Rodger Pettichord

Don, no need to apologize for bringing us aboard. You will be in daily prayer here. Keep us informed and we will keep you in heart.

Thanks for the reminder, Don. Glad your story is so positive. At my last Well Man exam, the doctor said I was in good shape for the shape I'm in. Not sure how to take that.

Glad they discovered the problem in time. What would we do without you?

Mom is proud of uou both!

Thanks, John. Now, off to fly it

Hey John. Botham wasn't my sticking point. I didn't get the idea of a 1000-mile trip from EGPC to EGPC. Isn't that the same starting and ending point?

Hey John. I think there's a joke here (?) but I'm not getting it. Could you explain it to this dense old fella

Keep on paddlin', mate. Happy B-Day.

Hey Ken. I made them up. What's the good of being a writer of fiction is you can't make stuff up?

Sorry to hear about your wife, Rob. But congratulations RE sobriety. Grateful indeed for that.

Hi all. Ken Q mentioned in his response to last week's topic that he is a prostate cancer survivor--ten years. Congratulations, Ken! Got me thinking about the readers of this thread. I know we have been all over the world and faced many exotic things. That brings us to this week's topic. THIS WEEK'S MEANINGFUL TOPIC: What particular thing in your life are you most grateful to have survived? For me, two things--alcoholism and near-tearing loose of a heart valve.

Hey Ken, it was a Super Cub -- 2,000 nm range, 325 mph speed top, 20,000' ceiling. All that from the same old 65 hp.

Hi all. Those looking for interesting flights might want tp take a look at The Neil Hill Memorial Lounge listed at the top of the General Discussion section. In Meaningless Topics #35, a number of folks have suggested good 1,000 mile routes to fly just for the fun of it. There is a great variety to the suggestions. Take a look and see if any routes turn your prop

Hi EasternT. Go to the Neil Hill Memorial Lounge at the top of this General Discussion section. Then go to This Week's Meaningless Topic (#35). The topic is about interesting short flights. You will find a nice list to meet your needs. Good flying to you!

Start at Everett's Paine Field north of Seattle, Washington. To The Dalles on the Washington/Oregon border. To Bend, Oregon. To Medford, Oregon. To Redding, California. To Sacramento, California. To San Francisco. Great views of all the major mountains of the Cascades.

Hi all. Most of us do our sim flying in short flights, time permitting. That leads us to this week's Meaningless Topic. THIS WEEK'S MEANINGLESS TOPIC: You can fly a Piper Super Cub for a one-thousand mile trip. What is your point of origin and point of destination?

God bless and good luck!

I choose both. The old Orbx sign was very familiar and even comforting to me. I loved clicking it. The new one is very abstract and different and artsy. I'll learn to love clicking it too. Whichever, Orbx is still my girl.

My grandmother always took credit for her next birthday rather than be limited to the present one--for instance, on her 84th, "I'm almost 85, you know." Smart gal--always got credit for seniority.

Still here. Congratulations to John on the new eyes. You won't believe how well you'll see as you heal up.

They'd have to paint the plane yellow first.

Evertone younger says you are only as old as you feel. They don't yet know that when you are old, you feel every inch of it

I lived just across the river and remember the incident well. The erring pilot became something of a hero to local pilots. If could land that plane at Troutdale, he must be a hell of a stick. United Airlines didn't entirely agree.

Doc, isn't a Campbell in the soup by definition?

About to turn 78. Nice to know that I am one of the wee young ones on this thread. (One quarter MacDonald)