Northeast Fffly-Innn!

[sjcote]

I think I waited too long to post a NEWS item so here's a repeat UPDATE
Assuming I can get enough juice through the electric cable to the Tanis Heater tomorrrow AM, I will be at Greenwood Lake Airport some time after 0900.
Join me at 4N1 for our first Fly-In of 2007. Too short notice for President's Trophy Points, but lunch is on BAC.
Steve Cote
El Jefe' del Nort-est

 

[simik]

North East for sure..the rest sounds Spanish; or perhaps poor Yankee French :?

El Jefe' del Nort-est

 

[sjcote]

North East for sure..the rest sounds Spanish; or perhaps poor Yankee French :?

El Jefe' del Nort-est

Is there any other kind of Yankee French than poor? That's the other part of the family tree. The Irish side doesn't have any money either. :lol:

 

[simik]

Good thing you didn't pick me up :!: Nasty wx here with (overnite) freezing rain. Whole city's a skating rink.

Day before..-20c.

 

[N923V]

Steve,

Of course I left for the airport before you were able to post the message about all that "partly cloudy" stuff on your plane! I went IFR to 4N1 :roll: - that is I Follwed Road in my Subaru and left the Sundowner snug and warm in the hangar at MGJ. Got the message you left with Joe's folks in the Connie.

Weather improved by noon with wind 5-10 mph right down Rwy 24 and about 5000 OVC. But later in the day it came back to normal with AWOS reporting wind 200 to 300 at 8 gusting to 20 and wind shear. Nearly all of the traffic was local, mostly students training. I hear they have trouble landing WITHOUT crosswinds after training there!

Met a few flybuddies from Jersey and had a nice lunch in the cafe so it was a trip worth taking even if there were no BACers on the field.

See ya next time!
John Woods

 

[simik]

Pretty good in Noo Ohleans..afaik..
(lesse le bon temp roule.).

Heard about Petit Jean..out there somewhere..8)

Is there any other kind of Yankee French than poor?

 

[sjcote]

Fly-In Falls Flat in Freakin' Forecast

Steve,

Of course I left for the airport before you were able to post the message about all that "partly cloudy" stuff on your plane! I went IFR to 4N1 :roll: - that is I Follwed Road in my Subaru and left the Sundowner snug and warm in the hangar at MGJ. Got the message you left with Joe's folks in the Connie.

Weather improved by noon with wind 5-10 mph right down Rwy 24 and about 5000 OVC. But later in the day it came back to normal with AWOS reporting wind 200 to 300 at 8 gusting to 20 and wind shear. Nearly all of the traffic was local, mostly students training. I hear they have trouble landing WITHOUT crosswinds after training there!

Met a few flybuddies from Jersey and had a nice lunch in the cafe so it was a trip worth taking even if there were no BACers on the field.

See ya next time!
John Woods

Ah, John,
I hope you had a good time there. I am really sorry about the last minute flop.

The snow stopped here by noon but the low clouds and virga (read: ice looking for a wing to stick to) stayed until I went to bed. The forecast for Sunday was more of the same so I pulled the plug on the 'rain date'.

Guess what I woke up to? CAVU! (My wife considered going out for breakfast...with out me due to the really foul mood I was in. :evil: )Weather Channel kept talking about clouds and "significant" snow events here...while I was looking up at the blue. Forecast is still 3-6 " of snow. Right! It's 14:30 and still only partly cloudy.

Of course, the rule of thumb for Fly-Ins is to keep them in VFR weather. Sure many, maybe most, members are IFR and could get in. But for folks, like me, who have not or will not get the "I" ticket (or who have it but are not current nor confident) we have to slant the rules against luring someone past their "smart zone". We all have them, at different levels. You know what I mean..."Well, gee, 'everyone else' is going. I should be a 'real' pilot and try it." No use risking the airplane or, shudder, a member and/or family.

All I can say, to you and to all the folks in NE, is we'll keep trying.
Steve