Just an Earth-Bound Misfit: The Rantings of an Aging, Armed, Pinko Chick

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Airport Daze

It is unseasonably warm in my neck of the woods. It was into the fifties during the day, when it should be in the thirties. Blue skies and warm air brought a lot of airplanes out.

This is a Long-EZ, one of Burt Rutan's early designs. On 125hp, it will keep pace with some airplanes that have twice the horsepower.

This is a Navion. They are pretty roomy inside, compared to Mooneys. Consequently, they are nowhere near as fast. Navions were designed back in the days when most smaller airports weren't paved, so they have robust landing gear. The Air Force used Navions as liaison aircraft during the Korean War.

This is a trio of Rockwell Commanders. The Commander-112/1144 has been out of production since the early 1980s. At least two companies tried to bring it back, only falling short and into bankruptcy.

This is a Cessna T303 Crusader. Not very many were made. I don't believe that I've ever seen one before, for I first thought it was a Beech Queen Air (which are also rare, nowadays).