Days as a hanger rat

Great story Kobra!!! I must say that the way they are described I was
thinking they were going to be at least as big a Bumble Bee.. :-) I
guess that insect stories are like fish stories... The more they are
told the bigger they got. :-)

Best laugh I've had all day... Thanks!!

Jon Kraus

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Jack,



"Jack Allison"
Yesterday's mission: bug killing. Bug bombed the hanger (after pulling
the plane out...went flying while bugs were dying).


I remember the first week I was in my new hangar (part dirt and part
asphalt
floor). I had "bugs" too.

I go to the airport and park my car in front of the hangar with the front
end facing into the hanger. The hangar is not cleaned
out, the doors are a beast to open, the electric doesn't work and there
are
these HUGE FRICKIN' INSECTS nesting in there!!! They're big, black,
ugly,
ant/hornet-like mutant intergalactic, people-eating aliens!! I swear to
God! I will attach a picture.

These things actually dive-bombed me when I was attempting to open my
hanger
door! They swarmed around my head and face forcing me to retreat to my
car
shrilling like a seven year-old girl!

Just before I could pull the car door shut, one uninvited pest rudely
buzzed
in, repelling me out of the car by shear reflex. I leapt out, arms out
in
front of me high dive fashion, body horizontal to the ground, when I
begin
to noodle my situation: "Hmmm, did I put the car in first gear!?" Then
everything went in slow motion. Body still horizontal, seeing lots of
asphalt coming up into my face, envisioning headline that reads, "Man
seen
diving out of car and carried away by carnivorous insects as driverless
car
totals his new airplane parked in hanger".

By shear luck or the divine grace of God the car was still in neutral and
stayed put. I saw the beast fly out the still open door and I dove back
in
and made a beeline (no pun intended) out of there! I went straight home
not
knowing what to do. Then in my garage was the solution. On my workbench
was an old tennis racket. It just lay there like Excalibur beckoning me
for
an illustrious battle!

Now armed, I return to the front line to recapture my hanger. As I pull
up
I see two friends of mine at their hanger. Ahhh reinforcements!! To
make a
long story short we swat about five of these monsters, put them in a
baggie
and reclaim the lost hanger.

I left one of the dead carcasses at the airport manager's office to
research. They didn't get one dime out of me until those creatures were
evicted!!

Gene





Also used up a can


and a half of wasp spray, the stuff that kills them on contact from 20
ft. away. Found two birds nests (unoccupied). Basically, all critters
not paying hanger rent have been eliminated.

Power sure would be nice. I have a friend who has rigged up a couple of
solar panels and he powers a couple of fluorescent lights and a radio

from them. If we get a chance to move to a hanger with power, we'd

probably go for it.

--
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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Great story Kobra!!! I must say that the way you descrivbed them I was
excited as hell thinking I was going to see the elusive hanger creature
Waspus-Teradactolus. But the creatures in the pics are more like
Waspus-Tinyopolus.. :-) I guess that insect stories are like fish
stories... The more they are told the bigger they got.

Best laugh I've had all day... Thanks!!

Jon Kraus

Kobra wrote:

"Jon Kraus" wrote in message
. ..

Send me the pics Kobra... Jon Kraus

Kobra wrote:

Jack,



"Jack Allison"
Yesterday's mission: bug killing. Bug bombed the hanger (after pulling
the plane out...went flying while bugs were dying).


I remember the first week I was in my new hangar (part dirt and part
asphalt
floor). I had "bugs" too.

I go to the airport and park my car in front of the hangar with the front
end facing into the hanger. The hangar is not cleaned
out, the doors are a beast to open, the electric doesn't work and there
are
these HUGE FRICKIN' INSECTS nesting in there!!! They're big, black,
ugly,
ant/hornet-like mutant intergalactic, people-eating aliens!! I swear to
God! I will attach a picture.

These things actually dive-bombed me when I was attempting to open my
hanger
door! They swarmed around my head and face forcing me to retreat to my
car
shrilling like a seven year-old girl!

