What it's all about

Jay Honeck wrote:

Whenever I lay awake at nights, questioning the sanity of buying an old
hotel to turn into a fly-in aviation destination, I only need to remind
myself of days like these -- 12 solid hours spent talking, living,
breathing this thing we all love, aviation.

This is why I cannot figure out why we don't see more pilots at the various
"events" or "meetings" we have around here. It's all just glorified
"hanger flying", with the occasional safety seminar thrown in for fun.

Still...before I tried this, it never occurred to me how much fun they'd be.
But I was drawn to go...and then I was hooked.

- Andrew

P.S. There's a Kathy Jaffe seminar on April 5 in Fairfield, NJ.
You can read more about it at:

http://www.midatlanticpilots.com/kathyjaffe.html

Awww man, you definitely topped me this weekend Jay!
But, for me and my family "what it's all about" is taking off after
breakfast, flying over the pond to see the in-laws the "other" cousins and
great-grandparents for lunch, then being home in time for supper.
What a great day!!! When we saw 219kt ground speed going over to 9D9
(Hastings, MI) at 7000, I knew we'd pay for it on the way home and we did...
30 knots right on the nose and when we got lower the bumps to go with the
wind.

Oh well, still a great day for all!
Jim

Awww man, you definitely topped me this weekend Jay!
But, for me and my family "what it's all about" is taking off after
breakfast, flying over the pond to see the in-laws the "other" cousins and
great-grandparents for lunch, then being home in time for supper.
What a great day!!! When we saw 219kt ground speed going over to 9D9
(Hastings, MI) at 7000, I knew we'd pay for it on the way home and we
did...
30 knots right on the nose and when we got lower the bumps to go with the
wind.

Yeah, after all the hoopla was over and the guests departed this morning, we
finally got to do some flying ourselves.

Only flew over to Amana for lunch, due to time constraints, but it sure felt
good to get that first grass-field landing of the year in. The food was
awesome (as always), but, wow, was the air rough! We never got above 3000
feet (it's only 18 miles away), and just got the snot kicked out of us. On
the ground, it was virtually calm all day -- and 73 degrees.

And my streak of great landings came to an abrupt end, too, with a thud.
Oh, well -- it couldn't last forever! (And we can re-use the plane, so it
wasn't *too* bad....)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com...
and another hanger mate, Justin
Fishbaugh, showed off his just-completed (first flight: Next week!)
Glasair III. Ten years in the building, it's an exquisite work of art.

Hi Jay (et al), sorry I've not been on here for ages, been too busy to
read this stuff in work these days!

Glad to hear that, and hope the first flight goes ok!

Paul

Paul! Man, we thought you had fallen off the planet. Glad you're
back!

Hope the Bulldog is running well?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"