"Chris G." wrote in message
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Who was that? Dave Salesky? I saw Ron Petersen's take on it and he
said "weather was perfect...mid-80's, blah blah". I don't think he is a
pilot.

Salesky or Zaffino, I'm pretty sure

He didn't sound like one and, also, mid-80's is not perfect when
considering density altitude as a POTENTIAL factor. I know, HIO is not
high or humid, but it was hotter than standard temperature.

I was pretty worried that it might have been a similar jet out of Troutdale.
He can't launch on hot days because he can barely clear the fence at the end
of the runway. In the Oregon sense of hot, this was one of those days, but
HIO's runway is twice as long.

Btw, I had a nice flight to Mulino for blueberry pancakes and then to
Evergreen for one last landing before it closes tomorrow for good.

I'm just down the road from Evergreen now. Didn't know it was closing.
It's a bad sign when they've mowed the weeds -around- the birds parked
there. I spent yesterday practicing for my commercial checkride.

For perspective, somebody died in the Sandy River again yesterday. I
mentioned to my wife that this old man augured his jet and died doing
something he loved after living a long, successful life. Meanwhile, we've
watched teenagers use the "DO NOT JUMP FROM BRIDGE" sign as a handhold while
they jumped from the bridge and smacked their brains all over the rocks
below. Oregon is at, what, 20 drowning deaths this year since June 1?

-c