Days as a hanger rat

Jay Honeck wrote:
Ah, Jack. You are discovering the truly BEST part of owning an airplane.
Hmmm, I'd vote that the best thing is actually flying the plane you own
and hanging around before/after flying is a very close second.

Last night, Montblack and his girl were at our hangar, supping on burnt
offerings and sampling the many fine microbrewed products that they had
contributed to the effort.
You did eat your two fruit meals first, right? Just checking :-)

We spend many hours enjoying the beautiful
evening, and each other's company, whilst absorbing the soothing absolution
of hops and grains.
Mmmmmm, sounds very much like Oshkosh to me. Did Paul bring the mini
van? How many coolers and BBQs?

Tonight, Mary and I were attending one of the too-frequent dinners required
by our position as innkeepers. The food was mediocre, the entertainment
dull
Well, sure, I mean, Paul is pretty entertaining so anything is dull by
comparison :-) And, we all know his burnt offering abilities at the BBQ
so I'm sure the food wasn't nearly as good as his.

, and (worst of all) everyone was smoking, which made for a bleary-eyed,
smelly evening.
One of the things I like about CA...no second hand smoke to deal with.
"Smoking or non-smoking?" is a question you just don't hear when going
to a restaurant.

-- or maybe I'm just nuts
You're really wondering about this? Survey says?...you're nuts Jay!
Then again, so are the rest of us...um...so where were we? Oh ya,
discussing the finer points of being a rat in your own hanger. Yes, I
could get very used to this. If only the hanger wasn't a 20 mile drive
from the house.


To look at your plane and *know* that you can be in Florida by lunchtime (in
our case) is simply an intoxicating elixir -- even if you never, ever use
it.
Ok, in my case, I can be over lake Tahoe in about 35 minutes...on a cool
day when there are no nasty T-storms building...San Francisco is just
over an hour the other direction...but yes, I get the point. Florida by
lunchtime for me would require a jet (and the requisite larger bank
account) :-)


--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-IA Student
Arrow N2104T

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

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Last night, Montblack and his girl were at our hangar, supping on burnt
offerings and sampling the many fine microbrewed products that they had
contributed to the effort.

You did eat your two fruit meals first, right? Just checking :-)

Absolutely! 179 pounds, as of this morning!

Mmmmmm, sounds very much like Oshkosh to me. Did Paul bring the mini van?
How many coolers and BBQs?

Nope, he and Margene drove the "fancy car" to Iowa. (He didn't need to haul
grills this time!)

, and (worst of all) everyone was smoking, which made for a bleary-eyed,
smelly evening.
One of the things I like about CA...no second hand smoke to deal with.
"Smoking or non-smoking?" is a question you just don't hear when going to
a restaurant.

Well, this was at a private club. No rules allowed, if you know what I
mean.

Yes, I could get very used to this. If only the hanger wasn't a 20 mile
drive from the house.

Ouch. That does put a damper on the "spur of the moment" stuff -- but it's
better than no hangar!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"