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Need something to do this weekend?
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 4:29 am
by MGMcAnick
Re: Need something to do this weekend?
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 6:58 am
by Bicycle Bill
I got my $1200 stimulus check, and I can think of worse things to spend it on. But I'm afraid that's earmarked for a slightly better car than the '98 Corolla I'm driving now.
Now maybe if it shows up at the EAA Airventure in Oshkosh in 2020
(assuming things are back to something resembling normal by then) and is offering flights...... Since I've already had a top-turret position ride in a B-17 (the Collings Foundation '808' — RIP, old girl) and a backseat ride in an open-cockpit Stearman biplane (one of the old "Red Baron Squadron" aircraft), I suppose I should add a ride in 'Doc' to my bucket list.
-"BB"-
Re: Need something to do this weekend?
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 8:28 am
by Gob
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Re: Need something to do this weekend?
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 1:46 pm
by Crackpot
I thought you left that place
Re: Need something to do this weekend?
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 4:16 pm
by Gob
Not quite yet!
Need something to do this weekend?
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 5:55 pm
by RayThom
I get the following message: "
Our European visitors are important to us. This site is currently unavailable to visitors from the European Economic Area while we work to ensure your data is protected in accordance with applicable EU laws." I can't get access to the linked site.
I suspect it's my use of the OPERA browser... does anyone know how I can change things so Opera recognizes I'm in the USA?
Re: Need something to do this weekend?
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 6:00 pm
by BoSoxGal
I’d rather go up in this:
Need something to do this weekend?
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 6:48 pm
by RayThom
For me, I'm more comfortable with Bernoulli's principle rather than a flame and a bag of hot air over my head.
Re: Need something to do this weekend?
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 7:15 pm
by ex-khobar Andy
Firefox, Safari and Chrome all let me through to the site.
Re: Need something to do this weekend?
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 7:24 pm
by BoSoxGal
In all seriousness, I think I’ve just decided to use some of my stimulus funds to check hot air balloon ride from my bucket list.
Re: Need something to do this weekend?
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 8:57 pm
by dales
When I was a young lad my father somehow got us a ride on the Goodyear blimp out of Oakland, CA.
WE circled the bay for about an hour.
Unforgettable.
Re: Need something to do this weekend?
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 10:39 pm
by Bicycle Bill
BoSoxGal wrote: ↑Fri Jun 19, 2020 7:24 pm
In all seriousness, I think I’ve just decided to use some of my stimulus funds to check hot air balloon ride from my bucket list.
Just remember to keep your mouth shut or you'll be up there forever....
-"BB"-
Re: Need something to do this weekend?
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 11:57 pm
by MGMcAnick
dales wrote: ↑Fri Jun 19, 2020 8:57 pm
WE circled the bay for about an hour.
And went about two miles... Seriously those things are SLOW. I paced one by car as it bounced along in the Kansas breeze several years ago. It was making all of about 20 MPH.
I'd love to go on a Doc ride, especially if my next door neighbor's son was the pilot. Hey, he swam in our pool daily for several summers. I should get some payback.
Re: Need something to do this weekend?
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2020 12:02 am
by dales
They may be slow but it was a great view.
Been in fixed wing aircraft many times and they move too fast to really see below.
And the pilot would kill the engines and the silence was marvelous.
Re: Need something to do this weekend?
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2020 12:21 am
by BoSoxGal
When I was in high school I had a friend from JROTC who had his glider pilot's license - he took me up gliding one day over the Arizona desert. I’ll never forget that, it was a fabulous experience. Being up there with just the sound of the wind - what a rush.
Need something to do this weekend?
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2020 1:01 am
by RayThom
ex-khobar Andy wrote: ↑Fri Jun 19, 2020 7:15 pm
Firefox, Safari and Chrome all let me through to the site.
Yes, I found that out by using the other browser shortcuts I rarely use.
Opera, on the other hand, is the only browser that offers a 'free' VPN. Upon further inspection I saw where it was on the "Europe" setting. I changed it to the "Americas" and, voilà, all was right with the world.
Re: Need something to do this weekend?
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2020 2:26 am
by MGMcAnick
dales wrote: ↑Sat Jun 20, 2020 12:02 am
They may be slow but it was a great view.
Been in fixed wing aircraft many times and they move too fast to really see below.
And the pilot would kill the engines and the silence was marvelous.
I can imagine it would be a great view.
My first Cessna 170B had a short takeoff and landing (STOL) kit installed. It could easily be flown at about 35 MPH. On a good Kansas day with a stout breeze, the kind of thing the rest of the would would call windy, I could sometimes make it fly backwards.
Making the engine quiet was not a great thing, definitely not marvelous. Luckily, the only time it happened to be, there was a nice flat wheat field below.
From an altitude of 5000 ft above ground, the glide ratio of many light planes will allow a pilot to glide five miles before touching down. That's nearly 100 square miles to find a wheat field.
Re: Need something to do this weekend?
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2020 7:31 am
by Gob
Bicycle Bill wrote: ↑Fri Jun 19, 2020 10:39 pm
BoSoxGal wrote: ↑Fri Jun 19, 2020 7:24 pm
In all seriousness, I think I’ve just decided to use some of my stimulus funds to check hot air balloon ride from my bucket list.
Just remember to keep your mouth shut or you'll be up there forever....
-"BB"-
Gold!!!