Headwinds, always

Paul kgyy wrote:
I just returned from an 8-day tour of the midwest. This was a 6-leg
circular route west to Des Moines from Chicago, then up to the Dakotas,
back through Duluth, Green Bay. We mostly flew at 7000 ft. We had
20-30 knot headwinds on 5 of the 6 legs and never once a tailwind.

I had a tailwind once. I don't talk about it much, 'cause nobody believes me. :-)

George Patterson
Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry,
and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing?
Because she smells like a new truck.

In a previous article, George Patterson said:
Paul kgyy wrote:
back through Duluth, Green Bay. We mostly flew at 7000 ft. We had
20-30 knot headwinds on 5 of the 6 legs and never once a tailwind.

I had a tailwind once. I don't talk about it much, 'cause nobody believes me. :-)

I don't believe in Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, that the FAA is there to
help me, or tailwinds.


--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
Better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. And if he can't
be bothered to learn to fish and starves to death, that's a good enough
outcome for me. -- Steve VanDevender

On Mon, 6 Jun 2005 14:34:02 +0000 (UTC),
(Paul Tomblin) wrote:

In a previous article, George Patterson said:
Paul kgyy wrote:
back through Duluth, Green Bay. We mostly flew at 7000 ft. We had
20-30 knot headwinds on 5 of the 6 legs and never once a tailwind.

I had a tailwind once. I don't talk about it much, 'cause nobody believes me. :-)

I don't believe in Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, that the FAA is there to
help me, or tailwinds.

I once made 144Kt GS in a Warrior II and another member of the group
had 160Kt earlier this year. Mostly I'm lucky to get 100Kt :-(

On Mon, 06 Jun 2005 15:43:48 +0100, wrote:

On Mon, 6 Jun 2005 14:34:02 +0000 (UTC),
(Paul Tomblin) wrote:

In a previous article, George Patterson said:
Paul kgyy wrote:
back through Duluth, Green Bay. We mostly flew at 7000 ft. We had
20-30 knot headwinds on 5 of the 6 legs and never once a tailwind.

I had a tailwind once. I don't talk about it much, 'cause nobody believes me. :-)

I don't believe in Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, that the FAA is there to
help me, or tailwinds.

I once made 144Kt GS in a Warrior II and another member of the group
had 160Kt earlier this year. Mostly I'm lucky to get 100Kt :-(

Should have mentioned the opposite in the last post.

Long Island in Bahamas to Fort Pierce Florida estimated less than
3.5hr no wind but took 4.75hr. GS 73Kt at times. Legs firmly crossed
in the end! Fuel reserve on landing 45 mins but not measureable with a
stick as the tank slopes.

In a previous article, said:
On Mon, 6 Jun 2005 14:34:02 +0000 (UTC),
(Paul Tomblin) wrote:
I don't believe in Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, that the FAA is there to
help me, or tailwinds.

I once made 144Kt GS in a Warrior II and another member of the group
had 160Kt earlier this year. Mostly I'm lucky to get 100Kt :-(

Well, I made 200kt GS in a Dakota once, but I still think it was magic
pixies or really good gas.


--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
Watership Down: you've read the book, you've seen the film,
now try the stew.
-- Chris Suslowicz

(Paul Tomblin) wrote in
:

I once made 144Kt GS in a Warrior II and another member of the group
had 160Kt earlier this year. Mostly I'm lucky to get 100Kt :-(

Well, I made 200kt GS in a Dakota once, but I still think it was magic
pixies or really good gas.

How did you fly with my butt out the window?

In a previous article, Judah said:
(Paul Tomblin) wrote in
:
Well, I made 200kt GS in a Dakota once, but I still think it was magic
pixies or really good gas.

How did you fly with my butt out the window?

You have magic pixies coming out your butt?

--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we
are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and
servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." -- Teddy Roosevelt

(Paul Tomblin) wrote in news:d82mvl$q35$1
@allhats.xcski.com:

In a previous article, Judah said:
(Paul Tomblin) wrote in
:
Well, I made 200kt GS in a Dakota once, but I still think it was magic
pixies or really good gas.

How did you fly with my butt out the window?

You have magic pixies coming out your butt?


Had you flown with me, you would know.

In fact, had you flown for a while after me, you would know.