Texas Spring/Summer Thread

[jinman]

1/10th inch of rain so far this morning and more rain on the way. I got 2/10th last Wednesday morning, so this is working out nicely. No pond fillers, but cooler and wetter sure makes my lawn happy and my garden happy too. I have to pick blackeyed peas tomorrow morning if it's not raining. I've found out that bees, bumblebees, and even hummingbirds like pea blooms. They aren't red, of course, but the hummingbirds are always buzzing me while I'm picking.

Sounds as if one or two pilots are in big trouble.

Yep! I'm thinking they better work on their resume. They may be flippin' burgers for awhile.

 

[Bird]

I'm going early in the morning to help a grandson move a bunch of stuff. My little trailer hasn't been used in quite awhile, so when I woke up this morning about 4:30, I went ahead and hooked up the trailer to check lights and tire pressures and finished that just before it started sprinkling rain about 6:20 a.m. But here an hour later, I probably have about .05" in the gauge. But as you said, more is expected and I'm loving it.

 

[Bird]

Do you reckon those pilots can graduate to being helicopter pilots?

Reasoner

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Jim, don't hog that rain, send a bit down here for Don, Mikim, myself and others.

 

[bindian]

Back in 1978 and '79, I worked for an individual that excelled in servicing Mooneys. One customer was the local Piper flight school that also had two Citabrias. I loved working on them and taxing them. You cannot taxi one with a broken brake pedal, so don't try. End of story. But the cutest and sweetest taildragger we ever worked on was a two cylinder, 65hp Aeronca Champ or Cheif. When it started up, it sounded like a lawnmower.

The flight school also had a twin engine Seneca II. One engine would not start. The flight instructor (do you see were I am going with this) could not taxi it on one engine. So the boss send me down to taxi the twin back to our hangar. The Chief pilot for the flight school, only flew their old Beech King Air (serial #18). One day he came down and told us the electric trim was inop. Our IA showed him the on/off switch not on the control wheel. Needless to say, not all pilots are at the top of their gene pool.
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

I see the news this morning is reporting that the Southwest flight landed on the nose wheel first; i.e., nose down. I've never seen that done, fortunately. Sounds as if one or two pilots are in big trouble.

I found out at work this week the pilot is a female and her husband is a Captain also. Last night a coworker also told me it is not the first time she had damaged a 737.
hugs, Brandi

 

[jinman]

Boxing or landing. . .it's not good to lead with your nose.

We have .3" of rain in our gage, and the radar shows that to be the end of the storm. I can't send any down your way, Kyle, but I'll save all I can in my ponds and let you have some if you ever get up this way.

 

[Bird]

To get the same amount both places is a bit unusual, but I dumped .3" of rain out of my gauge today, too. NWS still shows a 40% chance of more rain in Denton, but it sure appears to me to be done for this round.

 

[farmgirl19]

Me, I like a clean J-3, or a Supercub...

I outlived a Bellanca Citabria, but unfortunately, my instructor who was a retired colonel AF with over 10,000 hours didn't. He was a good man, a good friend, and was my girlfriend's father. He was taking another man for a spin and some mild aerobatics (less than 3g) and they somehow crashed. Long ago back around 1980.

Really sad about the girlfriend's dad and the Citabria. He probably wasn't pulling more than 2Gs in that aircraft, even though they were stressed for more. Maybe he had a heart attack, or something?

I took a J-3 Cub from FTW to Oshkosh, WI for their fly in a few years ago. The craft I took won 3rd place in the entire Vintage aircraft competition. Long flight? Yes! But I would do it all over again in a heartbeat!

I've been looking at a friend's rv6. At 87, the insurance companies won't insure it, with him at the controls, but will insure him in something slower. That rv6 would make traveling a breeze, since it is so clean and has a nice cruise speed.

 

[farmgirl19]

Anyone going to need canning lids? I am going to buy the lids (no bands) in bulk, as I can get USA made, containing no BPA. (Some have a plastic lining, containing BPA) Looks like wide mouth lids have 288, and regular mouth are 346 to a package.

Let me know, if you are close enough and need some. With all of the canning and pickling I do, I'll use them, even if not this year, but I'd be willing to share.