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Sorry I took so long. Been busy lately, Bill Miles has always been a very good instructor. If I have a favorite, it's him.

Dave, Let me know who you get as an instructor. They have some pretty good one's now.

I took a golf trip to Ireland a few ears ago and on our last day we were at Old Head which is the most beatiful golf course I'd ever seen. The weather was picture perfect with blue skies and temperatures in the 70's. As we walked down a fairway a few steps behind our caddy my opponent for the...

I want rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers...

FWIW, in the sim you cannot maintain glideslope with one engine windmilling, approach flaps, and gear down. IOW, if one engine packs it in after glideslope intercept (normal configuration:gear down, flaps 15) you can't simply give the good engine some throttle, step on the rudder, and drive it...

Me neither. Like most all retracts the gear is very draggy. A "flat" departure is about all you're gonna get on one engine; especially if they left the rear out. The 421's have a hydraulic pump on each engine capable of raising the gear. They do work much slower on one pump than on two...

No problems here. I just checked it.

My first job was cooking burgers at a Burger King. One summer they had a helium baloon give give away and we filled 5-6 trash bags with gas and turned 'em loose. I'm probably too old for such now, but I sure caused a stir back then.

Sorry to all who knew them. This always sucks...

What Ed said...

I fly in to and stay at Fond du Lac. I use a rental car to drive back and forth to the air show. FLD allows me to reserve hard surface parking and I can flyour during the OSH air show with much less traffic than early in the day and after the show. I renew my hotel every year and call for...

Great looking plane Gary! Now to keep the bugs off of it:dunno: . Thanks again for lunch.

Had a great time with the you all. I just got home in KY; 35 degrees and a 1,000 ' ceiling. Fortunately visibility was good and the approach went well. I'm looking forward to next time!

Yep. I'll be there. Driving up from Boca Grande. I guess we'll meet up somehow. If no one else is there, I'll be sitting on the bench out front. My son may come with me (he's still in bed right now).

175 This year. I'll not pick up over another 10 before the year is out, but quite a bit of flying planned for January. Most flying for my business with a little fun and games mixed in.

If nothing rips, tears, or wrinkles I'll be at Sharkey's for lunch on Wednesday at 11:30 AM. Who else can make this? I plan to leave KY on Monday morning. Winds should be favorable so It'll be a 3 hour or so trip. Tuesday to chill and maybe heading home on Thursday (Mother in Law is...

Sharky's it is. Tuesday or Wednesday is best for me. How bout y'all?

Depending on my mother-in-law (she is very ill and 90 y.o.), I am supposed to be arriving Charlotte County (PGD) on Monday. Wife says if we go she doesn't want to stay the entire week but I should be there 3-4 days. Sharkey's at VNC for lunch one day?

Had an instructor riding safety pilot a few years ago while I brushed up on approaches. We were in a Baron and it was dark. Somewhere along the way he lurched and yelled "What was that?" I hadn't heard anything and told him so. After 4-5 seconds he figured out that his headset had touched...

Had the same think at Fond du Lac during Osh Kosh. A nordo Stearman landed ahead of me and stopped on the runway. Then he taxied in a circle on the runway and then he stopped again. Tower was frustratred as was I. After I went around the pattern again and landed he was still taxiing around...