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1a. Re: My flight over Lake Como in Italy... From: ght
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1a. Re: My flight over Lake Como in Italy...
Posted by: "ght" [EMAIL PROTECTED] ght28
Tue May 6, 2008 12:18 pm (PDT)
Oh John,
How wonderful just reading your text! I started to
look at your videos but I'm at work. I started to
squeak and exclaim and that just doesn't go at work.
No one here understands my obsession with flying so it
will have to wait until I get home - where I can also
turn on the speakers. I have to have the sound. That
is part of the fun.
Thanks so much,
Spook
--- John Craparo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I had some business last week in Milan, Italy.
> Because I had a little extra
> time between Milan and my next destination in Asia,
> I decide to take a day
> trip up to Lake Como... only 20 minutes by train out
> of Milan. I had always
> heard it is magnificent, so why not a $15 train ride
> to check it out.
>
> Well, it was great. In fact it was made better by
> an unexpected side
> excursion. When my buddy and I got off the train in
> Como, I saw a Lake
> Amphibian taking off from behind a stand of trees. I
> said to Anthony that we
> needed to figure out if that was operating from the
> lake (water was not in
> view from station).
>
> As we got down to town, we figured out where the
> plane originated. It was
> the Aero Club Como on the edge of the lake. A
> pretty historic place and the
> only seaplane base in Italy and largest in Europe.
> To make a long story
> short, I went over to the hangar and struck up a
> conversation. Within 10
> minutes one of the pilots said, hey come with me and
> let's go for a
> tour... I even got to be the sole manipulator of
> the controls for 20
> minutes... right to final in fact, but our host did
> the landing... Cool on
> many levels.
>
> 1. No idea that the club existed
> 2. Beautiful place
> 3. Pilots all over the world seem to have the same
> open arms and hearts for
> fellow flyers
> 4. We got to go for a ride
> 5. First time for me in a pontoon equipped plane
> (Cessna 172 on floats)
> 6. All the begging in the world to convince our host
> to take some money or
> go to lunch was ov no avail... he merely said, make
> sure you get your face
> back here soon to fly again... and get a rating!
> Maybe an LSA Mermaid or
> Lockwood is in the future?
> 7. Club manager gave me one of every post card they
> had in stock (probably
> 15 with old and new scenes of the club)
> 6. Priceless!
>
> I can go on and on...
>
> Here are two links to the flight... Part 2 is where
> my new friend through up
> his hands and passed me control of the ship.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3j7z8pVHqo
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwp8e6RtHJo
>
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2. McCauley 1A90 or 1B90 prop
Posted by: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" [EMAIL PROTECTED] rascallee
Tue May 6, 2008 4:16 pm (PDT)
If anyone out there has either a 1A90 or 1B90 mcCauley prop that is within
specs and wants to sell it, please email me back.
Thanks,
Lee BRowning
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