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02-12-2010, 07:37 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Chandler, AZ
Posts: 2,901
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GPS (Grumpy Pilots Syndrome)
With the incredibly horrible weather across much of the US many of you must be suffering from GPS, (Grumpy Pilots Syndrome) The affects are wide and varied. How is everyone dealing with this? Just curious.
It happens here too. Last week we had a crappy week with lots of rain and not flyable by our standards. Got a little flying in with the helicopter to help with GPS. If had that not happened, I was only one Prius in the carpool lane going 10 under away from Road Rage. Yes GPS happens in AZ too. Only here it is measured in days, not weeks or months.
I know that Brother Bob Collins is heading to sunny AZ next month as well as Brother Jeff Point. Tom Poberezney should be calling in March for his annual trek to Scottsdale. I don't know how you guys do it!!!!
I'm only bringing this up because it will be 71 here today in Phoenix. I'll have my plane in the air later to enjoy the balmy temps and the 70 mile visibility. Later we'll pull out the lawn chairs and enjoy some barley pops as the Sun sets. Don't hate me, we pay in the summer.
Please do nothing rash. Take a deep breath and let us all know how you are coping. Doug doesn't charge by the hour so your catharsis is free.
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Darwin N. Barrie
Chandler AZ
www.JDair.com
RV-7 N717EE-Flying (Sold)
RV-7 N717AZ Flying, in paint
EMS Bell 407,
Eurocopter 350 A-Star Driver
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02-12-2010, 08:29 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Louisville, Ga
Posts: 7,840
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Darwin....
....I just remember the old adage, "You can't have rainbows without rain" 
That and the fact that the glass is indeed, half-full, and I'm on top of the grass, instead of the other option,
Best,
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Pierre Smith
RV-10, 510 TT
RV6A (Sojourner) 180 HP, Catto 3 Bl (502Hrs), gone...and already missed
Air Tractor AT 502B PT 6-15 Sold
Air Tractor 402 PT-6-20 Sold
EAA Flight Advisor/CFI/Tech Counselor
Louisville, Ga
It's never skill or craftsmanship that completes airplanes, it's the will to do so,
Patrick Kenny, EAA 275132
Dues gladly paid!
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02-12-2010, 09:11 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Severna Park, Maryland
Posts: 446
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GPS
This will be the third weekend in a row I can't fly because my runway is under snow. Below is a picture of the runway -- before we got another 50 inches dumped on it. This is Essex Skypark (W48) Maryland, not Minnesota or Maine. The only consolation is that I don't expect to hear the words "global warming" ever again...
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02-12-2010, 09:18 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Dallas area
Posts: 10,762
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Quote:
Originally Posted by flybill7
The only consolation is that I don't expect to hear the words "global warming" ever again...
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Don't bet on it!
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Mel Asberry, DAR since the last century.
EAA Flight Advisor/Tech Counselor, Friend of the RV-1
Recipient of Tony Bingelis Award and Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award
USAF Vet, High School E-LSA Project Mentor.
RV-6 Flying since 1993 (sold)
<rvmel(at)icloud.com>
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02-12-2010, 09:18 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Brooklyn Park, MN
Posts: 192
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I'm driving to Florida, then spending a week flying a Pitt's.
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02-12-2010, 09:21 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: San Diego
Posts: 457
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Quote:
Originally Posted by flybill7
The only consolation is that I don't expect to hear the words "global warming" ever again...
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If you were living in Vancouver you'd be hearing a lot about it: "Unusually warm weather has left some Games venues bereft of snow..."
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02-12-2010, 10:11 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Crestwood, KY
Posts: 848
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Ski's?
Has anyone fitted an RV with ski's?
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Mike
RV-9A Based K6I2
Flying - out of Phase 1
Building RV-12 with brother
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02-12-2010, 10:23 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Arizona
Posts: 613
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Don't lie Darwin, the Tucson paper says PHX is only supposed to get up to 70 today, cold down here in Tucson at 65.......
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02-12-2010, 10:45 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Ottawa, ON
Posts: 650
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RV-7 with Skis
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Originally Posted by Fearless
Has anyone fitted an RV with ski's?
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http://www.vansairforce.com/communit...99&postcount=1
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Alfio
RV-9A Ottawa, Canada
First flight Dec. 18, 2008
> 1,000 hrs tach.
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02-12-2010, 12:24 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: MKE
Posts: 1,519
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Darwin,
what you call incredibly horrible weather, we call a relatively mild winter. It's not always great for flying, but its great for building. Its no coincidence that EAA was founded in January in Wisconsin.
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Jeff Point
RV-6, RLU-1 built & flying
Tech Counselor, Flight Advisor & President, EAA Chapter 18
Milwaukee
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