Lookin' for the Cherokee Kid

On Apr 23, 8:09*pm, Tony wrote:
Not too bad for a Geezer. *After all that circling can you walk in a straight line?

The link you posted went to a big long flight in a DG-800. *Trying to pull one over on us? This is more like it:http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2......html?dsId=229...

You're way behind on landout percentage!

Thanks Kid, for fixin' that link. I should otta have gotten me some
technical help 'afore tryin' somethin' fancy like putting in that
link.
Respondin' ta your question, I gots ta admit I was a bit wobbly after
I dun got outa that thing. But like I said before, I been practicin'
on the ground
in a spinnin' chair, knowin' I was goin' ta be tryin' to up my
thermalin' time much's possible, so I dun got pretty used to all that
circlin', even though
this done been the first good flight this soarin' season. I been
readn' some a them articles by that sawbones flyin' doctor what goes
by the name a "Dan Johnson",
so I was ready for that there cold air diuresis effect he been
talkin' about. I do gots to figure me out a better relief set up fer
the GAPA, 'cause what with all that
wind and all, you can 'magine what happens if'n you gots to relieve
yourself up there. If'n you had to let it fly, it'd be purty near
disatrous, not to be mentionin'
d#$!@m near embarissin' when you got back to the aerodrome.

Case you be wonderin' here's a pitcher a me and my sidekick. I think
we done
settled on the nickname a "Bart" for him, 'stead a his natural born
name, 'cause it's lots easier for us 'mericans that way.

http://www.soaravenal.com/26-Belts9-4-10.jpg

You can see we's payin' special
'ttention to that there seat belt on the GAPA. Lot's a people that's
thought 'bout flyin' it kinda change their minds sometimes when they
see that it's got
the same kind a seatbelt like unto the PW-5, whereby if you
accidently grabs the wrong strap whilst tryin' ta tighten your
seatbelt, you just might pull the wrong
one and unstrap
yo'self completely! But nots to worry, the GAPA still has a little
old failsafe feature whereby it gots some toe straps on the rudder
peddles. You'd still be hangin' from
those toestraps if'n you was to fall out! Course, it might take some
purty hefty upper body strength to ever pull yo'self back in I
reckin'! Hopin' I never have to try that out!
I got's to admit my confidence was a might shaken the other day when
Bart was readn' that GAPA manual in Polish by hisself, and then when
he gets in the GAPA, I sees he's rigged up a little rubber band
contraption on the seatbelt release so's it won't come undone so easy.
Kind of makes me wonder like maybe there's somethin' in
that Polish Manual he done seen he didn't tell me 'bout!

Signed,

X

The Gapa Geezer

Well I did my best to up my circling % today, up in the 70's today so we're in the same leauge. Can't help but notice you had to step up to the high performance SGS 2-33 today. The performance will spoil you if you're not careful.

On May 5, 6:02*pm, Tony wrote:
Well I did my best to up my circling % today, up in the 70's today so we're in the same leauge. Can't help but notice you had to step up to the high performance SGS 2-33 today. *The performance will spoil you if you're not careful.

Good Job Kid on Saturday! I knows it can be purty windy out there in
Kansas, I done flewed there at at that there Sunflower place once back
in the last century, lemmisee, think it was 'round about the 1980s or
so, but you done good fer tryin' anyways.
Fact is, it was purty windy here in Cali. two. Sorry 'bout resortin'
to usin' that 2-33 supership, but there's this
local kid been hanging 'round the Avenal gliderdrome lately, comes out
on his bicycle and been helpin' with the
towropes, tyin' down and such. So I 'decided to give him a ride. He
didn't get sick or 'nothin, and seemed to have
a good ol' time of it. But, somethin's goin' wrong, my thermalin'
percentage time done dropped way down to 53.53, I
can see I gots a lot of work ta do. We gots one guy in this Avenal
club name 'a Morgan Hall that really needs a
lot 'a coachin' - his thermalin' percentage time is a way down about
8% lately. He's a former hangin' glider piluot,
so I think maybe he's got some wrong mental concepts or somthin'.

Signed,

X

The Gapa Geezer

I would've figured that you flew at Sunflower back when it was a bomber training base...

On May 12, 9:32*pm, Tony wrote:
Well it wasn't a great day and I was debating whether to attempt to stay local or just go for a distance flight, even though I had a late start and it was nearly 4 PM. *Then I thought "What would the Gapa Geezer do?"

http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0....html?dsId=234....

Good goin' again kid! That was another good flight. U's most
prob'ly gettin' tired a my lame exkewses, but I
got a good one for last Satuday. I got a message that the FF of A was
a 'comin
out ta tha aerodrome, so I got there 'round 'bout 10 AM suspectin' to
be given a bunch of young farm
kids some rides. Get it? (Future Farmers of America). But turns out it
was actuwally the
FAA of A, you know, the Federales, same bunch as the Revenewers! And
they wanted to do
one a them there RAMP CHECKS on the GAPA. Well that took up most of
the whole mornin' and
I was so shook up I didn't feel much like flyin' the rest of the day,
'ceptin I did go up in the high performance
2-33 just to keep my hand in, so's I wouldn't get too rusty.
Speakin' again about that Sunflower gliderdrome. I got there just
after them B-57 Cranberry bombers
done left, I ain't quite near as old as you be thinkin' I am ! Do
they still have that swimmin' pool out
in front of the control tower buildin'? I got pictures a me and my
entire extended family swimmin' in
that pool clear back in the preceedin' centry, casin' U'd like to see
'em.

Signed,

X

The Gapa Geezer

The pool is still there, but you don't want to swim in it anymore. It is now our clubs Primordial Soup science experiment. I'll be gone this weekend so you have a chance to catch up!

Geezer...

