[Rhodes22-list] Brad's Plane?

[Bill Effros]

Rik,

I've sailed down the East River and had a seaplane jump right out in 
front of me and land on the water--unsuspecting would be an 
understatement.   Who's got the right of way?  (I believe in yesterday's 
incident the building had the right of way.)

Bill Effros

Rik Sandberg wrote:
> Brad,
>
> Boy ...... I hope you can avoid those 50 story apartment buildings. 
> Darn things must jump right out in front of unsuspecting pilots. :-) 
> I'm sure you'll want to be extra careful of this.
>
> Rik
>
> Tootle wrote:
>> Brad:
>>
>>     You  are familiar with sailboats that often an new moldel is 
>> generated
>> from an old one.  Isn't the current version of the model you bought 
>> called a
>> Cirrus SR-20?  Not planning anything we should be concerned about are 
>> you?       What is your boss going to say when he schedules you for a 
>> 11 flight
>> and you already have two hours on the books?  Did you consider a old 
>> Cessna
>> Skymaster?
>>
>> Ed K
>> Greenville, SC, USA
>> Addendum - historical reference from Purdue about flying:
>> http://cobweb.ecn.purdue.edu/~groth/HTML/highflit.html
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Brad Haslett-2 wrote:
>>  
>>> John,
>>>
>>> The initial cost is not that bad, it's all the downstream expense that
>>> hurts.  Unlike sailing though, the liquor costs are zero.  I need to 
>>> clean
>>> the rust off my Airframe&Powerplant mechanic certificate that hasn't 
>>> been
>>> used in thirty years to save some dough on minor routine 
>>> maintenance. When
>>> the Mississippi Coast gets some docks rebuilt I'd like to move my boat
>>> there
>>> and put a  Rhodes 22 in my current slip  inland.  That may be awhile,
>>> right
>>> now I'm too sore to sail from the beating my wife gave me over buying a
>>> plane!
>>>
>>> Brad
>>>
>>> On 10/12/06, john Belanger <jhnblngr at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>    
>>>> now thats sailing!! and i hope not, but i''ve heard planes are more
>>>> expensive than sailboats!!
>>>>
>>>> Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:  Well, despite all the 
>>>> preaching
>>>> about reducing hydrocarbon consumption, I
>>>> did something yesterday afternoon before leaving for Orlando that is
>>>> definitely not in line with conservation. I bought an old Beechcraft
>>>> Bonanza. It moves at 150 knots but only gets about 15MPG, about the 
>>>> same
>>>> as
>>>> the old conversion van I use as ghetto cruiser/pickup-truck/tow 
>>>> vehicle.
>>>> The Bonanza should make the Memphis-Gulfport trip in two hours 
>>>> versus the
>>>> six and half it now takes driving. I can fly on the pax airlines 
>>>> for free
>>>> provided I don't object to the parking fees, the 30 minute trip from
>>>> parking
>>>> to the terminal, the full body cavity search, the "you're not fat but
>>>> your
>>>> ass won't fit in a Barbie jet seat", the connection in Atlanta, the
>>>> "somebody forgot to show at the gate to park the airplane delay" on
>>>> arrival,
>>>> etc., etc. And they call it a service industry. Anyway, the Bonanza
>>>> should
>>>> be fun, if not expensive.
>>>>
>>>> Brad
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