In the spirit of New Year's resolutions that last less than a day, my "friend" Mr. Hoffer and I plan to show up at the field at 10 am New Year's day for a quick flight. I have flown every year on New Year's day for over 25 years and I don't plan to stop now.
I will be there to fly no matter what the weather brings. Even if the flight only lasts 30 seconds. Andy wants to spend at least 3 hours. Optimist!! 8)
A Tim's coffee afterwards for anyone who attends. ;D
Remember to renew your MAAC beforehand if you plan to attend.
Frank
What a great setup!
Of course, you will also want to ensure that you have renewed your TEMAC membership! (Thanks Frank!)
And none of this wussy "quick flight" garbage!! We are going to do the Ice Pilots gig, and do it right. Just drink some antifreeze and your fingers and toes will feel just fine. Hopefully it will be appropriately cold so I can deck myself out in my full winter survival gear. Just think layers, sort of like a fiberglass Nooner fuselage that's been crashed and reglassed a few times. And if trudging out in the snow doesn't warm you up, you can short out a LiPo in your pocket for extra warmth!
And yes, three hours should do it, just like it does on those stinky hot sweaty summer days!"
Bring your skis! Bring your floats!
Cheers!
Snowballs Hoffer
I'll give it a try. I haven't done it once in the last 25 years, so maybe I can start a new tradition. Sounds like down right cold fun....
I would love to come out... I even asked for some extra warm clothes for Christmas...
But I can't make any promises. Us younger guys need to consider New Years day hangovers ya know ;D
Piker,
re: "Us younger guys need to consider New Years day hangovers ya know" ;D
Sure buddy, separate yourself from our crowd.
I am old and part of the "it's 12.01 am, happy new year and good night dear" crowd. ;D
Frank
Frank,
You make it till 12? I set my alarm for 11:30 and then get up and watch the ball drop!
Rob
Rob,
After a while you start to realize midnight and new year's will come whether you are awake or not.
Oh, yes, I forgot, my dear wife has to wake me up from the couch at 11:59 so I can survive until 12:01 and watch the ball drop. 8)
Frank
Yikes! The forecast for New Year's Day is TERRIBLE - PLUS three degrees! What's the Winter Wonderland coming to? This climate change stuff is bad news! I may have to wear a bathing suit! :D
Andy
I will try and join the fun. :D
That makes a grand total of 4 1/2 people. Andy, Oscar, Bruce, myself and half of Piker (half-miler?). I am springing for coffee afterwards.
Frank
Ohh. Free coffee now I'm in ;)
Ps I was going to anyways ;D
Battlestu is in! That makes 5 1/2. Yes Greg. Are you bringing your chaperones? (Timmie and Grace)
Yes!!!
Frank
ps: I got a Tim Card as a Christmas present at last night's dinner with our kids. I am investing it in my friends.... and Andy. ;D
@battlestu @Frank v B @piker @Oscar @bweaver And,
of course, you've all renewed your MAAC memberships for 2016, haven't you? Yes,
of course you have!! Silly me......
(I can hear Frank now!) ::)
Andy "the Scrooge"
Secretary-Treasurer, TEMAC
Hey! We were told by Mr. President, that we could pay at the next meeting because the membership officer couldn't be bothered to show up to our AGM!
:P
Besides.... I'm pretty sure I'm going to bail on New Years Day flying. I WILL be hung over. I'm going through a mid-life crisis after all.....
Andy .. I've got lots of time to re-new; heck there is over a week left in the year :)
Frank .. some how i think i'll be flying solo that day :)
Greg
"And, of course, you've all renewed your MAAC memberships for 2016, haven't you?"
My MAAC is good through 2017 and I think Andy you have already cashed my cheque for TEMAC, or at least have it by now........
::)
Quote from: bweaver on December 23, 2015, 03:55:15 PM
"And, of course, you've all renewed your MAAC memberships for 2016, haven't you?"
My MAAC is good through 2017 and I think Andy you have already cashed my cheque for TEMAC, or at least have it by now........
::)
@bweaverI didn't want to make some of the others feel too unworthy by pointing out that YOU were well ahead of the game and some of them were not. That just wouldn't be nice!! But now that it's out, I can't help but applaud your exemplary behaviour and hope that THEY will be inspired by it and take the appropriate actions by New Year's Eve! (And poor Rob... he'll be absolutely distraught when he realizes that I don't do
MAAC renewals?!!) :)
Andy
I didn't want to point out either...... :P
Oh, my MAAC membership is already renewed. I don't mess with them! They don't provide credit like TEMAC does ;D
I will give this a shot.
I'm comin' too!
Yes! Michael B. and Gregor are added to the existing list of idiots. I have it on good authority another Board member may attend as well. Probably to make sure we abide by the rules and don't do anything stupid. :D We would never do that... so why do we have to fly with $4 million MAAC insurance? :D
Frank
Pre New Year's field report - Dec 30 - 1:30 - 4:00 p.m.:
driveway and parking lot - 0 to 2" slush and slop.
runway - clear and dry
grass field - clear and wet
pits - 0 to 2" of very wet snow and slush
inhabitants: 1 low-flying hawk looking for hors d'oeuvres; tracks from 1 bird dog on the parking lot and field (no sign of owner tracks); 1 Sasquatch (tracks only).
pilots: 1
planes: 4 (Pitts, Mini Funtana, Robbe Gemini, GP Super Sportster)
conditions: ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. Very light (much less than forecast) winds from the south-west. Zero degrees. Some might say balmy!! Overcast and brooding sky.
overall mood: euphoric! NO repairs!!! ;D
Snowballs
Now that you have heard the field report from SlushBalls Hoffer it is time to get your stuff together.
