Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Atlanta PDK airshow and airplane joyrides
P-51's are a kick. An 80 year old friend who flies once a week had a ride in one a couple years ago. He said it was one of the most thrilling things he ever did. I almost got my license 3 or 4 years ago. My wife gave me the go ahead for my birthday. I have always wondered about that. I decided my judgment and reactions were not up to the requirements for such a new endeavor. I now work for a bush air service in Alaska during the summers. I get plenty of action landing with good pilots at the stick in places where there are no runways and nobody else fishing except the local bears and loons. Bob - Original Message - From: MarkI-ZeroPoint zeropo...@charter.net To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 9:14 PM Subject: RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Atlanta PDK airshow and airplane joyrides Would love to attend if I was in the area... Did volunteer work at the Planes-of-Fame air museum in Chino, Calif. during my last year in college... was stripping the paint from a P-38 landing-gear door when Rick Brickert said, Mark, you been up in the '51 yet? No... Let's go for a ride! What a ride it was... At one point we were doin' 490 knots, and 50 feet off the deck at Lake Matthews!! -mark -Original Message- From: Terry Blanton [mailto:hohlr...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 3:14 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Atlanta PDK airshow and airplane joyrides On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Hey, hey, hey. Downwind. Downwind Restaurant and Lounge, if you please. The place has class. Ambiance. And Greek food. I once encountered Whitney Houston there. She was high as a kite and a real jerk. With a sad ending. Lounge, huh? Well, they have obviously come up in the world since I frequented them in the 80s when I worked for Sprint at Century Center. They made a great burger. Ambiance? I do sometimes visit the 2nd iteration of the 57th Fighter Squadron on the other side of the airport. I'll have to sneak in and pay you a surprise visit next time I'm there now that someone has shown me how to bypass the increased security at the airport office complex.
[Vo]:OFF TOPIC Atlanta PDK airshow and airplane joyrides
For people in Atlanta: There will be an airshow and open house this Saturday, featuring kids getting mustard on their shirts. That's what I go to see. Seen one airshow, seen 'em all. Between 9 and 12 in the morning they will offer joyrides in airplanes or helicopters for $40. I don't know if that is on the web site but that is what the organizers just told me. (The organizers are downstairs in my building, eating Tootsie Rolls.) See: http://www.pdkairshow.com/ - Jed
Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Atlanta PDK airshow and airplane joyrides
Discount hamburgers at the Breakwind Cafe? :-) On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 4:24 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: For people in Atlanta: There will be an airshow and open house this Saturday, featuring kids getting mustard on their shirts. That's what I go to see. Seen one airshow, seen 'em all. Between 9 and 12 in the morning they will offer joyrides in airplanes or helicopters for $40. I don't know if that is on the web site but that is what the organizers just told me. (The organizers are downstairs in my building, eating Tootsie Rolls.) See: http://www.pdkairshow.com/ - Jed
Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Atlanta PDK airshow and airplane joyrides
Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: Discount hamburgers at the Breakwind Cafe? :-) Hey, hey, hey. *Down*wind. Downwind Restaurant and Lounge, if you please. The place has class. Ambiance. And Greek food. I once encountered Whitney Houston there. She was high as a kite and a real jerk. - Jed
Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Atlanta PDK airshow and airplane joyrides
On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Hey, hey, hey. Downwind. Downwind Restaurant and Lounge, if you please. The place has class. Ambiance. And Greek food. I once encountered Whitney Houston there. She was high as a kite and a real jerk. With a sad ending. Lounge, huh? Well, they have obviously come up in the world since I frequented them in the 80s when I worked for Sprint at Century Center. They made a great burger. Ambiance? I do sometimes visit the 2nd iteration of the 57th Fighter Squadron on the other side of the airport. I'll have to sneak in and pay you a surprise visit next time I'm there now that someone has shown me how to bypass the increased security at the airport office complex.
Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Atlanta PDK airshow and airplane joyrides
Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: I once encountered Whitney Houston there. She was high as a kite and a real jerk. With a sad ending. She was making a commotion, laughing and pounding the floor. I had no idea who she was. I glared at her and said to pilot at the next table, what a jerk! He said, uh . . . that's Whitney Houston. Oh. Ambiance? The ambience of which I speak is a WWII officer's club. That's what it is. The bar, anyway. I do sometimes visit the 2nd iteration of the 57th Fighter Squadron on the other side of the airport. Now, *that's* ambience! The food is awful, but the ambiance galore. I'll have to sneak in and pay you a surprise visit next time I'm there now that someone has shown me how to bypass the increased security at the airport office complex. Well, you just reach through and . . . oh wait, if I tell you that we may both end up in Guantanamo Bay (Inside joke) - Jed
RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Atlanta PDK airshow and airplane joyrides
Would love to attend if I was in the area... Did volunteer work at the Planes-of-Fame air museum in Chino, Calif. during my last year in college... was stripping the paint from a P-38 landing-gear door when Rick Brickert said, Mark, you been up in the '51 yet? No... Let's go for a ride! What a ride it was... At one point we were doin' 490 knots, and 50 feet off the deck at Lake Matthews!! -mark -Original Message- From: Terry Blanton [mailto:hohlr...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 3:14 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Atlanta PDK airshow and airplane joyrides On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Hey, hey, hey. Downwind. Downwind Restaurant and Lounge, if you please. The place has class. Ambiance. And Greek food. I once encountered Whitney Houston there. She was high as a kite and a real jerk. With a sad ending. Lounge, huh? Well, they have obviously come up in the world since I frequented them in the 80s when I worked for Sprint at Century Center. They made a great burger. Ambiance? I do sometimes visit the 2nd iteration of the 57th Fighter Squadron on the other side of the airport. I'll have to sneak in and pay you a surprise visit next time I'm there now that someone has shown me how to bypass the increased security at the airport office complex.
