Son wanted a pet bird, off to the budgy store goes he and mom. It was young and intelligent, so I held it my hand snuggly for about an hour a day and trained it. At 1st it didn't like it but after a few small food bribes it was happy. It learned to come when it was called and return to cage when...

On older planes, does the angle of attack change ? Does the prop angle relax like a motorboat prop does after 1 or 2 decades of constant use ? (fixed pitch of course) There are some older warriors on the field (20 - 25) years, and it seems that there props don't have the bite that the new warrior...

A few reminders for FAA Management pukes. While you gorge on sheet cake and devise ways to screw over your front line safety employees take a few seconds and look at these links. This is what happens in the REAL world of Air Safety. Remember, your GS-"Oh-My God" tax waste positions in your...

Sorry about the double post, an error in the subject line was confusing Google Groups. Good job everyone, I think some of the stragglers are beginning to get the point. Only one person has replied to Bertie in the past week, and things have quieted down a lot. Even his sock puppets declined...

My kid and I just washed the plane. Even after washing it, there are still chips of paint missing, a bit of rust, a drip-stain of fuel, and so on. The panel looks like it has been modified every once in a while since 1966. My plane is relatively nice compared to the other ones on the field, but...

On Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:10:33 -1200, Kadaitcha Man sat in thee Comfee Chaire, and didst finally confess, after taking Muche Tea: Synthetic Networked Android Responsible for Killing and Yardwork, ye distempered round little worm, what a caterwauling do you keep here, ye promulgated: Hail...

The Black Goat With A Thousand Young wrote in news:v6Lck.3014$7%6.1705@edtnps82: On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:16:18 +0000, Bertie the Bunyip fixed me with a beady eye, and foamed wildly: Gary L. Burnore wrote: On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 21:07:16 -0700 (PDT), Bertie the...

One wonders what McCain's position on ATC user fees might be: http://www.aopa.org/advocacy/articles/2008/080626funding.html The Bush White House has been clinging to user fees, and has threatened to veto any bill that doesn’t give the airlines more control over the air traffic...

Blue Sky Aviation Association is a 50-year old non-profit flying club committed to providing well equipped and safe aircraft at the lowest possible cost. It operates out of two Central New Jersey airports: Solberg Airport (N51) and Central Jersey Regional Airport (47N). The club operates four...

Like many people here have said, your are either part of the problem, or part of the solution. If you guy insist on welcoming the asshole, he will always be around. A vote for Bertie is a vote for filth, confusion, cross posting, forging, lying, making fun of someone's deceased relatives, etc. Let...

Political Correctness-Tyranny with Manners Or some new world order kum-ba-ya bull**** take your pick Either way it is the beginning of the end Barack Obama is the Anti-Christ Babel was a city that united humanity, all speaking a single language and migrating from the east; it was the home city...

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Good job everyone, I think some of the stragglers are beginning to get the point. Only one person has replied to Bertie in the past week, and things have quieted down a lot. Even his sock puppets declined something like 4 to 1. I kind of wondered when many of them would realize they were just...

It won't be long now http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/BusinessTravel/story?id=5332492&page=1

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE Public Affairs Division, 1100 Spaatz St., Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433-7102 (937) 255-4704* www.nationalmuseum.af.mil Meet the F-16 Viper East Demonstration Team July 17 2 * 3 p.m. National Museum of the U.S. Air Force visitors will be able to...

By the way, guys, all denizens of RAP and RAS are entitled to vote in this. Well, except you Maxie. Jsut follow the directions in the secretary's post. You can either vote directly by answereng the above post in alt.usenet.kooks alone or you can crosspost your vote back here. Your choice. You...

At 3 AM recently I happened to be up and about and I heard a whining-whirring sound that turned out to be the police helicopter circling over the public housing project up the street. But...when that chopper comes around in the daytime and evenings, it's much louder -- the well-known bupbupbup that...

Yup, as usual the absurd press releases are worthy of an old Pravda reporter: "When Boyer took the controls in 1991 (only the third president in AOPA’s 69-year history), the GA industry was in crisis, beaten down by product liability lawsuits. " I guess everything is great now, unlike in 1991,...

They aren't doing too well! Is it maintenance, training, or both? http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/07/07/colombia.crash.ap/?iref=mpstoryview Vaughn -- Will poofread for food.

Gentlemen (and ladies too). What can you tell me about this...