For some reason my NDB approaches
improved enormously after I got a GPS ;D
Technology sure gets better over the
years, but other stuff can get a little
weird. Part of aging I guess.
Flying across the Continent in a Biplane
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Colonel
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Back home!
Locals were impressed by the formation
landing on the 100 foot wide runway :))
I landed and told tower we were unfamiliar
and based there.
I love this picture from Flagstaff
[img width=500 height=375][/img]
7000 foot altitude with 13000 foot
mountains behind
Locals were impressed by the formation
landing on the 100 foot wide runway :))
I landed and told tower we were unfamiliar
and based there.
I love this picture from Flagstaff
[img width=500 height=375][/img]
7000 foot altitude with 13000 foot
mountains behind
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Colonel
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I couldn't turn down the low taxes and
endless summer. It's warm and the sun
shines almost every day. Perfect for flying
biplanes and riding motorcycles!
[img width=281 height=500][/img]
Next time you're passing by, give me
a holler. We're always having BBQ's
in the back yard for expats and pilots.
endless summer. It's warm and the sun
shines almost every day. Perfect for flying
biplanes and riding motorcycles!
[img width=281 height=500][/img]
Next time you're passing by, give me
a holler. We're always having BBQ's
in the back yard for expats and pilots.
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DeflectionShot
Hey Colonel congrats on the move...did you manage to get down there on N1B visa?? We've been trying to emigrate for four years on the I-130 category....unbelievable backlog in the California USCIS processing center.
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Colonel
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Never had any problems with the US. Funny note:
my family was originally from Virginia, moved to
Toronto after the Revolutionary War as UEL's - the
Family Compact.
The weird thing about having family from old Virginia
is that it wasn't a very big place between 1620 and
1780 - during that century and a half, pretty well all
the local families intermarried to an alarming degree
and everyone ended up being related. One of my FFV:
[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burwell_f ... f_Virginia]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burwell_f ... f_Virginia[/url]
[quote]The Burwells were among the First Families of Virginia in the Colony of Virginia.
John Quincy Adams once described the Burwells as typical Virginia aristocrats of their period:
forthright, bland, somewhat imperious and politically simplistic by Adams' standards.
In 1713, so many Burwells had intermarried with the Virginia political elite that
Governor Spotswood complained that " the greater part of the present Council
are related to the Family of Burwells[/quote]
The result of this is that a cousin of mine, Ben
Harrison, signed the Declaration of Independence.
He had some interesting offspring.
All that to say that I have lots of family in the US
and I feel quite comfortable here. Americans seem
to be ok with a Canadian whom has two US Presidents
as cousins.
PS Ever hear of a Lewis Burwell Puller? USMC three star?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesty_Puller
my family was originally from Virginia, moved to
Toronto after the Revolutionary War as UEL's - the
Family Compact.
The weird thing about having family from old Virginia
is that it wasn't a very big place between 1620 and
1780 - during that century and a half, pretty well all
the local families intermarried to an alarming degree
and everyone ended up being related. One of my FFV:
[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burwell_f ... f_Virginia]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burwell_f ... f_Virginia[/url]
[quote]The Burwells were among the First Families of Virginia in the Colony of Virginia.
John Quincy Adams once described the Burwells as typical Virginia aristocrats of their period:
forthright, bland, somewhat imperious and politically simplistic by Adams' standards.
In 1713, so many Burwells had intermarried with the Virginia political elite that
Governor Spotswood complained that " the greater part of the present Council
are related to the Family of Burwells[/quote]
The result of this is that a cousin of mine, Ben
Harrison, signed the Declaration of Independence.
He had some interesting offspring.
All that to say that I have lots of family in the US
and I feel quite comfortable here. Americans seem
to be ok with a Canadian whom has two US Presidents
as cousins.
PS Ever hear of a Lewis Burwell Puller? USMC three star?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesty_Puller
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David MacRay
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[quote author=Shiny link=topic=6923.msg18745#msg18745 date=1503124499]
[quote]Had a tailwind westward all through the Rocky Mountains. Weird.[/quote]
I know right? I had to do a hold followed by a N D fucking B approach the other day. Like the dark ages or something. Sure sign of the pending apocalypse.
[/quote]
On Monday I saw the sun get blocked, then later in the day driving past the Airport where Bob Hoover's P-51 Old Yeller is based, someone broke the nose wheel off what looked like a Piper.
Taxied through a fence onto the golf course. The nice people on the radio didn't know why.
[quote]Had a tailwind westward all through the Rocky Mountains. Weird.[/quote]
I know right? I had to do a hold followed by a N D fucking B approach the other day. Like the dark ages or something. Sure sign of the pending apocalypse.
[/quote]
On Monday I saw the sun get blocked, then later in the day driving past the Airport where Bob Hoover's P-51 Old Yeller is based, someone broke the nose wheel off what looked like a Piper.
Taxied through a fence onto the golf course. The nice people on the radio didn't know why.
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