Been gone since Thursday, on a multi-state trip that included seeing a niece get married, delivering her to a secret mountain hideout (and one of my most challenging landings), about of food poisoning, more than a thousand miles of flying and a wild road trip ride home.
More later as I have the opportunity to recount the adventure.
For the folks in Venezuela.
Their country took a major hit from TWO 7+ magnitude earthquakes.
They are saying thousands dead,
“The people who talk the most generally know the least”
“He who has never failed has never tried”
“You will know the worth of water when the wells run dry”
“If they act like they don’t care, believe them”
“Life is hard enough, don’t help it be harder”
“Understand the difference between being looked at and being seen”
Keir Starmer is leaving as Prime Minister.
I doubt anyone will be sorry for him to go
Y’know, England could one day be great again….
If they got their shit together and decided to be the people they once were.
Currently they kowtow to foreigners and the EU, and elect losers to govern them. And it is killing their country.
Happy Father’s Day!! (Thanks Dad!)
(There are reports of massive confusion in the South Side of Chicago and in nearby Gary Indiana)
and:
Happy Solstice.
The days only get shorter from here.
“The way to stop discriminating on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race,” (Chief Justice John Robers)
Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes raced-based scholarship program:
Who woulda thought that preference in scholarships based on skin color and ancestry was racism?
At least without having to huff oxygen from a mask…
The 340 pressurization issue is fixed.
Turned out is was a sticking outflow valve.
Simple soap and water, some compressed air, and a tiny bit of LPS fixed it…which is good because there are none available and we could not find anyplace to buy a rebuilt one.
4.2 psi differential, a 9000 ft cabin at 25,000 ft. At that altitude we can go pretty fast and cover some ground if the winds are right.
The weather was gorgeous for a flight: Severe VFR, clear and smooth: The view out the windows on the test flight as we turned back north at FL22 (22,000 ft) was spectacular though.
their Juneteenth (what a totally stupid name) Celebrations….
Thing is, most black people have no idea why it is a special day, or what it’s significance is.
But hey, they all get a free day off, so they are happy.