You've got some catching up to do!

http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...l?dsId=2486521

On Monday, June 25, 2012 12:39:41 PM UTC+8, Tony wrote:
Geezer...

You've got some catching up to do!

http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...l?dsId=2486521

Hey, Kid!, That were a purdy good flight!, 'ceptin you furgot to mentchin' you
was a flyin' one a them there new fangled fibroglass composite gliders, 'stead a your wood and cloth one! But that's OK, at least you was out there tryin'. Hey, I was wonderin' if you'd like a camera mount fer yer Cherokee. I gots one from the days when we was still doin' them turnpoint photos. It would look purdy historical on yer Cherokee. I gotta say I was kinda sad when they went to all that new fangled GPS stuff, If'n they wanted to go digital, why couldn't the just 'a used them new digital cameras and still kept takin' pitchurs a them turnpoints? Then we coulda' just kept usin' our same old camera mounts and kept our old turnpoint photo books. I also gots some old turnpoint photo books from - lemisee - El Mirage, Uvalde, Hobbs, Minden, Caddo Mills, I think I even gots one from Hutchinson case you want to practice takin some turnpoint pitchurs.

Signed,

X

The Gapa Geezer

On Tuesday, June 26, 2012 3:43:50 AM UTC-5, (unknown) wrote:
On Monday, June 25, 2012 12:39:41 PM UTC+8, Tony wrote:
Geezer...

You've got some catching up to do!

http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...l?dsId=2486521

Hey, Kid!, That were a purdy good flight!, 'ceptin you furgot to mentchin' you
was a flyin' one a them there new fangled fibroglass composite gliders, 'stead a your wood and cloth one! But that's OK, at least you was out there tryin'. Hey, I was wonderin' if you'd like a camera mount fer yer Cherokee.. I gots one from the days when we was still doin' them turnpoint photos. It would look purdy historical on yer Cherokee. I gotta say I was kinda sad when they went to all that new fangled GPS stuff, If'n they wanted to go digital, why couldn't the just 'a used them new digital cameras and still kept takin' pitchurs a them turnpoints? Then we coulda' just kept usin' our same old camera mounts and kept our old turnpoint photo books. I also gots some old turnpoint photo books from - lemisee - El Mirage, Uvalde, Hobbs, Minden, Caddo Mills, I think I even gots one from Hutchinson case you want to practice takin some turnpoint pitchurs.

Signed,

X

The Gapa Geezer

oops! I pulled a Geezer and pasted the wrong link, here is the flight I was talking about: http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...l?dsId=2513934

I've heard of those turnpoint cameras but my cockpit is getting a bit full between my GPS, Audio Vario, Transponder, and PowerFLARM, not sure I could find room for it! Plus I couldn't figure out how to download the pictures from it!

On Jun 26, 5:16*am, Tony wrote:
On Tuesday, June 26, 2012 3:43:50 AM UTC-5, (unknown) wrote:
On Monday, June 25, 2012 12:39:41 PM UTC+8, Tony wrote:
Geezer...

You've got some catching up to do!

http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0....html?dsId=248...

Hey, Kid!, That were a purdy good flight!, 'ceptin you furgot to mentchin' you
was a flyin' one a them there new fangled fibroglass composite gliders, 'stead a your wood and cloth one! But that's OK, at least you was out there tryin'. *Hey, I was wonderin' if you'd like a camera mount fer yer Cherokee. I gots one from the days when we was still doin' them turnpoint photos. It would look purdy historical on yer Cherokee. I gotta say I was kinda sad when they went to all that new fangled *GPS stuff, If'n they wanted to go digital, why couldn't the just 'a used them new digital cameras and still kept takin' pitchurs a them turnpoints? Then we coulda' just kept usin' our same old camera mounts and kept our old turnpoint photo books. *I also gots some old turnpoint photo books from - lemisee - El Mirage, Uvalde, Hobbs, Minden, Caddo Mills, I think I even gots one from Hutchinson case you want to practice takin some turnpoint pitchurs.

Signed,

X

The Gapa Geezer

oops! I pulled a Geezer and pasted the wrong link, here is the flight I was talking about:http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0....html?dsId=251...

I've heard of those turnpoint cameras but my cockpit is getting a bit full between my GPS, Audio Vario, Transponder, and PowerFLARM, not sure I could find room for it! Plus I couldn't figure out how to download the pictures from it!- Hide quoted text -

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OK Kid, that were a real good 'un for that old glider! I be thinkin'
I's goin' ta have one tuff time toppin' that one! But lessen you be
thinkin' I'm not out there tryin', I did make me one flight in the
GAPA round about May 26, that I think might actually be a record - the
shortest flight every
recorded hearabouts on the OLC 09.km, (1.3km handicapped). And it
actully ended in a off-field landin' 2! It seems that darned GAPA,
now that we done flied it more, has got ittself some quirky habits.
Seems that when you get goin' too fast on aereotow, it actully seems
to get
goin' with this thang called "Ailereeon Reversal" whereby it don't
want to roll the way you wants to go, leastwise, that be what my side-
kick Bart is claimin', and he be purdy smart. Seems you can get
around it by puttin in lottsa rudder, then it rolls better 'cause a
that there diheeedral effect or somethin' like that, but on tow, it
can get downright scary sometimes if'n it be turbulent and the towin'
pilut gets a goin' too fast. That's what happened
to me on this here flight. I was a rollin' left, kinda' involuntary
like in a big gust, and it didn't feal like it was in any hurry to
roll back the way I wanted, so I done got off tow purdy low, and
danged if I couldn't make back to the aerodrome. I landed in a plowed
up carrot field and had ta' take down a barbed wire fence to get the
danged thing back onta' the aerodrome propertey.

http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...l?dsId=2412108


Signed

X

The Gapa Geezer