10,500 feet is way the heck up there!

Dylan Smith wrote:

At the club I tow for now, things aren't nearly as hectic and we also have
a winch, so I just enjoy the view and make an unhurried power descent.

Don't the glider pilots hate you for this? Or are the paying for tow
altitude rather than tow time? But then the club would hate you...

Stefan

Dylan Smith wrote:

If you're coming down because you need to come down without letting the
CHTs get too low, you can always spiral (that's what we did when towing
gliders behind a Pawnee).

I only had to do that once. Actually, I don't run into very many cases where I
need to descend a lot since they set up the DC ADIZ. I used to sometimes shoot
over the top of the class-B coming back from points south. Now, I take the low
road.

George Patterson
A woman's perfect breakfast occurs when she's sitting at the table sipping
gourmet coffee while looking at pictures of her son on the cover of Sports
Illustrated, her daughter on the cover of Business Week, her boyfriend on
the cover of Playgirl, and her husband on the back of the milk carton.

I drive the 206 to 13,000 many times each weekend, sometimes 20+ loads
per day, and never get tired of the view. To the south is Knik Arm and
Anchorage, to the northwest is Mt McKinley and Mt Foraker and to the
east is Knik Glacier.

Count your blessings!

vince norris

"Jay Honeck" wrote


(And you can take a peek at the picture I selected for our opening webpage
at www.AlexisParkInn.com. It's really shows our position relative to the
airport and other important local attractions. For our potential guests,
this picture really is worth a thousand words...)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Good picture. My only comment is, that a north arrow might be helpful.
--
Jim in NC

our opening webpage
at www.AlexisParkInn.com. It's really shows our position relative to the
airport and other important local attractions.

A friend asks: "and in the Amelia Earhart Suite, does the hot tub have a little
island in it...with skeletons?"

A friend asks: "and in the Amelia Earhart Suite, does the hot tub have a
little
island in it...with skeletons?"

Hmm. We'll have to work on that...

(It's darned near big enough. The hot tub in this suite is 50% bigger than
in our other suites...)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 14:30:37 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

A friend asks: "and in the Amelia Earhart Suite, does the hot tub have a
little
island in it...with skeletons?"

Hmm. We'll have to work on that...

(It's darned near big enough. The hot tub in this suite is 50% bigger than
in our other suites...)

It oughta be the suite nobody can find.

Don

Or that you could get lost in...

mike regish

"Don Tuite" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 14:30:37 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

A friend asks: "and in the Amelia Earhart Suite, does the hot tub have
a
little
island in it...with skeletons?"

Hmm. We'll have to work on that...

(It's darned near big enough. The hot tub in this suite is 50% bigger
than
in our other suites...)

It oughta be the suite nobody can find.

Don

On Thu, 16 Oct 2003, Jay Honeck wrote:

A friend asks: "and in the Amelia Earhart Suite, does the hot tub have a
little
island in it...with skeletons?"

Hmm. We'll have to work on that...

(It's darned near big enough. The hot tub in this suite is 50% bigger than
in our other suites...)

Use a piece of styrofoam insulation, carve it to look like an island,
paint it sand-coloured, stick a couple of plastic palm trees to it, and a
pair of plastic figures painted to look like Amelia & whats-his-name...

Then let it float around in the hot tub. Look surprised when guests say,
"There's something floating in our hot tub!" and explain, "Wow, you found
Amelia Earhart; folks have been looking for her for over 60 years!"



(One of my non-flying interests is miniature wargaming; pink styrofoam is
great for hills and other tabletop scenery!)

Brian.

Use a piece of styrofoam insulation, carve it to look like an island,
paint it sand-coloured, stick a couple of plastic palm trees to it, and a
pair of plastic figures painted to look like Amelia & whats-his-name...

Then let it float around in the hot tub. Look surprised when guests say,
"There's something floating in our hot tub!" and explain, "Wow, you found
Amelia Earhart; folks have been looking for her for over 60 years!"

Mary and I are in a constant state of tension over what constitutes
"kitschy" at the hotel. It's a good balance that keeps us from going too
far one way or the other.

For example, I DID manage to mount a giant scale (ten foot wingspan) F4U
Corsair on the lobby wall, as if it's crashing through -- but only just
barely! We went back and forth on that one for months. (It's a guy
versus girl thing. Even now, guys that check in look at the Corsair in
wonder and awe. Women who check in usually just roll their eyes or ignore
it...)

If it were up to me, the place would be all World War II fighters and
bombers. Mary's concept is much more laid back and romantic... (Thus, the
"Pan Am Clipper" and "Amelia Earhart" suites...)

However, in this particular case, I think we would both concur that building
a styrofoam island in the hot tub "crosses the line".

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