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Planes, Boats, Motorcycles!
Motorcycle rider. Pilot. Boat lover! Amazing! I'm impressed with your talents as well as your writing skills! Thanks for sharing!
posted by
TheNewMrs.C
on March 2, 2006 at 11:14 PM
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Nanaroo
I meant to write you back on your bike post.....the book I recommended is a philosophy book and really gets into a lot of incredible things using a cross-country bike trip a man takes his son on....and so many of the observations fit flying, too. You are my hero, gal. I'm going to get that new classification of license (a sportsman or something) since I can't get the regular pilot's license having had heart surgery....it's goal I've never given up on.......my dad used to let me fly when he took me up....until he had to quit because of his own surgery....there's just nothing like it.........
posted by
Krisles
on March 2, 2006 at 6:46 PM
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Bud
thanks for telling me about the format problem- I've seen that in other blogs but don't see it in mine. Do you see it every time? I think I saw that in yours early on- remember? What did you do to correct it?
posted by
Nanaroo
on March 2, 2006 at 5:54 PM
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Bud
thanks, I knew you would like this story!
posted by
Nanaroo
on March 2, 2006 at 5:53 PM
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Oh and Nanaroo, whats with the wide format in your blog?
It takes annoying scrolling back and forth to read it. Please tell me why you and Cent do this. I can't easily read this format.
posted by
Bud-Oracle
on March 2, 2006 at 5:52 PM
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Great tale and a nifty wing. This just gave me an idea for a post in
everything else. You know that in all my flying on hang gliders and later when I owned my own powered ultralight aircraft I only ever got a three hour ground school for hang gliders.
When I add up all the broken parts and some dozen propellers, it would have been way cheaper to take the lessons. By now you understand that I'm pretty stuborne and not too smart at times.
One thing about flying hang gliders for long distances to wherever the winds take you, sometimes over a sea of trees from horizon to horizon with only a single thread of a road and the odd gravel pit, is that you've never seen the landing patch before and there are no go arounds.
Often the winds are wrong and very gusty, and the ground is uneven sloping the wrong way.
The really great thrill comes when you land on the side of a mountain top. With a tail wind, usually in rough unstable air, you must fly straight at the mountain and land going uphill.
If you've watched Air America you'll get some nice footage in a powered mountain landing.
posted by
Bud-Oracle
on March 2, 2006 at 5:50 PM
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shellb
hi ya! That's right- I'm remembering now, your thing about flying- boy, you would have hated that trip!
posted by
Nanaroo
on March 2, 2006 at 4:38 PM
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Nanaroo,
That's a pretty neat story! Cute plane too! Of course, you'll never get me in one of those!! 
posted by
shelly_b
on March 2, 2006 at 4:33 PM
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Hi Ariala
you know, flying was the scariest thing I've ever done. Shortly after this incident, I was rear-ended in my car and the resulting neck problems kept me from flying for a year- I haven't flown since. I do miss it but the motorcycling is a lot more fun for me, it's something that hubby and I can do together, it's a LOT less expensive and I think it's much safer...
posted by
Nanaroo
on March 2, 2006 at 4:31 PM
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Nanaroo, neat...you do all kinds of things, don't you? LOL
posted by
Ariala
on March 2, 2006 at 4:22 PM
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MasonGarrett
Wow, what a story!! Thank you for telling that!
posted by
Nanaroo
on March 2, 2006 at 4:18 PM
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...wow..what a story!
...yes, a Zen thing!... reminds me of a bike ride years ago in the mountains on Hwy 38, came out of corner, and there a was fat boulder, about 8-10", right in my line as I straightened up, hit it square on! ..and airborne!... and the Zen of it... something way down deep in the gut.... knows, and just takes over, ',mind get outa the way, we're doin this,' ..stand lightly on the pegs, bend with it as she touches down, calmly hold it straight... and on down the road... and then the mind catches up and has to pull over and have a smoke... Great plane story, thanks, M
posted by
MasonGarrett
on March 2, 2006 at 12:16 PM
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passionflower
it is a beauty! I'd love to come and get you- it would be a lot faster than driving there in the motorcycle!
posted by
Nanaroo
on March 2, 2006 at 9:36 AM
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OMG!!! That's a gorgoues little airplane!
I wanna go on a ride with you over the ocean...come get me okay???? LOL!
posted by
Passionflower
on March 2, 2006 at 9:35 AM
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billy cargo
it's said that if you get shook up while flying a plane, your brain turns to mush and that can happen... that's why practice is so important!
posted by
Nanaroo
on March 2, 2006 at 9:32 AM
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I'd like to be a pilot but that panic would be pretty scary.
posted by
FreeManWalking
on March 2, 2006 at 9:15 AM
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dejtemper
posted by
Nanaroo
on March 2, 2006 at 9:12 AM
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David1spirit
thanks, it really did shake me up!
posted by
Nanaroo
on March 2, 2006 at 9:12 AM
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Nanaroo,
I gotta give it to you girl! I am a white knuckle flyer and would never have the guts to do that. note: will email you later.
posted by
dejtemper
on March 2, 2006 at 9:03 AM
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Nope, not me! I'll fly IN a plane but I will not FLY a plane
I'd rather be the nervous passenger, one hand on a bottle of strong liquor and the other holding the trusty rip-cord!
posted by
David1Spirit
on March 2, 2006 at 8:56 AM
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