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  1. Ghery

    Charlie Daniels has passed away.

    Today. RIP.
  2. Ghery

    Post 10,000

    And after all these years, here it is. Number 10,000. Exciting, isn't it? :D
  3. Ghery

    Phooey with all the dissention in the world (and on POA), I went flying yesterday!

    The visibility wasn't the best (over 50 miles, but still hazy), but I grabbed one of the club's planes yesterday afternoon and made a run down to Mt. St. Helens. Smooth flight down and most of the way around the mountain. Got bounced around a bit as I flew through the lee of the mountain (look...
  4. Ghery

    I had a couple beers this afternoon...

    But it had nothing to do with events in Washington DC. The WSU Cougars beat the Oregon State Beavers. We Cougs really don't need an excuse to drink a beer or two, but the Cougs beating the Beavs works for me.
  5. Ghery

    Went to a DCI competition last night...

    Or should I say, we went to a demonstration by Santa Clara Vanguard on how it is done, after a competition among 8 other Drum and Bugle Corps? Great evening in Vancouver, WA last evening. 9 D&B Corps competed. In order of performance they were: The Battalion from Salt Lake City, UT...
  6. Ghery

    First Young Eagles flight...

    I flew my first Young Eagles flight for EAA today. A couple boys and their grandfather. Flew down to the town they live in, circled their house a couple times and then back to Olympia and a bit north. Let one of the boys take the controls for a bit. He did well, but typical loss of altitude...
  7. Ghery

    Aw, hurt my feelings!

    Got an email from UA a little bit ago. Seems the weather in Chicago tomorrow is making life difficult for the airlines. They said I could change my flight(s) at no cost from CDG to SEA. So I got on their website and had it pull up the options. The first was the same flight from CDG to ORD...
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    ATITAPA from an airliner....

    PHLI (LIH, Lihue) has its tower close at 10 pm each night. Shortly after it closed last night an AS flight came in and in the first call I heard "Any traffic in the area, please advise." All I could think of was the outrage that would ensue on this board. Have fun! And the thread title needs...
  9. Ghery

    Nice result of a maintenance problem on a UA A-320...

    We were boarding a fight from SFO to SAN this morning when we were asked to come back up to the galley while a mechanic came on board to work on my wife's seat. Seems it wouldn't move from the partially reclined position it was in. Last row in 1st, window seat. For some reason my wife...
  10. Ghery

    I can't believe there isn't already a thread about this...

    It's Talk Like a Pirate Day! Aaarrrr!
  11. Ghery

    And I thought the last time I rented in Hawaii was expensive...

    We're staying in Maui for a week and were looking at excursions. There's an outfit here that advertises to non-pilots various options in an SR22 where you learn to take off and land (yeah, right), as well as visit key sights. The most inclusive, and expensive, runs all day. Maui to HNL. Get...
  12. Ghery

    ADS-B experience

    The club just put new avionics in the C-182P. Garmin GTN 650, GNC 255, GTX 345 and GMA 340. I took the 182 up today to see how they work. Well, actually, I was going to fly our 430W equipped 172N, but the alternator wasn't doing its thing on run-up, so I changed planes. And I had a return...
  13. Ghery

    Time to spare, go by air. More time yet, go by jet...

    This quick trip I bought tickets on jetBlue for the first time. Came down from SEA to LGB yesterday and things were fine. Gave my presentation at a symposium this morning and came back to the airport for my 6:10 pm flight home. Well, that was the plan, anyway. Got here and was told the...
  14. Ghery

    What does this mean?

    The plane for my flight from SFO to SEA arrived about 1/2 hour early. UA says that departure for my flight is delayed about 1/2 hour for "flight preparation". ?? Can someone with Part 121 experience tell me what this means? Just curious, it won't make any difference, but this is a new, to me...
  15. Ghery

    Sure is hot...

    in Prague. It's in the 90s. Oh, and I'm wearing the same clothes again tomorrow. Same ones I wore riding SEA-SFO-FRA-DRS and then driving down. Why? Because LH doesn't know where my suitcase is. UA from SEA-SFO-FRA and then LH to DRS. They can't find it according to their website...
  16. Ghery

    Legal again!!!

    It's been almost 2 years since I logged anything. Got my medical renewed late last month and got a flight review for the FAA and club this evening. I didn't bend anything and I think the CFI (former airline pilot) was as amazed as I was when the landings weren't embarrassing. Boy that felt...
  17. Ghery

    Who was it that always said...

    "I'd hit that!"? I found a shirt for him at dinner last night. :D
  18. Ghery

    SPAMed in PM

    So, how do I get rid of a PM that is SPAM? This is a new experience on PoA.
  19. Ghery

    This isn't good if you were planning on riding into space soon...

    http://www.cnbc.com/id/102141850?trknav=homestack:topnews:2 Looks like a serious setback for Branson and company.
  20. Ghery

    Future pilots - My grandsons

    Christopher Donald and Matthew Ghery Larsen were born Thursday night at 9:07 and 9:09 pm. Mother and boys are doing fine. The boys were about 7 weeks early so they'll be in the hospital for another 2 to 3 weeks. I'm not biased, but I think they are the cutest little boys in the world. :D
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