What do YOU want for Xmas?

As usual, that's the question I'm hearing from relatives. Also as usual, I
have no friggin' clue what to tell them -- I need nothing.

Therefore, it's time to open the topic up to the opinions of this newsgroup.
What do *you* want for Xmas this year? What's the latest, greatest,
coolest, must-have aviation thing that I should want under my tree this
year?

I'll list a few things that I'm not likely to receive, just to get the ball
rolling:

1. XM weather for my Lowrance 2000c (According to Lowrance, this is
supposedly "in the works" and "to be ready to roll out at Sun N Fun '06")

2. A new faceplate for my Narco CP-136M audio panel (yes, I'm STILL looking
for one...)

3. A DVD recorder that will let me quickly and easily transfer 15 years of
home movies onto DVD....

Can you add to the list? What do *you* want for Christmas?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:
As usual, that's the question I'm hearing from relatives. Also as usual, I
have no friggin' clue what to tell them -- I need nothing.

Therefore, it's time to open the topic up to the opinions of this newsgroup.
What do *you* want for Xmas this year? What's the latest, greatest,
coolest, must-have aviation thing that I should want under my tree this
year?

I'll list a few things that I'm not likely to receive, just to get the ball
rolling:

1. XM weather for my Lowrance 2000c (According to Lowrance, this is
supposedly "in the works" and "to be ready to roll out at Sun N Fun '06")

2. A new faceplate for my Narco CP-136M audio panel (yes, I'm STILL looking
for one...)

3. A DVD recorder that will let me quickly and easily transfer 15 years of
home movies onto DVD....

Can you add to the list? What do *you* want for Christmas?

An airplane. Any airplane ... well, anything but a low-wing ... unless
it is a Bo! :-)

Matt

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:F_nof.631500$_o.44264@attbi_s71...
Can you add to the list? What do *you* want for Christmas?

Money! Preferably in APU's...

:-)

One gizmo that our eldest daughter and her husband gave me a while back is a
LED head-band flashlight, which is very comfortable to wear under the
headset. Should the lighting fail at night, it provides excellent
illumination on the panel. It is also a very convenient hands-free light
for refueling our C172 in the dark. Highly recommended.

Happy Holidays!
Leonard Ellis
Dallas, TX

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:F_nof.631500$_o.44264@attbi_s71...
As usual, that's the question I'm hearing from relatives. Also as usual,
I have no friggin' clue what to tell them -- I need nothing.

Therefore, it's time to open the topic up to the opinions of this
newsgroup. What do *you* want for Xmas this year? What's the latest,
greatest, coolest, must-have aviation thing that I should want under my
tree this year?

I'll list a few things that I'm not likely to receive, just to get the
ball rolling:

1. XM weather for my Lowrance 2000c (According to Lowrance, this is
supposedly "in the works" and "to be ready to roll out at Sun N Fun '06")

2. A new faceplate for my Narco CP-136M audio panel (yes, I'm STILL
looking for one...)

3. A DVD recorder that will let me quickly and easily transfer 15 years of
home movies onto DVD....

Can you add to the list? What do *you* want for Christmas?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 00:36:53 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote in
F_nof.631500$_o.44264@attbi_s71::

What do *you* want for Xmas this year?

A turbine powered Helio Stallion:
http://www.helioaircraft.com/ourplanes_stallion.htm
The Helio Stallion is a 10-place single-engine turboprop bush/utility
aircraft. The Stallion features a 750 shaft horsepower Pratt & Whitney
PT6A turbo-prop engine. The plane is designed to be fully maneuverable
and controllable at 37 knots and has a cruise speed of 175 knots. The
turbine engine allows the aircraft to be operated around the globe
without worries of avgas availability or cost. The new Helio Stallion
has an estimated useful load of 3,000 pounds and a range of over 1,000
nautical miles with standard fuel capacity. The Stallion is designed
for takeoff and landing distances under 350 feet while carrying 1,700
pounds of payload.


PERFORMANCE AND SPECIFICATIONS

DIMENSIONS
Length overall - 39' 7"
Wing Span over tip tanks - 41' 9"
Height - 9' 3" (conventional gear) and 16' 7" (tricycle gear)

POWER PLANT
Engine Pratt & Whitney PT6A-34 750 SHP
Propeller Hartzell 101 inch 3-blade, reversing

WEIGHT AND LOAD
Gross weight 6,100 lbs
Empty weight 3,100 lbs
Useful load 3,000 lbs
Seating Capacity 10
(pilot/passengers)

TAKEOFF DISTANCE
Sea Level, ISA
Ground run 320 feet
Distance over 50 ft 750 feet
RATE OF CLIMB
2,200 ft/min

SPEED
Minimum, Fully Maneuverable S.L. 37 kts
Maximum Cruise (at 10,000 ft.) 188 kts
Normal Cruise (13,000 ft. / 280 pph fuel burn) 175 kts
Long range cruise 140 kts

RANGE (long range cruise)
1,050 nm (223 U.S. Gallons - tip tanks installed)

SERVICE CEILING
29,000 ft.

On 2005-12-16, Jay Honeck wrote:
As usual, that's the question I'm hearing from relatives. Also as usual, I
have no friggin' clue what to tell them -- I need nothing.

My mom said she knew just what to get me when I was ten. So I suggested
that she pick out something I would have loved at age ten, give it to a
toy drive and send me a card with a note telling me what it was and why
she picked it out for "me".

Of course she's my mom, so she'll do that AND send me something. But at
least I'm off the hook for making a list!

--
Ben Jackson

http://www.ben.com/

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:F_nof.631500$_o.44264@attbi_s71...
As usual, that's the question I'm hearing from relatives. Also as usual,
I have no friggin' clue what to tell them -- I need nothing.

Therefore, it's time to open the topic up to the opinions of this
newsgroup. What do *you* want for Xmas this year? What's the latest,
greatest, coolest, must-have aviation thing that I should want under my
tree this year?

I'll list a few things that I'm not likely to receive, just to get the
ball rolling:

1. XM weather for my Lowrance 2000c (According to Lowrance, this is
supposedly "in the works" and "to be ready to roll out at Sun N Fun '06")

2. A new faceplate for my Narco CP-136M audio panel (yes, I'm STILL
looking for one...)

3. A DVD recorder that will let me quickly and easily transfer 15 years of
home movies onto DVD....

Can you add to the list? What do *you* want for Christmas?
--

Garmin 396
Icom A6
Oxygen System
6 place intercom upgrade
oh hell, how about a P-51

Peace and Quiet

I also would like an airplane, perhaps a Diamond DA-42 or a Caravan on
floats.

And um, world peace.

My air space back over Washington, DC.