What did you do today?

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Had a mini air show taxi in front of me and a student coming back from a lesson.


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Watched football,what else would one do on a sunday
 
Tried for 2 hours to get an Uber from the hotel to the airfield. Some guy finally saw me sitting dejectedly on the curb and offered me a ride.

Wound up flying all the way from Ohio to Kansas. Unfriendly winds so it was close to 7 hours in 2 legs, with a very fast fuel stop in Salem, IL. Very weird FBO building.

Was so angry at Uber that I walked the 2 miles from the airport to my hotel in Kansas.
 
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Ed Haywood said:
Tried for 2 hours to get an Uber from the hotel to the airfield. Some guy finally saw me sitting dejectedly on the curb and offered me a ride.

Wound up flying all the way from Ohio to Kansas. Unfriendly winds so it was close to 7 hours in 2 legs, with a very fast fuel stop in Salem, IL. Very weird FBO building.

Was so angry at Uber that I walked the 2 miles from the airport to my hotel in Kansas.
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I hate to hit "LIKE" on this, but I admire the willingness to tell Uber to stuff it at after that experience! Hope the hotel is relaxing after a day like that!
 
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Ed Haywood said:
Tried for 2 hours to get an Uber from the hotel to the airfield. Some guy finally saw me sitting dejectedly on the curb and offered me a ride.

Wound up flying all the way from Ohio to Kansas. Unfriendly winds so it was close to 7 hours in 2 legs, with a very fast fuel stop in Salem, IL. Very weird FBO building.

Was so angry at Uber that I walked the 2 miles from the airport to my hotel in Kansas.
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Have you heard of Lyft? ;)
 
"if you find yourself lost in the woods, screw it build a house. Well, I was lost. Now I live here"

Set up camp last night and went scouting. Found the big boy dad goofed on last year.

Yes, we have more tents than people. Tent for sleeping. Cook tent. Shower tent. Built a tank in the v of the trailer. Holds 35 gallons of gas and 65 gallons of water. Separate 12v pumps with a solar charger. Don't have to lug gas cans to fill the UTV. On demand propane water heater to prevent swamp ass.

Rigged up starlink to get my POA fix. I'll admit, I haven't really left civilization. But I have only seen 3 people this morning.

Laugh at the pooping stool. But it's a game changer

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Got screamed at and called every name in the book today by some older gentleman -- as I was parked in the designated wait spot, waiting for my food at a drive thru restaurant. He was apparently so enraged by where the car was parked he decided to make 2 passes by my vehicle to verbally light me up, then while blocking parking lot traffic get out of his car to continue yelling and threatening me.

To his credit he had a colorful lexicon of available curse words which made me laugh, which did not help to de-escalate the situation. Anyways, it was a more eventful lunch hour than most. I'm not a psychic but I think he was having a bad day before the parking lot incident. Hopefully that'll be the last I see of him!
 
Flying southwest of Topeka yesterday and I spotted this gem from the air. K63, a few miles from Council Grove, KS. Open to the public. Definitely going on my bucket list.

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Last cutting of the last field of hay. Seven acres, took all stinkin' day. Broken gib key in the haybine, then the tractor had a flat.
 
Ed Haywood said:
Always the best response to a hothead.
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I once walked away while getting yelled at. This was on a job set up days in advance. And the safety guy was giving me a hard time because someone ****ed in his wheaties apparently. After his third time to yell some nonsense about probably not even having a town work permit I decide it's time to pack up. My welder was running. It's hard to hear. All I hear is "ohhh he's walking away, now he's got an attitude!"

I never said a word. When he calmed down I told him I agree with him. I don't like working around guys coming in and out every 4 minutes. But this was set up days in advance and I'm 90 minutes away.

We had several railings to replace at this facility. And one steel staircase to replace that required me to run the crane. Only problem is I was not allowed back on site, because I walked away.

I had someone give me the crane remote and craned the staircase in from next door.

6 months later I get a call for more work at that facility. I declined and told them why. They said safety guy was fired shortly after. Sorry. Still not interested. I'm busy enough.
 
Tuesday flew a BFR with an excellent CFI out of Red Stewart (40I). We basically did most of a PP Check RIde. Seeing as how it was in a 152 and I hadn’t flown one in 50 years, not too bad. He allowed I would have passed (after a bit of coaching).

I always try a different plane for the BFR since the Ercoupe is more of an aerial automobile. Last one was a Seaplane I hadn’t flown in four years.
 
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Filled up car gas, saw total, almost barfed.
Filled up airplane gas, saw total, did barf.

Grateful I never stepped up to a twin engine right about now.
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Just in time for harvest. Burning about 300 gallons a day. Now they're talking about maybe not even being able to get diesel at all. Sigh.
 
Had a root canal this morning, then painted the new landing gear for the Parrakeet, gonna let it bake in the hot fabric garage for a week before reassembling next week. Then some lathe work, made new Delrin spacers for the landing gear springs and made a new brass fill/vent plug for the brake reservoir (the old one was plastic, and had broken through the vent/safety wire holes).
 
Dana said:
Had a root canal this morning, then painted the new landing gear for the Parrakeet, gonna let it bake in the hot fabric garage for a week before reassembling next week. Then some lathe work, made new Delrin spacers for the landing gear springs and made a new brass fill/vent plug for the brake reservoir (the old one was plastic, and had broken through the vent/safety wire holes).
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You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din. I had a root canal redo last month, and that day I took a nap. The next day, I think I watched television. The second day I was back to normal. It was a sideways one this time, but even after the first one fifteen years ago I wasn't doing handy work the same day.
 
MauleSkinner said:
Not pull so hard? ;)
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Hard is only one factor. Duration and prep are others. A short pull to 6G from upright won't do anything. A long pull to 4G can send you nighty night. The threshold is about 5 seconds.

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A long inverted segment prior to the pull greatly reduces your tolerance. Gut and leg straining can offset that.

My problem yesterday was I flew with the wind. That turned my 3-5 second inverted into about 20 seconds. Then I pulled through a 5/8 loop to a 45 line up. Experienced high level competitors all said the same thing: yep, that's gonna get ya.

Fortunately, in an aircraft of my performance it's pretty easy to back off when things get gray. Your brain still works, you just can't see so well.

If I make the wind mistake again, I'll come off power on the downhill.

It all sounds scarier than it is. Nobody has ever died from G-Loc in the history of an IAC contest. The advanced and unlimited pilots are flying orders of magnitude harder than I am.
 
The MRE Pizza Slice (menu 11, iirc): the pizza is blah. I suppose if you had tabasco sauce (and liked it), it might make the pizza somewhat ok. The best I can say about the pizza is that it's edible, not enjoyable, just edible
 
Rolled a little cross-country into my new student's tailwheel training/Champ transition. I didn't even know a 7AC could climb that high. :rofl:
 

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Ed Haywood said:
It all sounds scarier than it is. Nobody has ever died from G-Loc in the history of an IAC contest. The advanced and unlimited pilots are flying orders of magnitude harder than I am.
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Wouldn't you die because you crashed into the ground after pulling and GLOCing and thus loosening your grip on the stick and/or your pull strength when pointed downwards? It seems that pointed down would be the worst time for a GLOC.
 
Man, haven’t checked this thread in too long. Looked at a new place today. Lot measured in acres with a shop measured in 4-digit square feet. Only thing missing was air lines.
 
Did not catch any salmon. Today is day three. Funky tides around the half moon. Still a day fishing is better than a lot of other days.
 
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