So...What did Santa Bring you?

Books I won't be able to read for a little while (MBA program I'm in is
killing me!)
Some CDs
A nice LED headlamp for night x-country skiing.

Best part was flying down to PVD to pick up my Dad. That was his gift
from me. Flew back to KFIT. He was thrilled. Quick flight, 35 minutes.
He always comments on how much the radio work has increased since his
flying days in the early 60s.

Then a nice dinner of roast beast. Time with family is my best gift.

KC


Jay Honeck wrote:
Ho! Ho! Ho! I'll start -- Santa was good to us this year! He brought
us...

- Rod Machado's DVD "Aviation Humor", Part I
- Microsoft Flight Simulator X Pro for the Kiwi
- Some more screwdrivers, pliers, and cordless driver bits for my son
to lose

Nothing specific for Atlas this year, but we just did the 496 panel
dock/XM radio thing, and had to buy a new "Mighty Grape" fuel truck --
so that's enough of an aviation upgrade for our Christmas season...

How 'bout you? Whad'ja find in *your* Christmas stocking?

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On Dec 26, 8:18 am, Kevin Clarke wrote:

Then a nice dinner of roast beast. Time with family is my best gift.

KC

Kevin,

Yes, time with family is the best Christmas gift. My daugher flew
home safely from Denver the night before Christmas. We drove from NY
to CT to spend the last Christmas get together with my two sisters'
families yesterday. The weather was a bit iffy for flying. One of
sister is moving the West Coast after the New Year. Changes are
inevitable parts of life. We lost our father two weeks ago. The
wonderful memories of spending time with him last Christmas, last
Thanksgiving and other visits throughout the years (made more
frequently the last few years with the use of of our Cardinal) will be
with me forever.
Cherish the time you have with your loved ones.

Hai Longworth

Cherish the time you have with your loved ones.

I'm sorry for your loss, Hai. The holidays are a bad time for such
things. (Not that there is a good time...)

I echo your thoughts about GA as a wonderful "time machine" for seeing
more of family and friends. Were it not for our old Warrior, I would
never have been able to spend as much time with my Mom when she was
dying.

And we just returned from an over-night flight to Wisconsin to attend
Mary's family Xmas celebration. Atlas saved us from an 11-hour
round-trip drive, in exchange for a 3-hour round-trip flight.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:
Cherish the time you have with your loved ones.

Yes, make every day count.


I'm sorry for your loss, Hai. The holidays are a bad time for such
things. (Not that there is a good time...)

I'll second this one. My condolences Hai...and our prayers to you and
your family. Times like this are difficult and it seems that only time
helps...but even then only so much as we are faced with the loss of
someone that can't be replaced.

I echo your thoughts about GA as a wonderful "time machine" for seeing
more of family and friends. Were it not for our old Warrior, I would
never have been able to spend as much time with my Mom when she was
dying.

An excellent point Jay. I was able to take my Dad flying on the 24th
and it was great. The airport restaurant had closed early but that
didn't matter. We just took off and around 1000 AGL, I gave him the
airplane as we buzzed around the local lake. It was amazing to watch
him return to his element and do a great job of maintaining altitude and
keeping the ball centered as we tooled around. I even had him fly
vectors for a practice ILS approach.


--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-Instrument Airplane

"To become a Jedi knight, you must master a single force. To become
a private pilot you must strive to master four of them"
- Rod Machado

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Kevin Clarke wrote:

A nice LED headlamp for night x-country skiing.

What kind did you get?

john smith wrote:
Kevin Clarke wrote:

A nice LED headlamp for night x-country skiing.

What kind did you get?

Princeton Tec Quad. It even has a strobe on it. I can wear that when I
fly at night and have a frontal strobe! :^)

"Kevin Clarke" wrote in message
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john smith wrote:
Kevin Clarke wrote:

A nice LED headlamp for night x-country skiing.

What kind did you get?

Princeton Tec Quad. It even has a strobe on it. I can wear that when I fly
at night and have a frontal strobe! :^)

There goes the night vision! g

How many LED's does it have, Quad, meaning 4? How many watts?

I would think you would need a lot of brightness for night skiing, but I
don't know. There is not a lot of scross country skiing, here at the foot
of the "mountains" in NC. g I went one time with a friend while visiting
in Ohio, a very long time ago.
--
Jim in NC

Morgans wrote:
"Kevin Clarke" wrote in message

A nice LED headlamp for night x-country skiing.
What kind did you get?

Princeton Tec Quad. It even has a strobe on it. I can wear that when I fly
at night and have a frontal strobe! :^)

There goes the night vision! g

How many LED's does it have, Quad, meaning 4? How many watts?

Yup 4. Not sure on the wattage but it is 21 lumens. That is very very
bright for a headlamp.

We live in Central Mass. Lots of great cross country skiing around here,
assuming there is snow, which we don't have yet. So the gadgets will
have to wait, unless I do some night hiking which my dog would enjoy
instead of the skiing.

KC



I would think you would need a lot of brightness for night skiing, but I
don't know. There is not a lot of scross country skiing, here at the foot
of the "mountains" in NC. g I went one time with a friend while visiting
in Ohio, a very long time ago.

...it is 21 lumens. That is very very bright for a headlamp.

We live in Central Mass. Lots of great cross country skiing around here...

Is that bright enough at skiing speeds to avoid whatever darts in front
of your headlamp?

Jose
--
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"Jose" wrote in message
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...it is 21 lumens. That is very very bright for a headlamp.

We live in Central Mass. Lots of great cross country skiing around
here...

Is that bright enough at skiing speeds to avoid whatever darts in front of
your headlamp?

Cross country skiing, where it is flat, is not much faster than a fast walk.
We are not talking about downhill ski speeds, here!
--
Jim in NC