Just before I could pull the car door shut, one uninvited pest rudely
buzzed
in, repelling me out of the car by shear reflex. I leapt out, arms out
in
front of me high dive fashion, body horizontal to the ground, when I
begin
to noodle my situation: "Hmmm, did I put the car in first gear!?" Then
everything went in slow motion. Body still horizontal, seeing lots of
asphalt coming up into my face, envisioning headline that reads, "Man
seen
diving out of car and carried away by carnivorous insects as driverless
car
totals his new airplane parked in hanger".

By shear luck or the divine grace of God the car was still in neutral and
stayed put. I saw the beast fly out the still open door and I dove back
in
and made a beeline (no pun intended) out of there! I went straight home
not
knowing what to do. Then in my garage was the solution. On my workbench
was an old tennis racket. It just lay there like Excalibur beckoning me
for
an illustrious battle!

Now armed, I return to the front line to recapture my hanger. As I pull
up
I see two friends of mine at their hanger. Ahhh reinforcements!! To
make a
long story short we swat about five of these monsters, put them in a
baggie
and reclaim the lost hanger.

I left one of the dead carcasses at the airport manager's office to
research. They didn't get one dime out of me until those creatures were
evicted!!

Gene





Also used up a can


and a half of wasp spray, the stuff that kills them on contact from 20
ft. away. Found two birds nests (unoccupied). Basically, all critters
not paying hanger rent have been eliminated.

Power sure would be nice. I have a friend who has rigged up a couple of
solar panels and he powers a couple of fluorescent lights and a radio

from them. If we get a chance to move to a hanger with power, we'd

probably go for it.

--
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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"Kobra" wrote:

"Jon Kraus" wrote in message
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Send me the pics Kobra... Jon Kraus

Kobra wrote:
Jack,


"Jack Allison"
Yesterday's mission: bug killing. Bug bombed the hanger (after pulling
the plane out...went flying while bugs were dying).


I remember the first week I was in my new hangar (part dirt and part
asphalt
floor). I had "bugs" too.

I go to the airport and park my car in front of the hangar with the front
end facing into the hanger. The hangar is not cleaned
out, the doors are a beast to open, the electric doesn't work and there
are
these HUGE FRICKIN' INSECTS nesting in there!!! They're big, black,
ugly,
ant/hornet-like mutant intergalactic, people-eating aliens!! I swear to
God! I will attach a picture.

These things actually dive-bombed me when I was attempting to open my
hanger
door! They swarmed around my head and face forcing me to retreat to my
car
shrilling like a seven year-old girl!

Just before I could pull the car door shut, one uninvited pest rudely
buzzed
in, repelling me out of the car by shear reflex. I leapt out, arms out
in
front of me high dive fashion, body horizontal to the ground, when I
begin
to noodle my situation: "Hmmm, did I put the car in first gear!?" Then
everything went in slow motion. Body still horizontal, seeing lots of
asphalt coming up into my face, envisioning headline that reads, "Man
seen
diving out of car and carried away by carnivorous insects as driverless
car
totals his new airplane parked in hanger".

By shear luck or the divine grace of God the car was still in neutral and
stayed put. I saw the beast fly out the still open door and I dove back
in
and made a beeline (no pun intended) out of there! I went straight home
not
knowing what to do. Then in my garage was the solution. On my workbench
was an old tennis racket. It just lay there like Excalibur beckoning me
for
an illustrious battle!

Now armed, I return to the front line to recapture my hanger. As I pull
up
I see two friends of mine at their hanger. Ahhh reinforcements!! To
make a
long story short we swat about five of these monsters, put them in a
baggie
and reclaim the lost hanger.

I left one of the dead carcasses at the airport manager's office to
research. They didn't get one dime out of me until those creatures were
evicted!!

Gene





Also used up a can

and a half of wasp spray, the stuff that kills them on contact from 20
ft. away. Found two birds nests (unoccupied). Basically, all critters
not paying hanger rent have been eliminated.

Power sure would be nice. I have a friend who has rigged up a couple of
solar panels and he powers a couple of fluorescent lights and a radio
from them. If we get a chance to move to a hanger with power, we'd
probably go for it.

--
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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Looks like a mud dauber -- usually not too aggressive.

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looks like a hornet to me.