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don(at)contractorsnorthwe
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 Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:11 am Post subject: It's All Relative |
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I thought this was pertinent to Kitfox flying.
[b]Don McIntosh[/b]
It's All Relative
The young flight instructor is pounding the pattern in a basic trainer. Half watching his student and half thinking of getting a real flying job. Some twin-engine time, a little cross-country IFR. Boy would that be sweet.
Above him at 8,000 feet a freight-dog in a beat-up Beech Barron bounces along. Cursing the turbulence and the heat and the holes in the instrument panel, he thinks about one day getting a turbine job.
At 18,000 feet the crew of a King Air are droning along on autopilot, enjoying the air-conditioned cockpit. But the noise and vibration of the propellers is annoying, and the turbine-twin will not climb out of all the weather. The lady PIC is close to a jet job, and keeps looking up above the tops of the building cumulus.
At flight level 390 dinner is being served to the major airline captain. Life is sweet. But his schedule sucks again next month, stupid recurrent training, and the mustard for the steak is too spicy again. He looks out the windshield as a glint of sunlight catches his eye strangely above the horizon. "It's the space station," says the first officer. "Now that would be sweet."
Floating over to a window, the astronaut looks down on the colorful blue and green quilt set amongst the void of space. A former fighter and test pilot, the Space Shuttle commander is picking out ground features as he orbits over middle America. "You see those two rivers, just east of the city?" he says. "There is a little airport down there. I first soloed in a Piper Cub right there." "Now that is real flying."
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janderson412(at)hotmail.c
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| Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 4:51 pm Post subject: It's All Relative |
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Delightfully deep..
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I thought this was pertinent to Kitfox flying.
[b]Don McIntosh[/b]
It's All Relative
The young flight instructor is pounding the pattern in a basic trainer. Half watching his student and half thinking of getting a real flying job. Some twin-engine time, a little cross-country IFR. Boy would that be sweet.
Above him at 8,000 feet a freight-dog in a beat-up Beech Barron bounces along. Cursing the turbulence and the heat and the holes in the instrument panel, he thinks about one day getting a turbine job.
At 18,000 feet the crew of a King Air are droning along on autopilot, enjoying the air-conditioned cockpit. But the noise and vibration of the propellers is annoying, and the turbine-twin will not climb out of all the weather. The lady PIC is close to a jet job, and keeps looking up above the tops of the building cumulus.
At flight level 390 dinner is being served to the major airline captain. Life is sweet. But his schedule sucks again next month, stupid recurrent training, and the mustard for the steak is too spicy again. He looks out the windshield as a glint of sunlight catches his eye strangely above the horizon. "It's the space station," says the first officer. "Now that would be sweet."
Floating over to a window, the astronaut looks down on the colorful blue and green quilt set amongst the void of space. A former fighter and test pilot, the Space Shuttle commander is picking out ground features as he orbits over middle America. "You see those two rivers, just east of the city?" he says. "There is a little airport down there. I first soloed in a Piper Cub right there." "Now that is real flying."
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lcfitt(at)sbcglobal.net
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| Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 5:58 pm Post subject: It's All Relative |
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Don,
Thanks. This has essentially been my thought since flying my Kitfox. Three
days to Oshkosh? You bet. Where could you be more in the groove - great
companions, great scenery and foremost a really great fun airplane to fly.
When we flew there two summers ago, it was interesting that we who could see
the ground from 500 to 1000 ft. were monitoring the air to air frequency and
heard lots of anguished talk from the "big boys" who were fast and high
above the clouds and fretting about finding a hole to get down to where we
were - and where we always fly.
I love it. I just went out and gave my airplane a hug.
Lowell
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| Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:14 pm Post subject: It's All Relative |
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To quote the great Jackie0 Gleason..... How sweet it is!
Noel
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