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Pre-takeoff checklist
Looks like Sunken Lunken
Looks like Sunken Lunken
On the ramp at CMI this afternoon
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What's the deal with the wing attachment. It looks like it goes through the fuselage. I've never seen one like this. Is there a spar carry through?It is a Westwind. Was developed by Aero Commander/Israeli aircraft. This was one of the later ones. There are only a handful of these left flying. One of the first capable corporate/business jets. For me it’s one of those you hear about but never see.
Except for all that urban sprawl.One upside of a super wet winter is that the hills around here (usually brown) are vibrant green - looks more like Ireland than CA!
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Ewww... you didn't kiss that thing did you?Now @RudyP has me looking back through Ireland photos. From the top of Blarney Castle.
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You gotta go in February and brave the crappy weather. We almost had the whole castle to ourselves. And yes, I kissed it. Haven't you heard me drone on forever? I've got the gift of gab.Ewww... you didn't kiss that thing did you?
We pulled up there early in the morning, before they even opened, and there was already 7 busses there. We left.
And yes, I kissed it. Haven't you heard me drone on forever?
The story that turned me off was the teenage employees peeing on it at night....eeeewww....
But even more disgusting is the little known fact that the Blarney Stone was once the deflector stone at the bottom of a toilet.
I don't know if that is true or not, but it is enough to keep my lips off of that stone.
The story that turned me off was the teenage employees peeing on it at night....
That and the spit and lipstick and herpes of a million other people.
Not sure which one is more disgusting.
The not so green part of Ireland. We happened onto this area on accident. I thought it was awesome. This is the Burren geosite.
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the Blarney Stone was once the deflector stone at the bottom of a toilet
You gotta go in February and brave the crappy weather. We almost had the whole castle to ourselves. And yes, I kissed it. Haven't you heard me drone on forever? I've got the gift of gab.
For a guy who burns in minutes, their weather is my type of weather. I'm also Irish. Go figure.I used to live in Ireland. Honestly, the weather isn't much different between February and July - it's crappy year round lol.
For a guy who burns in minutes, their weather is my type of weather. I'm also Irish. Go figure.
Sounds like Illinois.You’ll reconsider this statement once you live there and don’t see the sun for like two months straight.
Sounds like Illinois.
oh...oh...now do Corpus Christie....Can't be that bad in Illinois.
Annual average sunshine hours in Chicago: 2,508
Annual average sunshine hours in Dublin: 1,452
That's a huge difference. In the worst month (December), Chicago has double the amount of sunshine compared to Dublin (106 hours vs. 53 hours).
….Chicago has double the amount of sunshine compared to Dublin (106 hours vs. 53 hours).
oh...oh...now do Corpus Christie....
math checks out.