Pietenpol-List: Re: Joy of Flying

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Original Posted By: airlion
I contributed today. Maybe next year, I'll be able to attend Brodhead, have plansagain, and will actually have started building. Maybe I'll be able to affordto move to a neighborhood where I don't hear gunshots. Heard some for the1st time today. Been here 2 weeks now --------HOMEBUILDERWill WORK for SpruceLong flights, smooth air, and soft landings,GliderMike, aka Mike GlasgowRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 17:14:18 -0800 (PST)

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Original Posted By: Matt Dralle
Jeff,Thanks for the gentle push. This list is truly an asset in information and civility.I was on another list (not Matronics) previously and left because of theranker. I just donated and I hope the continues.BTW Mike, we hear gun shots all the time, but then it is hunting season. Thistime of the year I don't go wandering in the woods without wearing bright orange.This country living is great. Soon I will be able to wander around on x-countryskiis or skate on the pond that we border. Only thing missing is a runway.--------Jon Coxwell GN-1 BuilderRecycle and preserve the planetRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 00:01:36 -0800

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Original Posted By: "GliderMike"
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: Joy of 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________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Joy of Flying

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Original Posted By: "GliderMike"
My neighborhood is about 4 1/2 miles from the center of BTR. I'm 4.3 miles Southof the Atlantic Southeast Airlines hanger. It takes me 10 to 15 minutes todrive to work, depending upon how many traffic lights I catch. Several of theconvenience stores lock their doors by 9 pm, and do transactions thru a slidingdrawer. Not the better part of town, but there are worse parts. I'm in thisapartment for at least 5 1/2 months, maybe longer, depending on whether Iwill be able to get any overtime, or a part time second job. If I decide theoccasional gunshots here are low risk, I may stay in this apartment longer, asI'm recovering from the cost of the move here, and recovering from the moneyI spent while I was doing A&P school. Conditions are better here than when Iwas in Iraq, other than you don't know who is doing the occasional gun shots here,and whether or not they are aimed at someone or not. The gun shots I heardin Iraq were done at the weapons check area, outside the gate. For the differencein housing costs, if I stay here, instead of moving, I would save enoughmoney for the airframe portion of a Piet in a year. 2 years, and I would haveenough for the powerplant. If I do 3 piece wings, I have space to build itin the apartment, and would be able to get it out the door, if I don't permanentlyattach the horizontal tail feathers. Things could be a lot worse.I like this job a lot better than the last several jobs I had. The money hereisn't anywhere near what I made in Iraq as a civilian contractor, but the jobis a lot more enjoyable. 2 1/2 years, and I'll be eligible to test for an IAto add to my A&P rating. With an IA, I could go into the small GA stuff, ora helicopter shop, which is what I would rather be doing. However, I like whatI am doing here, and it is so much better than the last several jobs I had,it is worth the hardship at the present time. --------HOMEBUILDERWill WORK for SpruceLong flights, smooth air, and soft landings,GliderMike, aka Mike GlasgowRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Joy of Flying

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Original Posted By: "Gary Boothe"
Dan, are you the only one on the airport? Whether you have to share, or it isall yours, either way, it is nice.--------HOMEBUILDERWill WORK for SpruceLong flights, smooth air, and soft landings,GliderMike, aka Mike GlasgowRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________

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Original Posted By: "GliderMike"
No gunshots in my neighborhood, but plenty of that actionin other parts of San Antonio.I flew over to Bulverde yesterday, about a 27 mi. hop thattakes me just under the fringe of the San Antonio class Charlieairspace and right over Camp Bullis, a military training area.It's interesting to see the firing ranges, campsites, dirtrunway, and other militaria.Another fine day to be flying, still a bit chilly up at mycruise altitude of about 3000', but it's supposed to top 80degrees today and the next few days until a cold front coolsthings off for Thanksgiving.I *almost* punched Scout up above the broken cloud deck yesterday,but by the time I got to about 4300', it was getting pretty coldand there are about a half-dozen Victor airways all convergingat SAT in that area, I could see the main runways off my wingtip, and I thought it prudent not to go on up. Landed onthe grass at my home field and never felt the mains touch. Oneof my best landings ever, and nobody was there to see it ;o)My friends on the KRNet talk about how their KRs are "time machines",zipping them across the country hundreds of miles in just a few hoursand covering several states on a single tank of gas. For me, Scoutis a time machine too... when the tires leave the runway, the clockstarts unwinding as I am transported back through the decades, untilI am back in 1929 with Bernard Pietenpol, gazing down at the baledhay, parked tractors, families in their backyards on the weekend,and the Piet talks old-timey flying talk to my hands and feet. Yes,it's a time machine all right... and I never want to come back.Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CCSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net ________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Joy of Flying

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Original Posted By: Matt Dralle
Nice Dan. I'm envious. I had wanted my own airport in the '80's, but figuredI'd need to buy a quarter section You did well. Oscar, your post encourages me to get started on building. As I mentioned, myapartment isn't in the best part of Baton Rouge, but there is room to be ableto build in the apartment. I'm ending up with a little more money in the bankthan I had guessed I would have, after taxes, and I'll get holiday pay for workingThanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's day, so I will have some extra moneyto buy some wood and T88. I had gotten a little depressed, because it tooka lot longer to find an A&P job, the money wasn't quite as good as I had hopedfor, I had to replace my car, and several other things. Things are startingto look better. I am enjoying my job, even though it is working on significantlylarger aircraft than I would have preferred, but at least the aircraftI am working on weigh less than 100,000 pounds. --------HOMEBUILDERWill WORK for SpruceLong flights, smooth air, and soft landings,GliderMike, aka Mike GlasgowRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:09:22 -0800