On Nov 15, 2007 1:50 PM, Richards Jr, Edward C. <ECRichards at fbd.com> wrote: > What are you flying?
Mostly a piper warrior. Started out in a 150. > I have a friend that is involved in a Sport Lite FBO in Hammond and he has > been after me to come over there and check out their airplanes, I hope he's not the sport instructor that does stalls and slow flight at 1500' over Southeastern University! Hammond really needs a tower. I've had to go around several times due to a sport pilot departing 36 with inbound IFR King Air and Falcons on the ILS 18. There have been a few times in Hammond where I just loitered outside of the pattern while the numbskulls got down on the ground. > When I was actively flying and also an active Amateur Radio Operator, I used > to operate "Air Mobile" some on 2 meters and 440. That always stirred up a > lot of activity on the local ham repeaters. With less than 5 watts on a > rubber duck antenna you could carry on a conversation on the 440 mhz repeater > in Natchez, Ms while flying around Baton Rouge. Fun stuff. This thread will > probably wake up another ham/aviator that lurks on this list too. :) Hi > Bobby! We need to do lunch AND go to Hammond! I never really did make the leap to ham beyond a brief stint with 2m. It's fun hitting the cell towers with a Cingular card and a laptop though. Google earth at 110 knots?! Works that little cell card to death and I'm sure it drives the cell companies nuts. So... next time you have a dropped call on the interstate, look up. It might be me creating havoc. ;-)
