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Title: Informal flight training at Rogo Field Wednesday August 19, 5:00-8:00
Post by: Frank v B on August 10, 2020, 06:39:44 PM
I'll be there regardless of the weather forecast, Andy forecast or Bruce forecast.

Be there 5:00 pm!!!


Frank
Title: Re: Informal flight training at Rogo Field Wednesday August 19, 5:00-8:00
Post by: Gerald Danen on August 11, 2020, 09:57:57 AM
I will make an appearance.
Title: Re: Informal flight training at Rogo Field Wednesday August 19, 5:00-8:00
Post by: Andy Hoffer on August 18, 2020, 03:15:40 PM
Quote from: Frank v B on August 10, 2020, 06:39:44 PM
I'll be there regardless of the weather forecast, Andy forecast or Bruce forecast.

Be there 5:00 pm!!!

Frank

Re: Informal flight training at Rogo Field Wednesday August 19

Darn!  I was going to wear my tuxedo!  8)

Andy
Title: Re: Informal flight training at Rogo Field Wednesday August 19, 5:00-8:00
Post by: sihinch on August 18, 2020, 04:00:30 PM
Can't make it this week I'm afraid.
Title: Re: Informal flight training at Rogo Field Wednesday August 19, 5:00-8:00
Post by: Frank v B on August 18, 2020, 08:21:04 PM
The forecast looks good.  A little wind never bothered me.
Let's see if we can break the 20 car barrier again this week. ;) ;)

Frank

Title: Re: Informal flight training at Rogo Field Wednesday August 19, 5:00-8:00
Post by: Andy Hoffer on August 18, 2020, 09:23:34 PM
Quote from: Frank v B on August 18, 2020, 08:21:04 PM
The forecast looks good.  A little wind never bothered me.
Let's see if we can break the 20 car barrier again this week. ;) ;)

Frank

If the parking lot gets full due to COVID19 spacing, there's plenty of room in the west weeds, and if you put on floats you can park in the creek.  @Frank v B has an assortment of tow ropes buried in his van so you don't have to worry about getting stuck.  He also has rescue ladders on his roof for emergency egress!  If the mobility predicament is more long-term Frank has everything to redecorate your vehicle, inside and out!! (How do I know this?!!) 8)

Handy Andy

Andy
Title: Re: Informal flight training at Rogo Field Wednesday August 19, 5:00-8:00
Post by: Frank v B on August 18, 2020, 10:04:08 PM
Andy is just jealous. 8)

Andy's emergency kit contains 2 gallons of windshield washer fluid and a camera.
That will get him far.


Frank
Title: Re: Informal flight training at Rogo Field Wednesday August 19, 5:00-8:00
Post by: Andy Hoffer on August 18, 2020, 10:07:01 PM
Quote from: Frank v B on August 18, 2020, 10:04:08 PM
Andy is just jealous. 8)

Andy's emergency kit contains 2 gallons of windshield washer fluid and a camera.
That will get him far.

Frank

Given that windshield washer fluid contains alcohol, it can readily be used as hand sanitizer, as well as a bracing beverage while waiting for the rescue crew ( @Frank v B )  to figure out which of his zillion nautical knots to use on the tow rope.  While the bowline knot is simple and perfectly suited to this application, it lacks the maritime snob appeal appropriate to the station of CFI, hence the likelihood of protracted deliberation necessitating a stiff drink.
   
As for the camera, you NEVER want to miss a photo op with Frank.   You can never have enough high-quality collateral imagery to meet future requirements.  A good camera, with fill flash at the ready, is a mandatory adjunct to a well-equipped flight bag, especially when the lighting environment dictates the use of fill flash (to which some folks are strangely averse, despite the clear benefits of its judicious application).  You can lead a horse to water.....   8)

Andy 

Title: Re: Informal flight training at Rogo Field Wednesday August 19, 5:00-8:00
Post by: Frank v B on August 19, 2020, 10:21:17 PM
A great evening.  A little windy at the start but it settled down nicely.  Thank you to Oscar for solving 2 radio issues.... since he has read the instructions.

Photos:

95- only red cars allowed at TEMAC??
99- Rob figured out where the wings went.  Contemplating his next flight.
00- A glorious day.  Our fearless leader taking credit for the nice day.
02- Dave after another tough day at the office.
03- Glenn of Temac's expeditionary force.
04- Bob checking out the action again this week.
05- Kenny and his new leaf blower.
07- Gerald and his trainer.
08- Mike.  New to the hobby but 3 of his airplanes were maidened.
09- Gerald D. and Mark solving all the world's issues.
10- Kenny's A-4 Intruder. Skyhawk. Flew great.

