Good day BCP friends

[58Skylane]

I see there is a bunch of you here tonight. Your lifes are as boring as mine. Ha

I got to fly today and then went to a good Mexican restaurant for some beans.

Cheers to you all.

gear
GroundLooper

Jr.CubBuilder
Portage Creek
58Skylane
dirtstrip
bkanter1
highlanderninerKC
low rider
Dot_AK
XKV8R
gptc

Like I said before, pretty dang boring for me.
Work, Eat, BCP.org, Facebook, Sleep....... Work, Eat, BCP.org, Facebook, Sleep....... Work, Eat, BCP.org, Facebook, Sleep....... Work, Eat, BCP.org, Facebook, Sleep....... Work, Eat, BCP.org, Facebook, Sleep....... Work, Eat, BCP.org, Facebook, Sleep.......Work, Eat, BCP.org, Facebook, Sleep.

[Glidergeek]

I see there is a bunch of you here tonight. Your lifes are as boring as mine. Ha

I got to fly today and then went to a good Mexican restaurant for some beans.

Cheers to you all.

gear
GroundLooper

Jr.CubBuilder
Portage Creek
58Skylane
dirtstrip
bkanter1
highlanderninerKC
low rider
Dot_AK
XKV8R
gptc

Rob when are you going to Mulege?

[OregonMaule]

Rain, snow, thunder, little sun. lunch in Sausalito, did the golden gate bridge, fisherman's wharf.
Tomorrow Palm Desert.

Cheers

[iceman]

so you are back down here again???? must be nice to not have to work...big storm coming in today and rain till tues or wed..yeah it does rain here every once in a while..

[OregonMaule]

so you are back down here again???? must be nice to not have to work...big storm coming in today and rain till tues or wed..yeah it does rain here every once in a while..

Hey iceman, we found the storm. Had snow from Garberville to San Francisco.


One of the average size trees on The Avenue of the Giants.


Fisherman's Wharf shopping area. Boudin Sourdough Bakery. A bread alligator.



http://www.boudinbakery.com/

Made it to Palm Desert today. Had some pretty nasty driving conditions. 3 hours of torrential rain. Wipers on high at 50MPH This sucks. At PD 70* now I am all better.

Cheers...Rob

[58Skylane]

Rob..... is that Scoma's?? (http://www.scomas.com/) Great food!!

How long are you down in SoCal??

[OregonMaule]

Rob..... is that Scoma's?? (http://www.scomas.com/) Great food!!

How long are you down in SoCal??

We had lunch at Scomas. But the picture is from Boudins bakery.

I'll be in the Palm Desert area thru Friday if you want to meet for lunch, drinks or burglaries my house. ha ha

No wait, boy home and heavily armed.

Maybe you, glidergeek, rfinkle, M7flyer and iceman could fly to Bermuda Dunes and I'll buy us all lunch. Your on a diet now right? Any or all of the socal BCP gang.

Cheers...Rob

503- seven two zero-19 one 7

[58Skylane]

Rob..... is that Scoma's?? (http://www.scomas.com/) Great food!!

How long are you down in SoCal??

We had lunch at Scomas. But the picture is from Boudins bakery.

I'll be in the Palm Desert area thru Friday if you want to meet for lunch, drinks or burglaries my house. ha ha

No wait, boy home and heavily armed.

Maybe you, glidergeek, rfinkle, M7flyer and iceman could fly to Bermuda Dunes and I'll buy us all lunch. Your on a diet now right? Any or all of the socal BCP gang.

Cheers...Rob

503- seven two zero-19 one 7

Umm, yeah. I would like to catch up and have lunch. But the thing is...... some of us have that thing called "Work"

I don't think I can get a day off this week I got way too much going on here at the shop. Your more thane welcome to stop by here if you want

[OregonMaule]

But the thing is...... some of us have that thing called "Work"

Pat I would appreciate it if you wouldn't that 4 letter word. Very offensive.

