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Actually, my butt is only part of the problem. As age advances, I find I need to pump bilges more often.

Reg

Tom-
I've seen a homebuilt called a Spezio (sp.?) Sport that could 'pass' as a Pawnee, and I think there might be an ultralight that is designed to look like an ag plane. Will try to find it and post.

Found some pictures:

Carl,
I'm curious to know what RPM do you normally cruise at? I typically don't have the patience to pull back on the throttle very much especially headed against the wind...come to think of it I like to speed along with the wind as well. I fly a '74 150L. I'll typically fly lower headed west to minimize head winds and much higher headed back east to take advantage of the higher tail winds. I still average about 5.5 to 6 gallons per hour. I once flew from Summerset, PA to Port Clinton, OH on full tanks thinking that I had more than enough fuel to fly the 210 nm. When I landed and re-fueled, the plane took about 19 gallons. I had experienced higher than expected head winds which taught me to keep track of fuel in terms of time instead of miles.

How stupid can you get, Tony? Flying low like that? Don't you know that you are endangering others? What if you crashed? The media would be all over you and giving all of us other " safe" pilots a black eye! How could you be so..........so......IRRESPONSIBLE???? You have got to be a friggin IDIOT!!



You won't believe it, Tony, but we actually had a pilot complain! YES! Actually COMPLAIN that some of us were flying TOO low while out on the Alvord Desert? All of that flat, featureless desert and he was actually complaining about us out there enjoying all of that space and freedom by flying low. He actually called us "IDIOTS!"

Reminds me of when Gary was ferrying Mr. Ed to Oregon here. He posted these great pictures of him skimming the desert floor. He was having a ball! Yet, I had people emailing me criticizing Gary and wondering what I was going to do to reprimand him for flying that way in my airplane.

I was flabbergasted! Any ways, I responded with, "How can I reprimand Gary for doing exactly what I would be doing under the same circumstances??"

Aerobatic pilot joined the chorus with the same thing. Stupid, ignorant, gives us all a bad name.

If I can't go out into some place isolated and yank and bank or fly low and enjoy the sensation of speed, then I just as well stick with cars.

What....Bill....I thought those comments didn't bother you...you didn't lie did you?

I don't remember saying that??

18-minute gap?

The three biggest wastes in aviation:

1. The sky above you.
2. The runway behind you.
3. And the fuel you left in the truck.

4. Time spent sleeping at Clinton.

Point conceded!