Originally Posted by 1991-C4

Originally Posted by Tim SPRACKLEN

The bad news is that it's a Cessna C172 single engined prop plane with a top speed of a decent sportscar

I learn something new every day!

You also fly Tim?

Here is a picture of my better side taken over 31 years ago on the day that I flew an airplane (a Piper "Trauma"hawk) all by myself for the first time!



The other side --

I have 1000 hours P1 SEP (single engine plane), IR (Instrument Rating) and Night Ratings in the UK - and an FAA VFR (Visual Flight Rules) for the US. I'm a member of the Palo Alto Flying Club in Silicon Valley where one of my sons works because the weather is always nice in California and flying on instruments in Scottish Airspace with only a single engine is - well - interesting!!

Tim

Very nice! Of course all civil aviation came to a skreeching halt after 9/11 and life kind of got ahold of me and I haven't flown much at all since then.

This is a ZodiacXL kit plane and was going to be my retirement project --



But of course the economy hit and now I may have to work longer than I originally planned. Bloody hell, I am already working longer than I originally planned!

I would love to build a kit plane too - but I'm not that confident of my skills in that direction!! One thing I love about the Cessna is that, while it feels like it belongs to a past era in some ways, when you're at FL100 over the Scottish mountains it's all about reliability - nothing else matters.

The guy that taught me to fly was an ex-WWII Spitfire pilot and I always remember, when he was teaching me to fly at night and we discussed the question of an engine failure at night, after we'd been through all the usual precautionary actions he said - "There's one last thing you have to do before you attempt a landing at night with an engine failure - pray!"

Tim

Originally Posted by j0yful

If I have to mention all, then you might have to start another thread well, For starter, I would like to introduce you to a "balot/balut" It is a local delicacy here. It is a 9 day old duck embryo. You crack it, drink the little "soup" and eat the whole thing, egg and a baby duck.

I Hate fruits on my food! Pineapple in a Sweet and Sour dish . Or pineapple on a pizza. No-No.

No pineapple !!?!?!?! Pineapple is good in hamburgers , pizza , chicken, on the grill, on cakes, in drinks , cover in chocolate, ooo yeah pineapples good in or on anything !!!!! Yeah

Originally Posted by Brockly

Originally Posted by j0yful

If I have to mention all, then you might have to start another thread well, For starter, I would like to introduce you to a "balot/balut" It is a local delicacy here. It is a 9 day old duck embryo. You crack it, drink the little "soup" and eat the whole thing, egg and a baby duck.

I Hate fruits on my food! Pineapple in a Sweet and Sour dish . Or pineapple on a pizza. No-No.

No pineapple !!?!?!?! Pineapple is good in hamburgers , pizza , chicken, on the grill, on cakes, in drinks , cover in chocolate, ooo yeah pineapples good in or on anything !!!!! Yeah

I agree, Brock!