Jay Honeck wrote:
For the plane, of course... ;-)

It was a year for tools, for me. Mary gave me a way cool mini-tool
kit, in a quality carrying case that folds down into a neat 8" x 12"
package. It's full of screwdrivers, wrenches, pliers, a hammer --
all the stuff you might need in a pinch. Along with my socket set,
we'll have everything we might need on board for an emergency
repair...

For the hangar I got a nice rolling tool box, with locking drawers and
plenty of storage capacity. Our hangar workbench has slowly grown
into a mess over the years, and this will help to organize everything.

Was Santa good to you? Get any cool gadgets?

A 1 HP air compressor and Gann's "Fate is the Hunter." I just finished
reading the book and must admit that after reading all of the hype about
it over the years, I was underwhelmed. It had some interesting stories
about the pioneering days of air transport, but I found the writing
style hard to read and follow at times and the book left out a lot of
information or made you run to the end notes to find things. Why
couldn't he just say he flew for American and then later Matson rather
than saying it was an "airline founded by a steamship company" and leave
you to go figure out who it was? Or what is so hard about including the
two actresses names in the text rather than at the end of the book in
the notes section?

Not a bad book, but definitely didn't live up to my expectations.

Matt