Larry, no offense taken. Just what I'd hoped would be a friendly reminder that the written word often times doesn't reflect the true intentions of it's deliverer. In other words, it's hard to see if your laughing through my monitor.
As a Texas resident (Flat Lander) I'm sure your mountain flying skills
are better than mine. In Texas you can fly at 10 ft AGL and clear
pretty much anything the state can throw at you. If you haven't heard,
they are thinking about changing the Texas license plate slogan to
"Come See Our Tree". :')
Larry wrote:
>
> Sorry if I offend you Bill. Sometimes though, people bring out the
worst in
> me, and I do like to stir the pot. It makes for some great reading. If
you
> think this site is for information only, that's OK. But, I believe that
> there are far more that listen in for the entertainment and social
aspect.
> If you read carefully, you'll see that I'm not always negative, I just
stand
> a ways left of center. Case in point: Coments on brake lites, and
flying
> being better than sex. I believe that if you count, you'll see that
lots of
> people responded to these subjects, and you seem to be the only one that
has
> been offended. I admit, that when I read about someone scaring the
bejesus
> out of a young lady, I don't have a lot of good to say about him. I
will
> also say, that my coments regarding just such a subject were received
> favorably by more than one of the listeners. And lastly, flying isn't
just
> about the mechanics of keeping a Coupe Airworthy. Flying is about
flying.
> We can all learn from the mistakes or wisdom of other pilots. Those of
you
> who fly flat land need to hear about flying mountains. You can make up
your
> own mind as to who is wise, and who is ignorant. Here in Utah, 90
percent
> of the Aviation accidents involve flatlanders who can't cope with
> mountains. A safety officer from the NTSB once spoke at our flying
club.
> His coment when asked what the single most important thing we could do
to
> cut down on accidents in Utah was, "Build a 30,000 ft. wall between Utah
and
> California." Now, while the last thing I want to do is offend
californians
> (I lived there as a youth), the point was well taken. People who don't
know
> how to fly mountains crash in them.
>
> Larry
>
> PS I will try to be less negative, and more humorous in the future.
>
> William W Ducharme wrote:
>
> > Like Tom and Doug's planes, my Alon stalls at 38 power on, 48 power
off,
> > just like it says in the book. But, I'd submit that what's important
is
> > knowing what the stall speed of "your" coupe is. No two planes are
> > exactly alike especially after 30 to 50 years.
> >
> > On another note;
> > Larry, is it my imagination or do you always have something negative
to
> > say? No matter what a person posts you always seem to have an
answer
> > and generally it's contradictory. I've seen, and I suspect others
have
> > seem, the pattern in your comments.
> >
> > Please, stick to aviation and think about what you write before you
> > submit it. Be positive and don't get personal. Give advise, only
when
> > your certain of the answer, otherwise hold your thoughts. There are
> > people looking to this group as a source of reliable information.
Your
> > comments are frankly chasing people away.
> >
> > --
> > Bill DuCharme
> > N6554Q
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Bill DuCharme
N6554Q
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