywhere.
>
>Some neighborhoods had over 7 inches of rain in
>less than 4 hours in the wee hours before daylight.

They had that down in the Detroit area too. (120 miles south of us)

Fortunately the tornados and really heavy rain have been to the south
of us.

OTOH for total rain fall in lower Michigan the map shows us in the
center of it, but I don't think that covers the storm that dumped so
much in Detroit.

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

>
>
>Barnyard BOb --
>
>

[Blueskies]

What kind of stuff are you using for lightning protection?

--
Dan D.
http://www.ameritech.net/users/ddevillers/start.html


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"Roger Halstead" > wrote in message ...
> On Sun, 23 May 2004 09:03:44 -0500, Barnyard BOb -
> > wrote:
>
> >
> >>>Brave words from someone who is *driving* in to PJY!
> >>>
> >>>:-)
> >>>
> >>>We tried to fly there today, right after lunch. Got thirty miles out, and
> >>>had to turn back.
> >>
> >>We had nearly 4 inches of rain in the first half of the week and now
> >>we're trying to do it again.
> You can add another inch and a half for last night. Actually 1.52
> since in the last 16 hours . One storm was putting out an inch in 15
> minutes, but fortunately that was the duration of the storm.
>
> I'd only been in bed about an hour when a really active/noisy storm
> woke me. I was shutting down the computers when my tower took a hit.
> One coax cable that goes to the 440 array at 130 feet (the array is
> grounded) had a bright blue arc and cracked like a pistol shot. It
> shut my network down, but the connections came right back up.
> BTW that is the second hit this week. It usually takes an average of
> three per summer. I think that last one was number 4 for this year.
>
> When I went to feed the cats (as I was already up), I found them all
> hiding in the basement. My big old cat who chases dogs is afraid of
> thunderstorms.
>
> >
> >>>Roger Halstead
> >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >
> >Due to flash flooding, some folks in the
> >Kansas City area could not drive anywhere.
> >
> >Some neighborhoods had over 7 inches of rain in
> >less than 4 hours in the wee hours before daylight.
>
> They had that down in the Detroit area too. (120 miles south of us)
>
> Fortunately the tornados and really heavy rain have been to the south
> of us.
>
> OTOH for total rain fall in lower Michigan the map shows us in the
> center of it, but I don't think that covers the storm that dumped so
> much in Detroit.
>
> Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
> (N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
> www.rogerhalstead.com
>
> >
> >
> >Barnyard BOb --
> >
> >
>

[Rich Ahrens]

Barnyard BOb - wrote:

> Due to flash flooding, some folks in the Kansas City area could not
> drive anywhere.
>
> Some neighborhoods had over 7 inches of rain in less than 4 hours in
> the wee hours before daylight.

Yeah, but what was *your* excuse for not driving over to see us, Unka Bob?

[Roger Halstead]

On Mon, 24 May 2004 01:15:29 GMT, "Blueskies" > wrote:

>What kind of stuff are you using for lightning protection?

Money!


Actually that is not all that far off. <:-)) I have a network of 32,
or 33 (I've lost count) 8' ground rods, CadWelded (TM) to over 600
feet of bare #2 copper wire. All antennas operate at DC ground tied
to the tower. Each coax (there are 7 of them... I think) goes through
a PolyPhaser (TM) arrestor.
http://www.rogerhalstead.com/ham_files/ground.htm
and
http://www.rogerhalstead.com/ham_files/tower.htm
and
http://www.rogerhalstead.com/ham_files/cablebox.htm

Each computer is on its own UPS with line conditioning and filtering
for the network Cat 5 cable. The DSL cable comes in through a filter
as well.

The one neighbor told me there were three strikes almost
simultaneously. One on my tower, one on a pine tree about a 100 yards
East and one to a power pole just up the street to the north.

The Neighbor to the north lost both his TV set and VCR. I see they
are out by the road for trash pickup in the morning. The pine tree
literally exploded. There are pieces that weigh 6 or 7 pounds stuck a
half foot in the ground as far as 60 feet from the tree. At least
they missed the guy's windows.

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

[Big John]

Bob

Holly Molly. Sounds like a normal rainy day in Houston. :o(

Big John


On Sun, 23 May 2004 09:03:44 -0500, Barnyard BOb -
> wrote:

>
>>>Brave words from someone who is *driving* in to PJY!
>>>
>>>:-)
>>>
>>>We tried to fly there today, right after lunch. Got thirty miles out, and
>>>had to turn back.
>>
>>We had nearly 4 inches of rain in the first half of the week and now
>>we're trying to do it again.
>
>>>Roger Halstead
>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
>Due to flash flooding, some folks in the
>Kansas City area could not drive anywhere.
>
>Some neighborhoods had over 7 inches of rain in
>less than 4 hours in the wee hours before daylight.
>
>
>Barnyard BOb --
>
>

[Gary Thomas]

Rich Ahrens wrote:
>
> Barnyard BOb - wrote:
>
> > Due to flash flooding, some folks in the Kansas City area could not
> > drive anywhere.
> >
> > Some neighborhoods had over 7 inches of rain in less than 4 hours in
> > the wee hours before daylight.
>
> Yeah, but what was *your* excuse for not driving over to see us, Unka Bob?

Yeah! What he said! ;-)

[Barnyard BOb -]

Rich Ahrens > wrote:

>Barnyard BOb - wrote:
>
>> Due to flash flooding, some folks in the Kansas City area could not
>> drive anywhere.
>>
>> Some neighborhoods had over 7 inches of rain in less than 4 hours in
>> the wee hours before daylight.
>
>Yeah, but what was *your* excuse for not driving over to see us, Unka Bob?
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +

Check with my Parental Units.....
Mother Nature and Father Time.


Barnyard BOb -

[Blueskies]

Looks like one heck of a setup....Thanks!

--
Dan D.
http://www.ameritech.net/users/ddevillers/start.html


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"Roger Halstead" > wrote in message ...
> On Mon, 24 May 2004 01:15:29 GMT, "Blueskies" > wrote:
>
> >What kind of stuff are you using for lightning protection?
>
> Money!
>
>
> Actually that is not all that far off. <:-)) I have a network of 32,
> or 33 (I've lost count) 8' ground rods, CadWelded (TM) to over 600
> feet of bare #2 copper wire. All antennas operate at DC ground tied
> to the tower. Each coax (there are 7 of them... I think) goes through
> a PolyPhaser (TM) arrestor.
> http://www.rogerhalstead.com/ham_files/ground.htm
> and
> http://www.rogerhalstead.com/ham_files/tower.htm
> and
> http://www.rogerhalstead.com/ham_files/cablebox.htm
>
> Each computer is on its own UPS with line conditioning and filtering
> for the network Cat 5 cable. The DSL cable comes in through a filter
> as well.
>
> The one neighbor told me there were three strikes almost
> simultaneously. One on my tower, one on a pine tree about a 100 yards
> East and one to a power pole just up the street to the north.
>
> The Neighbor to the north lost both his TV set and VCR. I see they
> are out by the road for trash pickup in the morning. The pine tree
> literally exploded. There are pieces that weigh 6 or 7 pounds stuck a
> half foot in the ground as far as 60 feet from the tree. At least
> they missed the guy's windows.
>
> Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
> (N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
> www.rogerhalstead.com
>