Frank


Title: Re: Informal flight training at Rogo Field Wednesday August 19, 5:00-8:00
Post by: sihinch on August 20, 2020, 08:34:51 AM
Correction - A4 Skyhawk  ;D

(A-6 Intruder!)  ;)

Looks like I missed a great night. I'm jealous.
Title: Re: Informal flight training at Rogo Field Wednesday August 19, 5:00-8:00
Post by: Michael on August 20, 2020, 08:49:14 AM
I like that A4.
Title: Re: Informal flight training at Rogo Field Wednesday August 19, 5:00-8:00
Post by: Frank v B on August 20, 2020, 09:22:48 PM
Simon,

Thanks for the correction.  Adjustment made.
What do I know about leaf blowers??*

Frank

* rhetorical- Andy.

Just be sure.  The Wiki definition:  "A rhetorical question is one for which the questioner does not expect a direct answer"
Title: Re: Informal flight training at Rogo Field Wednesday August 19, 5:00-8:00
Post by: Andy Hoffer on August 20, 2020, 10:04:29 PM
Quote from: Frank v B on August 20, 2020, 09:22:48 PM
Simon,

Thanks for the correction.  Adjustment made.
What do I know about leaf blowers??*

Frank

* rhetorical- Andy.

Just be sure.  The Wiki definition:  "A rhetorical question is one for which the questioner does not expect a direct answer"

The caveat to @Frank v B 's elucidation on rhetorical questions is that one should ever be cognizant of the target audience, which may have an abiding interest in providing a response! 8)

Andy
Title: Re: Informal flight training at Rogo Field Wednesday August 19, 5:00-8:00
Post by: Frank v B on August 20, 2020, 10:36:56 PM
At Nabisco I worked for a brilliant president who said that in business "do not use language more difficult than "see Spot run" "
Andy would have lasted a nano-second.

Frank
Title: Re: Informal flight training at Rogo Field Wednesday August 19, 5:00-8:00
Post by: Andy Hoffer on August 21, 2020, 02:11:14 AM
Quote from: Frank v B on August 20, 2020, 10:36:56 PM
At Nabisco I worked for a brilliant president who said that in business "do not use language more difficult than "see Spot run" "
Andy would have lasted a nano-second.

Frank

@Frank v B is so right.  I need to cut throttle to one-syllable words for him.  I will order the appropriate lessons from Amazon.  :D

Andy

Title: Re: Informal flight training at Rogo Field Wednesday August 19, 5:00-8:00
Post by: GuyOReilly on August 21, 2020, 09:19:21 AM
Here is a quick reference guide for @Andy Hoffer and @Frank v B about How To Write Good...  ;D  Enjoy!!

1.Avoid Alliteration. Always.
2.Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
3.Avoid clichés like the plague. (They're old hat.)
4.Employ the vernacular.
5.Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.
6.Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.
7.It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
8.Contractions aren't necessary.
9.Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.
10.One should never generalize.
11.Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."
12.Don't be redundant; don't use more words than necessary; it's highly superfluous.
13.Profanity sucks.
14.Be more or less specific.
15.Understatement is always best.
16.Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.
17.One word sentences? Eliminate.
18.Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
19.The passive voice is to be avoided.
20.Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.
21.Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.
22.Who needs rhetorical questions?
23.Parenthetical words however must be enclosed in commas.
24.It behooves you to avoid archaic expressions.
25.Avoid archaeic spellings too.
26.Don't repeat yourself, or say again what you have said before, redundantly.
27.Don't use commas, that, are not, necessary.
28.Do not use hyperbole; not one in a million can do it effectively.
29.Never use a big word when a diminutive alternative would suffice for the contemporary situation.
30.Subject and verb always has to agree.
31.Placing a comma between subject and predicate, is not correct.
32.Use youre spell chekker to avoid mispeling and to catch typograhpical errers.
33.Don't repeat yourself, or say again what you have said before.
34.Use the apostrophe in it's proper place and omit it when its not needed.
35.Don't never use no double negatives.
36.Poofread carefully to see if you any words out.
37. Hopefully, you will use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them.
38.No sentence fragments.
39.Don't indulge in sesquipedalian lexicological constructions.
40.A writer must not shift your point of view.
41.Don't overuse exclamation marks!!
42.Place pronouns as close as possible, especially in long sentences, as of 10 or more words, to their antecedents.
43.Writing carefully, dangling participles must be avoided.
44.If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is.
45.Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky.
46.Everyone should be careful to use a singular pronoun with singular nouns in their writing.
47.Always pick on the correct idiom.
48.The adverb always follows the verb.
49.Take the bull by the hand and avoid mixing metaphors.
50.If you reread your work, you can find on rereading a great deal of repetition can be by rereading and editing.
51.Comparisons are as bad as clichés.
52.Eschew obfuscation.
53.And always be sure to finish what
Title: Re: Informal flight training at Rogo Field Wednesday August 19, 5:00-8:00
Post by: Athol on August 21, 2020, 02:14:56 PM
Guy, you obviously have way too much time on your hands?
:o 8) :D
Title: Re: Informal flight training at Rogo Field Wednesday August 19, 5:00-8:00
Post by: Andy Hoffer on August 21, 2020, 04:49:23 PM
@GuyOReilly is truly a breath of fresh linguistic air.

Bravo mon ami.

À la prochaine!

Andy