On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 21:14:11 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 20:31:31 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


Still debating about a trip.

ROAD TRIP!!!!

Speaking of road trips ....

I received a call today from a guy I met a couple of years ago at a classic
car show. He had an absolutely beautiful '63 Ford Galaxie 500 Convertible
that I was drooling over. I don't know why, but I've always liked this
particular Ford year and have been searching off and on for one for several
years. They are hard to find that are in good shape and reasonably priced.

Anyway, he has decided to sell it and had saved my telephone number from the
time we met.

Love that year car - in particular the convertible. Nice catch.

I am going over to his house tomorrow with a check.

Kewl beans. If you ever decide to sell it, let me know.

Crazy. I've been getting rid of most of the old cars ..... sold the '46
Ford, the '64 Ford, the '55 F-100 and gave the '69 Charger away. I have
kept the '67 GTO and the Porsche (just in case I run into wiseguys with
Corvettes).

Gee - I wonder who that could be.

Now, I am starting over again. Oh well.

I thought about a car or two over the winter, but I've still got the
'Vette and figured I'd rather do something else. When I had the GTX
and the 'Vette, I could never figure out how to drive both of them at
the same time - didn't want to get into that again.

So I started helicopter flight lessons. Always wanted to learn how to
fly a helicopter properly - I had some 'copter time, but nothing
formal.

Now I'm looking at buying a 'copter instead of a car. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-crY07TXhVI

Found a used one with really low hours.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 21:14:11 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 20:31:31 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


Still debating about a trip.

ROAD TRIP!!!!

Speaking of road trips ....

I received a call today from a guy I met a couple of years ago at a
classic
car show. He had an absolutely beautiful '63 Ford Galaxie 500 Convertible
that I was drooling over. I don't know why, but I've always liked this
particular Ford year and have been searching off and on for one for
several
years. They are hard to find that are in good shape and reasonably
priced.

Anyway, he has decided to sell it and had saved my telephone number from
the
time we met.

Love that year car - in particular the convertible. Nice catch.

I am going over to his house tomorrow with a check.

Kewl beans. If you ever decide to sell it, let me know.

Crazy. I've been getting rid of most of the old cars ..... sold the '46
Ford, the '64 Ford, the '55 F-100 and gave the '69 Charger away. I have
kept the '67 GTO and the Porsche (just in case I run into wiseguys with
Corvettes).

Gee - I wonder who that could be.

Now, I am starting over again. Oh well.

I thought about a car or two over the winter, but I've still got the
'Vette and figured I'd rather do something else. When I had the GTX
and the 'Vette, I could never figure out how to drive both of them at
the same time - didn't want to get into that again.

So I started helicopter flight lessons. Always wanted to learn how to
fly a helicopter properly - I had some 'copter time, but nothing
formal.

Now I'm looking at buying a 'copter instead of a car. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-crY07TXhVI

Found a used one with really low hours.

Forget that toy... you want a good surplus Huey.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 21:14:11 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


So I started helicopter flight lessons. Always wanted to learn how to
fly a helicopter properly - I had some 'copter time, but nothing
formal.

Now I'm looking at buying a 'copter instead of a car. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-crY07TXhVI

Found a used one with really low hours.


An R22 is good, but an R44 is better. Make sure you investigate the status
of the rotors. There was a problem with some of the R22 composite rotors
that resulted in them being officially grounded until the rotors were
replaced. This was 2 or 3 years ago.

The guy we bought one of the Florida houses from had an R22 and he took me
up a few times. I didn't know it at the time, but he was still a student
pilot .... had not completed his flight school or received his ticket yet
and was not supposed to be carrying passengers .... but it was cool. His
R22 was grounded due to the rotor issue and he ended up selling it.

There was another very seasoned pilot that lived in the community that had
an R44 who also was a CFI. I took a few lessons with him, but I had a bit
of a hard time with the whole helicopter concept. He explained to me that
it is often somewhat difficult for someone who learned to fly fixed wing (I
had finished my private a couple of years earlier) to make the transition to
helicopters. I enjoyed flying in it though. We hired him for Eisboch
Jr's wedding. He and my older son (who was best man) made a grand and
surprise arrival at the wedding site in the R44 ..... swooping in at full
speed, 100 feet over the outdoor wedding party area, then pulling up
vertical and coming in for a landing sideways. I have a great video of it.

He also had me out over a cow pasture at 600 feet when I did my first
emergency "auto-rotation" landing. That's when I decided to stick with
fixed wing aircraft. Another time we flew down the ICW, about 5 feet
above the water, "attacking" a big sportsfish that was cruising along. The
look on the faces of the passengers in the cockpit of the boat as we came up
on them from the stern at 90 kts, then suddenly pulling up over them was
priceless. I had to go home and change my pants.

There's another famous poster here who flew with this guy in the R44. It's
a nice aircraft, as is the R22.

Good luck with the lessons and chopper purchase if you decide to go for it.
(Damn, now I have the itch to go rent a Cessna).

Eisboch

On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 03:34:16 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 21:14:11 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


So I started helicopter flight lessons. Always wanted to learn how to
fly a helicopter properly - I had some 'copter time, but nothing
formal.

Now I'm looking at buying a 'copter instead of a car. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-crY07TXhVI

Found a used one with really low hours.

An R22 is good, but an R44 is better. Make sure you investigate the status
of the rotors. There was a problem with some of the R22 composite rotors
that resulted in them being officially grounded until the rotors were
replaced. This was 2 or 3 years ago.

The guy we bought one of the Florida houses from had an R22 and he took me
up a few times. I didn't know it at the time, but he was still a student
pilot .... had not completed his flight school or received his ticket yet
and was not supposed to be carrying passengers .... but it was cool. His
R22 was grounded due to the rotor issue and he ended up selling it.

The CFI went over the 'copter with me and mentioned that and one other
issue they had with the tail rotor, but apparently after the two
fixes, there has been nothing since. Pretty solid aircraft.

Good luck with the lessons and chopper purchase if you decide to go for it.
(Damn, now I have the itch to go rent a Cessna).

I haven't flown fixed wing in a long time. I seem to have an affinity
for flying 'copters for some odd reason - they suit me.

It's a blast in any case. To tell you the absolute truth, I'm a
little big for the R22 and was thinking of the R44, but this might be
a good incentive to drop 50 pounds. :)

I love the R22 - I could land it in the back yard easily - I could
land it on your driveway without any problems. :)

The only thing I can't quite justify is purchasing one outright. I
might take an hour share in one for a couple of years until I get a
feel for whether it makes sense to own one or not.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Found a used one with really low hours.


The CFI went over the 'copter with me and mentioned that and one other
issue they had with the tail rotor, but apparently after the two
fixes, there has been nothing since. Pretty solid aircraft.


I was told that the Robinson 22 and 44 have the best safety record of all
private choppers.

Eisboch