I understand.

Cheers

[OregonMaule]

I never had the privilege of meeting my fellow Portland Fire Fighter. He retired before I was hired. This note came from one of the guys who knew him.

This is just one example of why IMO the men and women of the WWII generation will always be the greatest generation.

Email to retired Portland Fire Fighters:
If you have today's issue of the OREGONIAN you will see we have lost one hell of a guy. Marlin Clark, a recipient of a Bronze Star and Silver Star for WW 2 battles in the Pacific Theater where he was shot through the head in one battle, received less than fatal injuries, recovered from that was sent back to the front again. In his second encounter he was again wounded and required more serious medical treatment. He was then discharged and started his career at Engine 4 in the mid forties.
His bride of sixty some years, Ruth, is in a nursing home.
No Services are to be held at his request.

I worked at Engine 4 from 1994-1997

Good day...Rob

[cvlngineer]

The Greatest Generation, indeed. I will, forever, be in awe of their bravery, selflessness and love of country.

[iceman]

yeah Rob... some of us still work... besides it's supposed to rain tonight , tomorrow and Sat...

[58Skylane]

yeah Rob... some of us still work... besides it's supposed to rain tonight , tomorrow and Sat...

and after talking with my tax man tonight. More than likely, I'll be working tell I die

Guess I should have been a fireman

[OregonMaule]

Was reading the Nall report after it was talked about in the Flying Low thread.

This was interesting.

• Amateur-built aircraft continued to
have significantly higher rates of both
fatal and non-fatal accidents than
comparable type-certificated aircraft,
suffering particularly from greater
numbers of mechanical failures and
unexplained losses of engine power.

Sounds like some builders should stick to building things that don't fly.

[Zzz]

Sounds like some builders should stick to building things that don't fly.

I've seen some things that homebuilders have "built" and you're right-- they should never leave the hangar.

[58Skylane]

Sounds like some builders should stick to building things that don't fly.

I've seen some things that homebuilders have "built" and you're right-- they should never leave the hangar.

I've seen some very interesting home-built planes too And a few certified planes as well

[dirtstrip]

I just put down the new Sport Aviation Magazine April issue published by the EAA. The same Nall/AOPA report is talked about on page 8. http://www.sportaviationonline.org/spor ... 01104#pg10

It says that the "hours flown by amateur built aircraft increased from 482,000 per year in 1995 to 983,000 in 2010, representing an increase of 104 percent. In the same period, the number of fatal accidents rose 5 percent, from 64 to 67."

It goes on to say "the EAA strongly encouraged the AOPA Air Safety Institute (Nall report) not to include the accidents and hours flown by E-LSA in with the amateur built fleet because it does not accurately reflect homebuilt aircraft totals. We continue to work with AOPA, FAA and the General Aviation Joint Steering committee to come to a common understanding regarding how to account for amateur-built saftey data."

What needs to be understood is that the E-LSA class was lumped in with the Amateur Built numbers in the Nall Report. Remember when the sport pilot rating was made law, the kits for two place powered parachutes, weight shift trikes and anything else that was over the 104 +lb/ single seat ultralights were rolled up into the E-LSA class. These kits do not conform to Amateur Built standards and according to the EAA should be reported separately and not in with traditional Amateur Built. As the EAA states it skewers the traditional amatuer built numbers on safety. I thought the difference should be pointed out here.

[OregonMaule]

Another day in paradise. I started this thread as a generic way to give a shout out to each other. No subject, not necessarily flying.

I see lots of guys I have met but don't talk to much. Hope all is well guys. Gray spring weather is on us here in NW Oregon, sure ready for sun. Later

We set a new record last night on the Live Chat. I'm still trying to wash the BS off.

[OregonMaule]

Zane you know about this?

Got this message yesterday also. Then it cleared up. Back again this morning. All other web sites ok.

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Good day

[OregonMaule]