I am planning to be at the Tim Horton's at Woodbine and Stouffville Road at about 9:15 to gather up the courage to face the slush, the wind and whatever else Andy is planning to send our way. Will leave the coffee shop at about 9:45 to be at the field for 10 am. Will bring a hand-launch plane (with poor man's retracts) in case Andy has laid out snow for us and a wheeled flying thing in case his report is accurate: "runway - clear and dry "
Will see you on New Year's day so we can salute Simon H. who is in some other country that guarantees no snow (and therefore no Andy). :D
Frank
Quote from: Frank v B on December 30, 2015, 09:34:05 PM
Now that you have heard the field report from SlushBalls Hoffer it is time to get your stuff together.
I am planning to be at the Tim Horton's at Woodbine and Stouffville Road at about 9:15 to gather up the courage to face the slush, the wind and whatever else Andy is planning to send our way. Will leave the coffee shop at about 9:45 to be at the field for 10 am. Will bring a hand-launch plane (with poor man's retracts) in case Andy has laid out snow for us and a wheeled flying thing in case his report is accurate: "runway - clear and dry "
Will see you on New Year's day so we can salute Simon H. who is in some other country that guarantees no snow (and therefore no Andy). :D
Frank
So if I understand this correctly, Frank is going to consume 30 minutes of coffee
before he hits the cold at TEMAC field. I can only presume he is planning a "pit stop" at the field to adjust his weight and balance. My apologies for not having checked the temperature and field conditions inside the Loo. I will bring some de-icing fluid just in case! ;D
Renewed my MAAC this morning and will bring my TEMAC 2016 renewal stuff tomorrow in hopes that the Sasquatch and Slushballs will be there.
I too am planning to fill my tanks at Timmies at 201501010915 and having a bladder with at least as many hours as Frank's will likely adjust weight and balance once at the field. Just hope Sasquatch isn't hibernating in the loo! :o
Quote from: Wingnutz on December 31, 2015, 09:54:25 AM
Renewed my MAAC this morning and will bring my TEMAC 2016 renewal stuff tomorrow in hopes that the Sasquatch and Slushballs will be there.
I too am planning to fill my tanks at Timmies at 201501010915 and having a bladder with at least as many hours as Frank's will likely adjust weight and balance once at the field. Just hope Sasquatch isn't hibernating in the loo! :o
Excellent!! And might that be
2016010915? And would that be E.S.T. (as in 011415Z)? ;D
An hour ago (1 pm) I was checking out at Loblaws (Bayview and Moore) and the lady said "it is snowing!". It was the drifty kind or..... as we call it at Temac..... "Hoffer's Dandruff". Andy is messing with me again.
2015 is almost gone but it probably looks at itself and goes... "only 10 hours and 17 minutes left to screw up Frank's life"
To all those heading to the field tomorrow ... a safe drive. For all those TEMAC members who have brains and are staying home... Happy New Year!!!
Frank
So are youse guys still planning on going to the field tomorrow?
Ken,
Re: if we are going to the field tomorrow?
....from my original post:
"I will be there to fly no matter what the weather brings. Even if the flight only lasts 30 seconds. Andy wants to spend at least 3 hours. Optimist!!" 8)
The probability of either Andy or me finding our sanity in the next few hours is zero! We will be there!!
Schedule: 9:15 I will be at Tim's Woodbine and Stouffville Road, 10 am be at the field. 10:01 head back to Tim's without Sno'Balls. ;D
Frank
See you at Tim's!
Rolling runway 404, departure straight ahead! ;D
Snowballs
Happy New Year!!!!
16 brave souls showed up at the field this morning. The early morning meeting at Tim's was attended by Andy, Glenn, Bill Q., Oscar and Ken Ross.
We were met at the field by Cadez, Greg H., Dave from Pinnacle, Mike Brodie, John Auch, Jim Spence, Bruce Weaver, Rob D., and two more (Andy's photos will identify them.)
The runway was covered in Hoffer Dandruff with a gusty wind from the west that only showed at altitudes higher than 30 feet because of the trees.
and regarding Andy's Dec 20 post:
"Yikes! The forecast for New Year's Day is TERRIBLE - PLUS three degrees! What's the Winter Wonderland coming to? This climate change stuff is bad news! I may have to wear a bathing suit! ":D
Andy and I wore bathing suits.
This confirms this club has 16 passionate model flyers or, as our dear wives refer to us, "idiots".
Frank
:o What a turn out. Great time. Great Gang. Great start to a new year. All best wishes to everyone.
Edit made to make Andy 'not wonky'. Really he said he only drank coffee.
re: the photo of Andy at Tim's.
Don't be too hard on Andy and his bathing suit. I bought it for him. It escaped from Goodwill. I know... still too conservative. :)
Frank
We really are a classy bunch of guys!! What a beautiful way to start the new year!!
And thanks to all who renewed their TEMAC memberships today. Much appreciated.
Special thanks to Frank for his designer haute couture swimwear for our Sports Illustrated cover shot. ;D
Snowballs Hoffer
Good fun, even with ROGO west wind turbulence...
Probably a good thing that Andy and Frank wore their bathing suits...could have been their birthday suits! :o
Great turn out guys! Sorry I couldn't make it as we were partying until 5:00am.
However, talking about bathing suits... I had mine on yesterday as well, as we started a new tradition on William Point Road. About 8 of us went for a New Years Day swim in the lake. It was short, but very refreshing! Then Champagne and orange juice in the hot tub... then chilly and beer and the Winter Classic hockey game...
Quote from: Wingnutz on January 02, 2016, 06:28:54 AM
Good fun, even with ROGO west wind turbulence...
Probably a good thing that Andy and Frank wore their bathing suits...could have been their birthday suits! :o
Darn! How could I have not thought of that! We'd have gone absolutely viral!!
Next time we'll have to consult Beer Bottle Bill. ;D
Andy