So...What did Santa Bring you?

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

garmin 396 and all the goodies associated with it.. life is good right
now.
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"

Jay Honeck wrote:

so that's enough of an aviation upgrade for our Christmas season...

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

My father-in-law purchased an hour's time for me in one of these three
aircraft.

http://www.warplane.org/rides.cfm

At this point I am looking forward to flying the Stearman. Also included in
the gift is a one year membership to the Wings of Eagles airplane museum
there at the Elmira-Corning (NY State) Airport.


--
Peter

Jay Honeck wrote:

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

A Les Paul electric guitar.

Now I've just got to learn this song.

A soul in tension that's learning to fly
Condition grounded but determined to try
Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I

Above the planet on a wing and a prayer,
My grubby halo, a vapour trail in the empty air,
Across the clouds I see my shadow fly
Out of the corner of my watering eye
A dream unthreatened by the morning light
Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night

Theres no sensation to compare with this
Suspended animation, a state of bliss
Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I

- Learning to Fly by Pink Floyd


- John Ousterhout -

Does it mount on a helmet? A helmet seems like a good idea
for night skiing. How is Sonny Bono?



"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! :^)

John Ousterhout wrote:

A Les Paul electric guitar.

Now I've just got to learn this song.

A soul in tension that's learning to fly

http://www.guitaretab.com/p/pink-floyd/14695.html

--
Peter

Peter R. wrote:

My father-in-law purchased an hour's time for me in one of these three
aircraft.

http://www.warplane.org/rides.cfm

At this point I am looking forward to flying the Stearman.

Wise choice.

More wisdom.... wait until summer.

Kitchen Aid mixer with attachments
Ceiling mount for the InFocus DLP projector. Now I have a 6 ft
computer monitor!
A blizzard.

You'll like it. Rudder pedals make a world of difference in crosswind
landings!

Yes, and rudders help takeoffs too. But I use FS to practice instrument
procedures and scan, so while it may feel good to land after an
approach, if I did a good approach, I really don't care whether I crash
afterwards or not.

That said, I do like it. It takes some getting used to though - I had
to adjust the sensitivites and re-train my hands. Also I can't use this
stick in the same casual manner I would use the other one. My first few
approaches were pretty crappy on this stick, but once I got it all
straightened out they got lots better. The rudder helps me make small
course corrections on approach, although the ball jiggles around a lot.
I'm more coordinated with real rudders than with this twist thing (and
that's fine).

One nice feature is that Logitech's driver can send a whole bunch of
commands on one button press, and can also cycle through commands on
each press. This makes radio work much easier - without my hands
leaving the joystick I can tune any radio fairly quickly and easily. In
fact, it would be great if =real= aircraft radios had the capability of
a software interface.

I set the trigger button to cycle through the Mhz and Khz of each radio
of interest (there are two) and two thumb buttons take care of up and
down. Real airplanes have more radios of interest, but it wouldn't take
much (conceptually) to do something similar that would include them all.

At the very least, it would be nice to be able to program the GPS from
the yoke!

And I'm here to tell you that racing the jet truck in an Extra 300
(alongside Patty Wagstaff in HER Extra) is awesome!

No, Jay. It's just a simulation. It's not real. (Smacks Jay around
some). IT'S...NOT...REAL!

Now, get Patty Wagstaff in the Kiwi in person - THAT would be awesome!

Jose
--
He who laughs, lasts.
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