On 2008-06-07, Big John wrote:
1.I didn't take anything down from tower (1500 ft)to fix. You made a
false assumption when you tried to derail the elevator with me in it
or break the cables. A fall from 1000-1500 feet would have hurt 
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I did absolutely nothing of the sort. I didn't even arrive on site until you
were driving out the gate. Remember pulling up to where I was standing
*outside* the gate? I had literally just arrived when you did. I couldn't
even figure out why you were showing me you were dialing 911 on your
cellphone; that was the first I'd seen of you, or the site, all day.
You may not have taken it off the tower, but you did shut it down. Without
telling me a thing before or after.
2. I did most of the repair of equipment on tower in those days.
And if you'd felt that my radio needed to be shut off, all you had to do was
say something.
3. Have followed Texas FM Society postings and you are a no no with
them. Threw a laptop at a lady in a meeting???? etc. I read their
postings and they still talk about you and your activities.
I'm not the one who threw the laptop; I wasn't even at that meeting. I've
committed my share of things I'm not proud of, but the Gang of Three is
blaming me for a lot more than I actually deserve. BTW - ask the next one
who mentions my flying off the handle at KM5R at the special meeting how
come they don't mention my public apology to her at the next FM Society
meeting...
Nice looking bird you are getting. Listen to Dudley, and others who
have withstood the test of time and fly conservative and safe. If the
WX is bad, park the bird and go to bar and RON.
I fully intend to do just that. There's nothing so important that it's worth
me getting killed getting there. I'm a VFR pilot, with almost no recent
experience, and I'm acutely aware of the fact (even if AVEMCO didn't remind
me the hard way...!). My decision making will be strongly biased toward not
going, or landing right away; only if I'm convinced there's a margin of
safety will I go, or keep going. Worse comes to worst, I can always get an
airline ticket, or rent a car.
--
Jay Maynard, K5ZC
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Fairmont, MN (FRM) (Yes, that's me!)
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