Pilot told me I could be flying the craft tomorrow. Take off and landing takes tons of time to learn as does emergency proceedures etc... -Curt
From: Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> To: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com>; Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 11:22 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Relocation talk again I've been told that if you make the slightest false movement on a helicopter joystick, the aircraft will crash and burn in less than 5 seconds. In other words, complete 2000 hours of training before attempting to fly one. On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 10:11 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: I took a helicopter ride of the Vegas strip last night. We found a Groupon so for 3 of us it was only like $60 each for about a half hour ride. Now I want a small chopper.We flew in a Robinson R44 II, looks like new they run half a million clams. With a cruising speed of 130mph I could cut our travel time to camp from 8.5 hours to probably 3... -Curt From: OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: OK Don <okd...@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2016 11:04 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Relocation talk again First, "still within easy driving distance" is not going to happen in the DFW area. Second, no Okie would willingly move to texas. Third, that 4-5 hour drive to/from the ranchito will get old fast. You'll need to budget for that PPL and an airplane - cuts the travel time down to 2½ hours. Just move close to (if not on) an airport/airpark. Of course, then you'd trade the MB habit for an aircraft one (more expensive). On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 6:48 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > So the guy that was running Dallas got the east regional manager job and > is moving to Tampa. So his position is open and Dallas is the 2nd largest > Market behind Houston in our company. It would be a good career move within > the company to take that market as the last 3 people to run it have been > promoted to regionals. My peers have been telling me I need to put in for > it. The guy who is leaving tells me I need to. Would probably be about a > 20k increase assuming all bonus are hit but would be about a 10k base > salary increase. SWMBO says she would move in a heartbeat. Cost of living > is a little more down there if I can find something in the country try > outside the metro area but still within easy driving distance. I really > don't want to move again and I finally have a shop to work in here and am > getting it sorted out. Guess I could always build a building there is one > was not already there. Would have to get rid of a lot of cars but would > still have a lot of cars and parts I would take. I'm not in a good position > to sell the new house since we have only had it a year and a half for so. > Would have to sell the other house that I have equity in to put down on a > new house if we did and pay closing costs on selling this house. It would > be a logistical nightmare I think. At least Dallas is within driving back > and forth distance moving stuff as opposed to the west coast or florida. > > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com