Flight to Florida -- The Cure for Winter

On 2008-03-31, Jay Honeck wrote:
That's funny. I just flew my family transcontinentally 2500 miles in a
single-piston-engine spam-can, all VFR, over a six day period, during the
most weather-variable time of year, using the best technology available --
and you're saying that using this technology makes me a "crayola-viator"?

You're not a curmudgeon -- you're a Luddite.

What's that line about "all available information"?
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Jay Maynard, K5ZC http://www.conmicro.com
http://jmaynard.livejournal.com http://www.tronguy.net
Fairmont, MN (FRM) (Yes, that's me!)
AMD Zodiac CH601XLi N55ZC (ordered 17 March, delivery 2 June)

Jay Maynard wrote in
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On 2008-03-31, Jay Honeck wrote:
That's funny. I just flew my family transcontinentally 2500 miles in
a single-piston-engine spam-can, all VFR, over a six day period,
during the most weather-variable time of year, using the best
technology available -- and you're saying that using this technology
makes me a "crayola-viator"?

You're not a curmudgeon -- you're a Luddite.

What's that line about "all available information"?

Fine. I use all sorts of gadgerts too, but I can fly without any of them if
I have to, and I only use them sparingly in any case. The biggest problem
is ending up a slave to the machines.


Bertie