Well,

They don't make them like this anymore!







Vinton, IA

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Be Right Back!

Out of here! Tomorrow at o' dark thirty. Wish me luck! I will have nothing other than a Kindle or the IThingy for technology. That is part of the allure of the the trip. Well, except for this:

Many thanks to my friends that gave me good advise on how to do this. I have never done this before. Oh, the orange and black thing is a Trakdot. Let you know how it works after the trip!  

Some Days at the Office are Better Than Others!

Congrats to my 11 Concealed Carry Handgun students today. They rocked. I love doing this! I am tired, with stuff to be put in the safe still. No matter. This is important. 

A Bit of Advice.

"You don't have to win and there is no need to fight."  Well after the summer of my discontent I look forward to the first day of Fall. Nice gentle tune, but sometimes there IS a need to fight. Apparently many people feel the same. Off tomorrow to teach a concealed carry handgun class. 

I leave you with this gentle tune from Supertramp this evening.


 

Dear Samsonite,

You have come a long way since 1971! Here is a commercial from then.



Now? Well as I was pulling my luggage out of the closet for a trip next week to see my friend for training in Iowa, this simply broke off. I had not even got it off the floor.

 

















This handle used to be attached to this:

Not anymore! Sheesh! There is a "Lifetime warranty" but it requires me to ship to some obscure repair center. Sorta like Kel-Tek. Its not like this thing has been around the world. yes, 15 years old but still. 


Glad it happened here instead of in a airport! I would have been REALLY bent then! 

 

So Yeah This!

Not your normal sunset. Provided by a friend. 

 I can't thank him enough to be able to take this picture. It's been a LONG time since I have been in the right seat of a 172. Yes, you can change the avionics stack and back then we had seat belts only. However much remains the same. 

Then we get to this. Night touch and go. I have no fear although my friend gives me the speech before going up: "If you feel sick, look at the horizon, the things on the floor are not footrests". 

Dude. I know the things on the floor are the rudder pedals. I even pre flighted the pitot tube for obstructions and verified the stall warning indicator was the same. You did too. Some things still stick after oh, 30 plus years ago. So he tries this.

A very good pilot! I had no reservations going up with him.

Can't wait to do that again!

So how was your day?

Mine started like this.




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