"F. Baum" wrote in
:

On May 21, 10:50*pm, "Jay Honeck" wrote:
I was sitting on a Mississippi River levee this evening, eating a big
piec
e
of home-made pecan pie, watching a tugboat struggle against the
current, a
nd
pondering life.

We had flown here in Atlas, our Cherokee Pathfinder -- a flight that
took
a
whopping twenty minutes. *We'd made the flight a hundred times, over
the

last eleven years ---- but every now and then
something made it different.

Tonight was different.

Whoa, thats heavy G


We had flown there as a flight of two, with close friends. *They had
bro
ught
their baby and toddler with them, while we had flown with our
daughter, wh
o
has been flying with us since birth. *The evening was sublime, with
the
sun
a low, glowing orb in the sky.

Speakin of orbs, if you were a real pilot, you would have ditched the
women/kids, flown over with your budy, then called home and said
(Insert excuse, Bad WX, rough mag, flat tire, etc) so you wouldnt be
home that nite. Then instead of pecan pie, you and your flying buddy
would be downing shots and beers at the nudie bars all nite. Then fly
home the next day in time to show face at the office for a couple of
hours. What are airplanes for man? *


As I watched the great river roll by, at the end of gorgeous,
late-spring flight, eating home-made pecan pie with family and
friends, I thought of t
he
trolls who have done such damage here, and was overwhelmed with
sadness fo
r
them.

You'll get over it. It does kinda make you wonder which is worse, MX
or the guys like Viperdoc who seem to spend a dispraportionate amount
of his life bashing MX.

Touching down lightly back in Iowa City,
however, taxiing past the Ercoupe that we've offered to buy, pushing
the plane back into the hangar, I realized that these trolls, these
wannabe pilots and former pilots, are quite simply pathetic.

So thats how you do it ? Touch down lightly ? Ive always thought that
to make a good landing you should touch down really smooth. Guess Im
not the only one with this view.


Something's got to change. *Aviation is a tiny, ever-shrinking group,
wi
th
diminishing political clout and threats on all sides. *This group
has, i
n
the past, represented the best of the piloting community, and we
simply can't waste any more of our time tussling with trolls and
malcontents. Ignore 'em, kill file 'em, do what you gotta do -- but
do NOT engage them.


Dude, your preaching again G. Unfortunatly, Usnet is the only outlet
for some because if they pulled this **** at the pilots lounge no one
would listen. Guess you gotta put up with some backround noise if you
participate here.


Take the high road, please -- we've simply got to fix this!

Ill do my part.


Bwawhahwhawahwhahwhahwhahhw!