Re: Floppies

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From	Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>
Subject	Re: Floppies
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Date	2025-09-25 19:31 +0000

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On 2025-09-25, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

> I mostly flew out of uncontrolled airports and I'm not sure everything I 
> flew was airworthy. There was one Lark, sort of a C-180 type from 
> Rockwell, that added a step to the final approach sequence -- pumping up 
> the brakes. I also flew a Tomahawk that some times needed a jump start and 
> once the latch on the gull wing door broke. It gets sort of noisy and 
> breezy.

I flew a lot of skydivers in the '80s.  The scene in the movie _Fandango_
where Truman gets out the duct tape and lashes things together wasn't
too far from the truth.  When people would ask me why we would jump out
of a perfectly good airplane, I'd reply, "Have you _seen_ some of those
airplanes?"

We would ground a plane if something serious was wrong.  But otherwise
we'd just keep on flying.  And the planes looked worse than they
actually were - tearing out the interior keeps the weight down.

One day we were out of fuel at the drop zone, so when we were getting
low we'd let down into the nearby airport after dropping a load, fill
up, and deadhead back to the DZ.  On this day the battery was dead -
this was no worry at the DZ since there were plenty of people around
to manage brakes and throttle while I hand-propped it.  But at the
airport there was nobody around.  I eventually came across a couple,
dressed to the nines, standing next to their immaculate Aero Commander,
waiting for the pilot to return from filing a flight plan to wherever.
I coaxed the husband to do the honours for me.  I like to think that
he had a good story to tell his friends afterwards - climbing into
a beat-up old 170 and holding the brakes while some freak wearing
a parachute pulled on the prop.

-- 
/~\  Charlie Gibbs                  |  Growth for the sake of
\ /  <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>      |  growth is the ideology
 X   I'm really at ac.dekanfrus     |  of the cancer cell.
/ \  if you read it the right way.  |    -- Edward Abbey

