From the closet

Garfield and Stripes are lying in the sun.
They both look half asleep--now I am done.

(probably a poetry assignment)

Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front

http://www.goodnaturepublishing.com/poem.htm

Carmel brought this to Thanksgiving. Recommended reading.

Stay-home Friday project.

will's speech

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijXmTfb_Fww

:)

Natalie's birthday

Love in a Paper Cup

Amy made a quick recording of this song, which I like. She's also got new songs on her myspace.com/amylousings.

Light up Shelbyville

A little order

Short or Soft-field Takeoff (alternating)
Vx
Vy
Cruise Checklist
Turns around a point
8s on Pylons
S-Turns
Chandelle
Lazy Eights
Descent Checklist
Emergency Procedure
Pre-landing checklist
Power-off landing or No-flap landing
After-Landing checklist

Also steep turns 50º

Mr. Clinton singing with Liel

Visit with Amy

It was great! Now we know how to do it.

Assembler game: Physics

Morning after

Mr. Spock

Still porch weather

Stew, tomatoes & cukes (yes, out of the garden, still), leaves blowing
everywhere!

Description of homemade preheater

Jeff Pardo says,

Perhaps born of Yankee ingenuity is a preheating option available in the flying club to which I belong. Years ago, some inventive soul removed the blades from a secondhand lawnmower, installed a sheet-metal cover under it, and attached a flexible hose to its discharge chute so that its main product became hot air. Even though it is the old pull-cord type, since there is no blade there is little inertia to overcome, and it's very easy to start. We simply direct the flexible hose upwards toward the engine by the nosewheel well, using any number of convenient points for attaching it via a hook installed at its business end. We are careful not to direct heated air directly onto fuel, oil, or hydraulic lines! Twenty minutes later: a warm engine. Lacking such inspiration, however, the accumulated expense of paying your FBO to send a lineman out with a preheater is still likely less than that of an engine overhaul.

Jeff Pardo is an aviation writer in Maryland with a commercial private pilot certificate for airplanes, and instrument, helicopter, and glider ratings. He has logged about 1,100 hours in 12 years of flying. An AirLifeLine mission pilot, Pardo has also flown for the Civil Air Patrol. Click link for full article.

autumn morning flight

Airworthy

Mnemonic-Pre-maneuver checklist

Always clear the area, don't be a Fool.
(fool-->)Fuel, Cool*, Mixture, Prop,
Lights, Lights, Buckle up and Go.

*cowl flaps open.

Amelia Movie get-together

Hope to see you there!
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