wife just called, teary eyed

Mxsmanic wrote:
gatt writes:


Also, apparently, some of the golfers are ****ed off at the noise and
distraction. BOMBS AWAAAAAAAAY!!!


The golfers probably have far more political influence than the pilots, so
beware. If you're inconsiderate of them, don't expect them to be considerate
of you.

You're an idiot.

Oh wait, that's been said.

"Erik" wrote in message
...

The golfers probably have far more political influence than the pilots,
so
beware. If you're inconsiderate of them, don't expect them to be
considerate
of you.

You're an idiot.

The golfers built a course on a 2.7 mile final for the busiest non-towered
airport in Oregon. They have company jets, Columbia helicopters,
countless IFR and private students flying over all day. They turned down
federal funding to resurface the runway, ironically, because the airport was
too busy to close down for the month.

An annual buzz job by three old bombers, in my opinion, adds to the property
value. My wife and I went out and watched them sitting there in silence on
Saturday night. Beautiful.

But MX is partially correct. It's a very upscale gated community; some of
the streets are gated -from- the gated community. On the other hand,
there's stuff that goes on at Aurora that people don't talk about, and
there's plenty of political money involved there, too.

-c

Your right,Matt.But they arn't right all the time,a little leg work left
a bunch of golfer red faced.

Matt Whiting wrote:
LJ Blodgett wrote:

thats bull. LJ

Mxsmanic wrote:

gatt writes:


Also, apparently, some of the golfers are ****ed off at the noise
and distraction. BOMBS AWAAAAAAAAY!!!



The golfers probably have far more political influence than the
pilots, so
beware. If you're inconsiderate of them, don't expect them to be
considerate
of you.



Not at all. Golfers out number pilots many times over and often are the
movers and shakers in a community. If you think they have less
political influence than pilots, you are sadly uninformed.

Matt

LJ Blodgett wrote:
Your right,Matt.But they arn't right all the time,a little leg work left
a bunch of golfer red faced.

Matt Whiting wrote:
LJ Blodgett wrote:

thats bull. LJ

Mxsmanic wrote:

gatt writes:


Also, apparently, some of the golfers are ****ed off at the noise
and distraction. BOMBS AWAAAAAAAAY!!!



The golfers probably have far more political influence than the
pilots, so
beware. If you're inconsiderate of them, don't expect them to be
considerate
of you.



Not at all. Golfers out number pilots many times over and often are
the movers and shakers in a community. If you think they have less
political influence than pilots, you are sadly uninformed.

Matt


I didn't say they were right, I simply said they have a LOT more local
influence than do pilots. At least in any community other than maybe an
airpark with a golf course!

Matt

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
...

Not at all. Golfers out number pilots many times over and often are the
movers and shakers in a community. If you think they have less
political influence than pilots, you are sadly uninformed.


I didn't say they were right, I simply said they have a LOT more local
influence than do pilots. At least in any community other than maybe an
airpark with a golf course!

They don't have that much influence over Aurora. It's the busiest GA
airport in Oregon.

A few years ago, there was a purple star-spangled PBY Catalina parked out by
the fence and when the P-38 Jeff Ethell was flying crashed,
it was rebuilt at Aurora. There's also government stuff going on in those
hangars that probably only a handful of people know about, but I don't think
the golf community there would have any impact on their operations. It's
not a fight the Charbonneau community could win.

-c

"John Clear" wrote in message
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Golfers, three o'clock, low:

http://www.clear-prop.org/B-24/target12.html


Very, very cool and equally rare!

I rode in Nine-O-Nine on 17 June 1993 as a college graduation present.
Went with my grandfather. It was the first time he'd flown in a B-17 since
getting shot down over Schweinfurt. They feathered the prop, etc and when
I pointed out to him he just looked at me and grinned. We sat in those
nose together by ourselves for what seems like longer than it actually was.
I don't remember ever seeing him smile so much.

After the ride, he and the pilot exchanged autographs. He told the pilot
that one thing he remembered about B-17s is that no two ever sounded or
smelled the same. To this day, however, I can hear and smell Nine-O-Nine as
if it was yesterday.

The rest of the pics from my flight on the B-24:

-c

"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
.130...

HaHa That first picture is the perfect way to deal with the pesky
golfers... :-)

Until they decide to deal with pesky pilots.

You're an idiot.

LOL!

"That noisy *******! Hand me my anti-aircraft driver. FORE!!!! ...oh,
crap. It's turning around...."

-c

"gatt" wrote in message
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Golfers, three o'clock, low:

http://www.clear-prop.org/B-24/target12.html


Very, very cool and equally rare!

Waitaminute...http://www.clear-prop.org/B-24/

WTH is she texting?! I swear to God Almighty that if I'm ever flying S.I.C
in a Liberator, I'll have plenty of better things to do that test message on
a cell phone.

Yeesh. HANG UP AND FLY!!!!

-c

"gatt" wrote:
"gatt" wrote in message
...

Golfers, three o'clock, low:

http://www.clear-prop.org/B-24/target12.html


Very, very cool and equally rare!

Waitaminute...http://www.clear-prop.org/B-24/

WTH is she texting?!

T..a..r..g..e..t i..n s..i..g..h..t. W..h..e..r..e i..n h..e..l..l
i..s M..a..j..o..r K..o..n..g?

Oh, wait, wrong aircraft type.

Nevermind!

"gatt" wrote in
:


"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
.130...

HaHa That first picture is the perfect way to deal with the pesky
golfers... :-)

Until they decide to deal with pesky pilots.

You're an idiot.

LOL!

"That noisy *******! Hand me my anti-aircraft driver. FORE!!!!
...oh, crap. It's turning around...."

He he ., you laugh, but!


Bertie