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You can always spot a rotor guy, don’t need no stinking runway.

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Michael, Like a lot of other pilots on here I learned in an Aeronca Champ, which was the daddy of your fancy plane with electric.

Back then IFR meant “I fly roads”, and with only 65 HP it was frustrating being passed by semis on those roads. 900 foot grass strip, trees at one end so tall that when you were landing you had to do it right because there was no go around.

Maybe Mark or some of the professional pilots on here know, but it would be interesting to know how many of today’s button pushers could actually fly a tail dragger.

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I learned on a Cessna 150 but owned an Aeronica Champ and Cessna 170 that was also a tail dragger. That was many moons ago.

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I have used my air horn many times and boy does that get their attention. Had a young lady/girl in a VW Bug who was only paying attention to her cell phone as she came down the on ramp. Wow, had she been in a convertible her phone would have gone flying. As is typical, I got the one finger language as she went flying past.

[Dennis & Jackie]

These people that give us the finger because we did not get off their roads to allow them to drive their roads as they see fit are only acknowledging the fact we are number one.

Or they are bragging about their single digit IQ’s. I am not sure which.

[Art]

Jon;

I learned in a Cessna 120 and a 140. The 140 had a head light. 65hp was about right in those planes as well.

[Tim]

Michael, just curious, now much would a Cessna like you mention weigh? 65 HP seems so low.

Mark

[Ronald]

Mr. Mark,

The 140 weighed 890 empty with a 1450 gross weight.

The 140 had the Continental C-85 with 85 HP and later models had the C-90 with 90 hp. The Type Certificate authorized an after market Lycoming 0-235 with 108.

The 140 A had the main gear moved forward 3 inches to stop nose overs upon hard application of brakes and had the C-90 engine.

Yellow line started at 125 and cruise was 105

3-F

[DON]

Triple Foxtrot,

Thanks for the info. I didn’t know that they would be so light.

Learn something everyday.

Mark

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Jon,

Two answers. First, yes, drivers today are more distracted / less attentive and they drive faster which makes piloting a 70 foot-long heavy vehicle a lot more interesting. Second, yes, you are more intolerant but don’t worry that comes with age. You need more Lawrence Welk re-runs to find the happy place.

We had an incident on Friday night. We are headed out of OKC on I-35 in moderate traffic with pretty good rain and wind. Some Jackwagon in a Ford truck passes me and gives me some gesture out the window. I was following the Jon-Zin method of driving even listening to the Lennon Sisters so I wasn’t sure what the problem was. Next thing I know the phone rings and the voice on the other end of the line says “Stop driving like Jon, your holding up traffic”. I told JDUB to bite me.

[gordon]

Loc, My only suggestions based on years of experience zoning out on the Lennon Sisters is first, turn off you phone while driving and if possible put it in a bay before you start driving. With regards to that JDUB guy, he is approaching the status of a telemarketer with unwanted phone calls so block his number.

As to hand signals from other vehicles those are nice folks telling you that you are still number one so smile, thank them and wave back.

I am finding 62 MPH might be a tad too fast for me so I am considering a change in my driving practices. I am thinking 55 might be a more relaxing speed and that I should do it in the extreme left lane so I don’t interfere with the morons that haven’t yet mastered the process of merging in traffic. I am doing this to benefit the other drivers of course.