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December 12th 03, 06:06 PM
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After the rain, we had 8 inches of snow here the other night and the snow
blew all day Wednesday. They canceled school at noon that day and never plowed any of the roads until Thursday afternoon. Wednesday's private ground school had to be canceled mostly because visibility was less than 1/8 mile with 20-30mph winds out of the west with snow and blowing snow everywhere. But last night the airport had been plowed out and it was time to go flying!! Until the plane wouldn't start... even though it had sat in the heated hanger all day, the battery in the Archer had seen it's better days. So we pushed it back inside, got the doors buttoned up and hooked up the charger for an hour. By this time it was down to 0F outside so after pulling it out a second time, I jumped in and after 2 hesitant cranks of the prop it fired and started. All the lights of the city and of the runway glowed against the bright snow, and the lights of the freight traffic coming into CWA just 20 miles north made for a beautiful night of flying. (not to mention that great full moon!) 2.1 hours, a night time checkout, a hold, 4 instrument approaches with 4 touch and goes later we were done. Even though it was after 9:00, it was almost too nice to quit. -- Jim Burns III Remove "nospam" to reply 
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#2
December 13th 03, 04:57 AM
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Even though
it was after 9:00, it was almost too nice to quit. Sweet, Jim. I'm tellin' ya, the very best flying is in winter! -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination"
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#3
December 13th 03, 03:20 PM
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Jay Honeck wrote: I'm tellin' ya, the very best flying is in winter! Easy for you to say - *your* plane has a decent heater. George Patterson Great discoveries are not announced with "Eureka!". What's usually said is "Hummmmm... That's interesting...."
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#4
December 13th 03, 03:22 PM
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Brrrrrrrrrr.... cold here this morning... I had to run up to the airport at
5:00am and help a guy load up the Archer so he could take it today... balmy -8 this morning! Thank god the hanger is heated and it cranked right up but I sent along an extension cord and a set of jumper cables just in case. -- Jim Burns III Remove "nospam" to reply "G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message ... Jay Honeck wrote: I'm tellin' ya, the very best flying is in winter! Easy for you to say - *your* plane has a decent heater. George Patterson Great discoveries are not announced with "Eureka!". What's usually said is "Hummmmm... That's interesting...."
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#5
December 14th 03, 03:41 AM
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"Jim" wrote in message ... Brrrrrrrrrr.... cold here this morning... I had to run up to the airport at 5:00am and help a guy load up the Archer so he could take it today... balmy -8 this morning! Thank god the hanger is heated and it cranked right up but I sent along an extension cord and a set of jumper cables just in case. -- Jim Burns III Cripes! Where are you located at? -- Jim in NC
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December 15th 03, 08:21 PM
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Central Wisconsin. Fellow needed to rent the Archer so he could go further
north (colder) and sit outside in a tent all day while doing telephone line repair.... talk about a cold job! -- Jim Burns III Remove "nospam" to reply
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December 16th 03, 03:42 AM
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That's what I thought! Man, you need to lean on 'em, hard.
-- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" "Jim" wrote in message ... Central Wisconsin. Fellow needed to rent the Archer so he could go further north (colder) and sit outside in a tent all day while doing telephone line repair.... talk about a cold job! -- Jim Burns III Remove "nospam" to reply
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#8
December 13th 03, 06:40 PM
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Jay Honeck wrote:
I'm tellin' ya, the very best flying is in winter! G.R. Patterson III wrote: Easy for you to say - *your* plane has a decent heater. What's a heater? Eric (1945 Champ)
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#9
December 14th 03, 04:20 AM
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I'm tellin' ya, the very best flying is in winter!
Easy for you to say - *your* plane has a decent heater. Maules don't, I take it? -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination"
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#10
December 14th 03, 03:38 PM
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Jay Honeck wrote: I'm tellin' ya, the very best flying is in winter! Easy for you to say - *your* plane has a decent heater. Maules don't, I take it? The 160 hp models, at least, have lousy heat. If the temp is below freezing, I wear insulated boots, hunting bibs, my usual leather coat, and deerskin gloves. With all that on, it's a real exercise getting the flaps into the -7 degree notch. George Patterson Great discoveries are not announced with "Eureka!". What's usually said is "Hummmmm... That's interesting...."
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