The Pattern is Full!

[Jay Honeck]

After weeks and weeks of unrelenting bad weather, light winds and warm
temperatures have once again embraced the heartland.

Unicom -- eerily silent for so long -- is wall-to-wall with students
and $100 hamburger flights. Dang, but it's good to hear again!

Now, if only it holds till tomorrow...when Mary and I can go enjoy it!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Longworth]

The same happened at our airport. We finally had some good flying
weather. There were at least 5 other pilots at the tie-down area
yesterday (the most that we had ever seen in months).

We got to tryout the new cowl insulated cover and wings/stabilator
covers made by Alaskan Tent & Tarp. I was about to give up on them and
ordered from Kennon when they finally called. The order was completed
quickly and promptly shipped to us but we were away during the holidays
then we had several days of snow and freezing rain. The last chunk of
ice finally melted off our plane yesterday. The covers fit well but we
were not happy with the metal S-hooks. Noway that we are going to use
them on our fresh paint. We are still searching for plastic snap hooks
or strong canopy bungee balls.

Rick got an hour of instrument practice. After almost 2 months of no
instrument flying practices, his scanning needed work but he nailed the
VOR A approach at 20N in spite of the wavering VOR needle (the VOR
station was probably close to 40nm). I only had enough time to do 3
landings. They were not greasers but pretty smooth. We have been up
only 3 times since getting our plane back in early November!'
Hai Longworth

[JJS]

> After weeks and weeks of unrelenting bad weather, light winds and warm
> temperatures have once again embraced the heartland.
> Unicom -- eerily silent for so long -- is wall-to-wall with students
> and $100 hamburger flights. Dang, but it's good to hear again!
> Now, if only it holds till tomorrow...when Mary and I can go enjoy it!
> --
> Jay Honeck

The $100 dollar breakfast flight on Saturday had me shoe horned into the pattern in front of a flight of 5 RV's and a
Piranah all on downwind at the same time with more aircraft on base and final. Our own little version of Oshkosh By
Gosh. I was pedaling the poor140 down final like a three year old on a tricycle chasing an ice cream truck. Lot's
of effort but not much in the way of results. The P51 Reno racer "Miss America" was in the pattern a bit later and
graced the ramp with her presence. The high temp for the day reached 86 degrees.
Sunday I flew to OKC to play air taxi and bring the wife home from spending a few days with our college girls. The
return "night flight" home was awe inspiring, with unheralded visibility and nairy a ripple in the air. Really,
really enjoyable. After two or three weeks of 70 & 80 degree weather, this evening we're having snow flurries. It
was nice while it lasted!

Joe
8437R



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[Jay Honeck]

> We have been up
> only 3 times since getting our plane back in early November!'

Whew -- and I thought *we* had been held on the ground.

We flew a bunch in November, some in early December, when it was cold and
clear, and very little since then. We did get up Sunday for an hour, and it
felt GREAT. Heck we were only wearing light sweaters, and we didn't even
turn the heater on -- in January!?

This after the coldest early December in recorded history...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"