Month: June 2004

Stage Check?!?

Last week D. signed me off for my “stage check”. Since I’m learning to fly under FAR Part 141 (the part that deals with specialty pilot schools), my training is a little different than most people who learn under Part 61. Part 141 supposedly follows a rigid syllabus which is prepared by the flight school and approved by the FAA. 141 Private training is divided into three “stages”, at the end of each I have a “stage check”. I already did my first one, where all I have to do is prove that I can fly the plane, do some…

Read This Carefully

Mom deposited a check to pay for our hotel bill in Richmond. We got quite a chuckle out of her e-mail notifying me. I have no idea where the second to address came from. And Ben didn’t answer, so I left him a message. — Original Message — Subject: money Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 13:42:14 -0500 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.613) readthiscarefully……i,spilled,water,on,the,keyboard,and,it,will,not,l et,me,spacebar,or,return,etc,…..so,i,have,to,write,like,this…i,depos ited,350,dollars,into,your,compass,bank,account,on,thursday….it,should ,be,ready,for,withdrawel,by,tuesday,i,imagine…i,am,mailing,you,some,cl ippings,,,,when,it,rains,it,pours,it,seems,when,something,comes,along,th at,i,think,you,would,like….also,i,opened,joanne,lawrence,s,gift,and,to ld,you,about,it,on,the,card,that,is,in,your,envelope,with,all,the,clippi ngs….it,is,a,stovetop,wok…..looks,very,nice…..ben,said,you,called, last,night….he,seemed,pleased…..i,hope,you,had,a,good,conversation.. …this,is,too,wierd……let,me,know,if,you,get,this….i,hope,the,keyb oard,dries,out,ok….love,mom

I did it!

I flew, all by myself, to Ardmore, OK, did a touch and go there, then flew to Paul’s Valley and did a touch and go there, and then flew back to OUN. Total Distance: 120 NM, Total Time: 1.8 hours. Admittedly, it’s a very simple cross-country. I-35 goes ALMOST all the way to Ardmore, and where it veers off my course, there’s a railroad. The railroad is kind of hard to spot, and Ardmore is just on the other side of what is the first hill I’ve ever seen from the window of a plane I’ve piloted. There aren’t many…

Jonah’s New Phone

Well, it has happend. Joanna has a mobile phone. E-mail me, and I’ll be happy to send you the number. (JonahB52 at gmail.com) Ba ba-ba-ba, ba ba-ba-ba, baby Don’t forget my plumber In other news, I came home to find the apartment in disarray with an industrial -sized fan blowing toward our living room wall. Apparently, a pipe blew in the wall when our neighbor turned off the water he’d been using to wash his truck. The carpet beneath the bookshelves is soaked. Berck said that the maintenance guy spread magic cinnamon enzymes on the carpet and sucked up most…

Pics They Missed

My brother-in-law Nathan has a new site up at PicsTheyMissed.com. Right now it’s just some photos taken by our Air Force friend Max, but Nate hopes to expand into a receptacle for pictures from anyone who wants to share their photos from being deployed overseas.