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Re: Floppies Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2025-09-21 21:10 +0100
  Re: Floppies "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-21 22:33 +0200
    Re: Floppies Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2025-09-21 20:17 -0400
      lodgings "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-22 12:10 +0200
        Re: lodgings rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-22 18:53 +0000
          Re: lodgings "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-22 21:24 +0200
            Re: lodgings rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-23 03:38 +0000
              Re: lodgings "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-23 20:54 +0200
                Re: lodgings rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-24 03:24 +0000
                Re: lodgings Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-09-24 05:05 +0000
                Re: lodgings rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-24 16:18 +0000
                Re: lodgings Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-09-24 16:52 +0000
                Re: lodgings rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-24 23:42 +0000
          Re: lodgings Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-09-22 15:24 -0700
            Re: lodgings rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-23 03:52 +0000
    Re: Floppies Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2025-09-22 20:48 +0100
      Re: Floppies Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> - 2025-09-22 21:17 +0100
        Re: Floppies rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-23 04:06 +0000
          Re: Floppies Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2025-09-23 21:08 +1000
            Re: Floppies Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-23 15:04 +0100
            Travel "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-23 22:25 +0200
              Re: Travel Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-09-23 14:10 -0700
                Re: Travel "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-24 01:02 +0200
                Re: Travel Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-09-23 17:54 -0700
              Re: Travel Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2025-09-24 08:44 +1000
                Re: Travel rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-24 02:20 +0000
                Jules Verne and SciFi "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-24 22:57 +0200
                Re: Jules Verne and SciFi John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-09-24 14:30 -0700
                Re: Jules Verne and SciFi rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-25 00:01 +0000
                Re: Jules Verne and SciFi "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-25 14:17 +0200
                Re: Jules Verne and SciFi c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-24 20:33 -0400
                Re: Jules Verne and SciFi "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-25 14:15 +0200
                Re: Jules Verne and SciFi rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-24 23:58 +0000
                Re: Jules Verne and SciFi "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-25 14:20 +0200
                Re: Jules Verne and SciFi The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-25 14:10 +0100
                Re: Jules Verne and SciFi "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-25 22:13 +0200
                Re: Jules Verne and SciFi The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-26 10:31 +0100
                Re: Jules Verne and SciFi The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-25 10:14 +0100
                Re: Jules Verne and SciFi "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-25 14:27 +0200
                Re: Jules Verne and SciFi ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2025-09-25 11:14 +0000
                Re: Jules Verne and SciFi The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-25 12:50 +0100
                Re: Jules Verne and SciFi "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-25 14:29 +0200
          Re: Floppies Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2025-09-23 21:00 +0100
            Re: Floppies lar3ryca <larry@invalid.ca> - 2025-09-23 16:34 -0600
              Re: Floppies "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-24 01:08 +0200
                Re: Floppies lar3ryca <larry@invalid.ca> - 2025-09-23 21:54 -0600
                Re: Floppies "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-24 23:23 +0200
                Re: Floppies lar3ryca <larry@invalid.ca> - 2025-09-24 22:26 -0600
                Re: Floppies lar3ryca <larry@invalid.ca> - 2025-09-24 22:28 -0600
                Re: Floppies "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-25 14:33 +0200
                Re: Floppies Bertel Lund Hansen <rundtosset@lundhansen.dk> - 2025-09-25 15:15 +0200
                Re: Floppies "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-25 22:06 +0200
                Re: Floppies rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-25 19:14 +0000
                Re: Floppies lar3ryca <larry@invalid.ca> - 2025-09-25 22:02 -0600
              Re: Floppies Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-09-24 05:06 +0000
                Re: Floppies c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-24 01:27 -0400
                Re: Floppies lar3ryca <larry@invalid.ca> - 2025-09-24 15:06 -0600
                Re: Floppies vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-09-25 06:03 +0000
                Re: Floppies lar3ryca <larry@invalid.ca> - 2025-09-24 15:02 -0600
                Re: Floppies Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2025-09-25 10:02 +1000
                Re: Floppies Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> - 2025-09-24 22:25 -0400
                Re: Floppies rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-25 05:54 +0000
                Re: Floppies "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2025-09-25 09:15 +0100
                Re: Floppies rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-25 05:47 +0000
                Morse code "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-25 14:35 +0200
                Re: Morse code Bertel Lund Hansen <rundtosset@lundhansen.dk> - 2025-09-25 15:15 +0200
            Re: Floppies rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-24 04:00 +0000
      Re: Floppies lar3ryca <larry@invalid.ca> - 2025-09-22 14:38 -0600
        Re: Floppies Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-09-23 00:07 +0000
          Re: Floppies rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-23 04:08 +0000
          Re: Floppies Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2025-09-23 21:10 +0100
        Re: Floppies Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-09-23 08:35 +0200
          Re: Floppies Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-09-23 07:30 +0000
          Re: Floppies lar3ryca <larry@invalid.ca> - 2025-09-23 16:46 -0600
            Re: Floppies Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-09-24 06:06 +0200
              Re: Floppies lar3ryca <larry@invalid.ca> - 2025-09-24 22:41 -0600
                Re: Floppies rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-25 06:05 +0000
                Re: Floppies Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-09-25 19:31 +0000
                Re: Floppies lar3ryca <larry@invalid.ca> - 2025-09-25 23:10 -0600
                Re: Floppies Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-09-26 05:22 +0000
                Re: Floppies lar3ryca <larry@invalid.ca> - 2025-09-26 14:58 -0600
                Re: Floppies lar3ryca <larry@invalid.ca> - 2025-09-27 00:23 -0600
                Re: Floppies Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-09-26 23:25 +0000
                Re: Floppies rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-26 07:08 +0000
                Re: Floppies The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-25 10:30 +0100
                Re: Floppies Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2025-09-25 20:51 +1000
                Re: Floppies Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-26 00:06 +0100
                Re: Floppies Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2025-09-26 09:59 +1000
                Re: Floppies Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-09-26 05:12 +0000
                Re: Floppies The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-26 10:54 +0100
                Re: Floppies Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> - 2025-09-25 09:09 -0400
                Re: Floppies rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-25 19:38 +0000
                Re: Floppies lar3ryca <larry@invalid.ca> - 2025-09-25 23:16 -0600
                Re: Floppies The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-26 10:57 +0100
                Re: Floppies Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-09-25 19:31 +0000
            Re: Floppies Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2025-09-24 21:19 +0100
              Re: Floppies Bertel Lund Hansen <rundtosset@lundhansen.dk> - 2025-09-24 22:44 +0200
                Re: Floppies charles <charles@candehope.me.uk> - 2025-09-24 21:30 +0000
                Re: Floppies Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2025-09-24 23:50 +0100
                Re: Floppies The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-25 10:13 +0100
                Re: Floppies rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-25 19:07 +0000
            Re: Floppies Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2025-09-25 10:06 +1000
              Re: Floppies Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-09-25 05:38 +0200
                Re: Floppies Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-09-25 19:31 +0000
              Re: Floppies rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-25 06:14 +0000
                Re: Floppies lar3ryca <larry@invalid.ca> - 2025-09-25 23:25 -0600
      Re: Floppies Jeff Barnett <jbb@notatt.com> - 2025-09-22 17:58 -0600
        Re: Floppies Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-09-22 19:11 -0700
        Re: Floppies Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2025-09-23 21:15 +0100
          Re: Floppies "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-23 22:38 +0200
      Re: Floppies Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-09-23 00:07 +0000
        Re: Floppies Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-09-22 19:11 -0700
      Re: Floppies rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-23 04:04 +0000
        Re: Floppies Ross Clark <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> - 2025-09-23 19:05 +1200
      Dream university Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-09-23 08:33 +0200
        Re: Dream university The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-23 11:21 +0100
          Re: Dream university rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-23 19:06 +0000
            Re: Dream university Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> - 2025-09-23 19:30 -0400
              Re: Dream university rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-24 04:22 +0000
                Re: Dream university The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-24 11:38 +0100
        Re: Dream university rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-23 19:00 +0000
      Relocating "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-23 11:03 +0200
        Re: Relocating Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-23 11:13 +0100
          Re: Relocating "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-23 13:37 +0200
        Re: Relocating rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-23 17:50 +0000
          Re: Relocating "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-24 01:18 +0200

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