Comments on: Even the worst day flying… http://blog.xcski.com/2004/02/29/even-the-worst-day-flying-2 Everything I used to bore people on newsgroups and mailing lists with, now in one inconvenient place. Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:49:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Phil Gustafson http://blog.xcski.com/2004/02/29/even-the-worst-day-flying-2#comment-121 Phil Gustafson Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://xcski.com/wordpress/?p=132#comment-121 Reminds me of a time, maybe 1976, when I was building up solo student hours. Usually, I'd take one of Dirty Harry's $10/hr C150's, fly over a modest mountain range, do a few stalls, go down to do pattern work over the nice square farms, make a few touch and goes at Livermore, and trundle back to Hayward. One time, the cloud cover was low enough that I couldn't quite fly over the mountains, so I had to squirrel through the valleys. That's when it hit me that flying was fun. No GPS, no transponder even, and the one NavComm had vacuum tubes (nuvistors) in it. Reminds me of a time, maybe 1976, when I was building up solo student hours. Usually, I’d take one of Dirty Harry’s $10/hr C150’s, fly over a modest mountain range, do a few stalls, go down to do pattern work over the nice square farms, make a few touch and goes at Livermore, and trundle back to Hayward.

One time, the cloud cover was low enough that I couldn’t quite fly over the mountains, so I had to squirrel through the valleys. That’s when it hit me that flying was fun.

No GPS, no transponder even, and the one NavComm had vacuum tubes (nuvistors) in it.

]]> By: Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/2004/02/29/even-the-worst-day-flying-2#comment-122 Paul Tomblin Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://xcski.com/wordpress/?p=132#comment-122 A couple of times when I was circling around people on the ground, I almost wished I had a Cub or an ultra light. Doing a bit of low and slow can be nice for a change, but an Archer isn't really a good low and slow airplane. A couple of times when I was circling around people on the ground, I almost wished I had a Cub or an ultra light. Doing a bit of low and slow can be nice for a change, but an Archer isn’t really a good low and slow airplane.

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