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John Turney

John Turney

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but we're off to dinner and then to bed (well before midnight). So:

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Don't forget that 2016 lasts an extra second, so don't start early!
 
Thanks John and HAPPY NEW YEAR to you---Keoke
 
Besides Healeys, another passion of mine is aviation, though I haven't flown in a few years. I've been catching up on my backlog of aviation magazine reading, and came across something in the November 2016 issue of 'Plane & Pilot' magazine I thought y'all might have an interest in. The author is Bill Cox, a noted aviation writer and ferry pilot, and the article is about how 'flying never gets old' and is entitled 'Perspectives.' He's referring to his first visit to Telluride, Colorado, USA:


"My first visit to this tall paradise was over Christmas break in the mid-'60s when I was 50 years more athletic, but that trip was in a '63 Austin-Healey 3000, not a bad ride, but temporarily attached to Highway 145. At the time, I barely noticed the difference, as the UNM coeds back in Albuquerque loved that little sports car, and accordingly, so did I."

... and later in the article:

"In contrast, a general aviation airplane is more like a flying version of my old Austin-Healey, good visibility straight ahead and behind, to both sides, nearly straight down and even straight up if you leave the top down, something you can never do in an Airbus or Boeing (Aloha Airlines 737 notwithstanding)."


Happy New Year to all and have a good ride in 2017.


Bob
 
I like it, Bob!

My wife will, somewhat reluctantly, ride in the Healey, but she won't ride in a general aviation airplane.
 
tahoe healey said:
So you bribe Cathy with wine!
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That is a British trick and the only way a Brit friend of mine now in Canada was able to buy a Daimler Saloon.--- :applause:

OH! It works TOO.:encouragement:
 
John Turney said:
I like it, Bob!

My wife will, somewhat reluctantly, ride in the Healey, but she won't ride in a general aviation airplane.
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Mine too.
She made me promise not to take the kids up so I agreed'
Her position was any old airplane with one engine and a prop prolly wont get where it.s pose to be gopin.----:highly_amused:
 
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