Recent content by tmcquinn

In the 70s I took some college classes where you keyed your program on punched cards, which were later driven to a card reader that read them and sent them through an IBM 370 that area colleges bought time on. Eventually you picked up a green bar listing that showed your results (errors). It...

In the 70s my father used to ask me if marijuana smelled like burning alfalfa. I told him I'd never been to a party so wild that they started passing alfalfa around... I always thought that I could smell french fries when I would fly over Purdue University. I have no idea what I was actually...

Holy crap, isn't there a TFR during the show? I'm starting to think I could launch a missile against N. Korea from this place and everyone would just say, "Boys will be boys."

I'm at Brennand. Several people landed here low on fuel after doing as many as 8 Ripon approaches and being told to break off and try again. I am damn glad I came via Subaru this year. Good luck to everyone tomorrow.

This was my first year driving and the weather still nearly did me in. So good luck to all. Sent from my SM-G900P using Tapatalk

That's one sweet deal if you get lucky. I used to try but gave up years ago. I think the one time I got a car it was at the very end of the show. But last year I had a good run with Uber. I suppose that having so many people without cars in one spot draws them like flies. I saw quite a...

Jay - I doubt if I can make it to the party but I may try to look you up this year to talk about your friend who puts RV buyers together with builder/sellers. You're the Ryan Gosling look alike who's always surrounded by autograph seekers, right? :)

Correlation does not prove causation! :)

That be some good advice. I got away with no plywood for a lot of years. Then a couple of years ago I decided to listen and brought 3 pieces. Everyone around me sank into the ground and had a hell of a time getting free while mine just scooted right on out.

I was based at that airport and rented a hangar from them for many years. While I'm not sure that Hal is still involved in the day to day business, I would be really shocked if they don't go out of their way to make this right for you. I was always treated like royalty, both in the store and...

I carry a personal locator beacon. It's probably overkill for someone like me but if it can take 3 years to find a crashed jet in New Hampshire anything is possible.

I dunno. You any good?

I used to be decent at math and now simple arithmetic confuses me... :)

Yes. I've brought plenty of non members with me and it was no problem.

I still have a lot to learn but I don't think I would ever be deviating from the basic design enough to be tempted into the E-AB version. E-LSA has my attention, at least right now. I owned my Archer just over 20 years and nearly always had 2-3 empty seats. And as far as IFR goes, I worked...