Comments on: Hours of boredom punctuated by minutes of terror? http://blog.xcski.com/2007/02/25/hours-of-boredom-punctuated-by-minutes-of-terror Everything I used to bore people on newsgroups and mailing lists with, now in one inconvenient place. Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:38:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/2007/02/25/hours-of-boredom-punctuated-by-minutes-of-terror#comment-18050 Paul Tomblin Mon, 26 Feb 2007 02:11:21 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/02/25/hours-of-boredom-punctuated-by-minutes-of-terror#comment-18050 My mistake. I thought I saw the strobe on, but in the bright sunshine I was probably wrong. I had trouble finding my keys too. My mistake. I thought I saw the strobe on, but in the bright sunshine I was probably wrong.

I had trouble finding my keys too.

]]> By: Paul http://blog.xcski.com/2007/02/25/hours-of-boredom-punctuated-by-minutes-of-terror#comment-18049 Paul Mon, 26 Feb 2007 01:22:11 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/02/25/hours-of-boredom-punctuated-by-minutes-of-terror#comment-18049 Just one point of clarification: I did not have the battery running in the Archer while getting ready for my flight; normally I don't get clearances, etc until I start the engine. What took me so long is that I was monkeying around with my charts, seatbelt, and then I couldn't find my key in the cockpit. I had to undo my seatbelt so I could dig into my pocket 3-4 times before I finally found it underneath a wad of tissues. The battery went on just before I started it; gave it lots of prime, and it turned over nicely, but it only caught for a few seconds and then shut down again. Didn't have enough battery juice for a second start. Just one point of clarification: I did not have the battery running in the Archer while getting ready for my flight; normally I don’t get clearances, etc until I start the engine. What took me so long is that I was monkeying around with my charts, seatbelt, and then I couldn’t find my key in the cockpit. I had to undo my seatbelt so I could dig into my pocket 3-4 times before I finally found it underneath a wad of tissues. The battery went on just before I started it; gave it lots of prime, and it turned over nicely, but it only caught for a few seconds and then shut down again. Didn’t have enough battery juice for a second start.

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