It looks like I bought a 340.

Now we gotta do the inspections and I gotta get the type specific training mandated by the insurance company.

So about three weeks

It is pointed out in this article that, among other issues with Electric Vehicles, they are, mostly, coal powered vehicles….and that they aren’t as “Green” as people think…

The mining of Lithium (for batteries) can be inexpensive or it can be environmentally friendly, but not both. Copper, also, can be “green” or it can be inexpensive…but it can’t be both.

Ultimately, Electric vehicles aren’t as green as they are made out to be….they just cause pollution somewhere else….out of sight.

68 shot, 10 dead.

Mostly on the South Side of Chicago.

Cops didn’t do it.

Black Lives Matter, except not to black people….

And a perfect example of what is wrong with the Woke folks”

The town of Evanston, Illinois, is holding Pride and Juneteenth parades during the month of June, but canceling July 4 fireworks and Independence Day festivities.

Nothing wrong with celebrating alternative holidays, but not at the cost of patriotism and pride of country. Especially when it is all virtue signaling.

It is said that a father is the foundation upon which his children build their morality and judgement for their adulthood.

For a son, it is the base upon which he builds his foundation for manhood.

I had a good base upon which to build.

Happy Fathers day, Dad.

It’s Fathers Day!

Seriously, Happy Father’s Day to my Dad and every Dad out there.

I was lucky, I grew up with a Dad. Others not so much…

Yesterday I turned the plane over to it’s new owner.

Nice to see his enthusiasm as we went over systems and he prepared to fly his new (to him) off into the skies for his journey home.

Sad though….it was MY first plane. Kinda sorry to let it go.

But it is just a plane…aluminum and rivets and such.

And the market for 182’s is high right now. Even after the money I put into the plane (some repairs and having the cylinders done, ADSB transponder, etc)….I came out WAY ahead.

Essentially, I have flown for the past 3 years for free, even including fuel, hangarage, and insurance.

But I was sad watching it take off without me.

What a joke.

It commemorates the end of slavery in Texas, NOT the emancipation proclamation. (I have heard many people, black and white.say that it commemorates the latter, not the former)

The best part though? The actual date is June 19th…but this is a moveable holiday, so this year, we celebrate it a day early. Note: The FIRST “Juneteenth”  isn’t even celebrated on Juneteenth….You know, really it is just an excuse to give Federal workers a day off.

If it were really a revered and special holiday, it’s date would be fixed, like Christmas, or Independence Day…. not moveable for the convenience of Federal employees. It could have had meaning and reverence and been something special…but it isn’t and it hasn’t.

In other words, it is a joke.

The Media would be trumpeting it to the skies. Claims of “Hate Crime” would be generated every few minutes. We’d be hearing how all White people are Racist and such….

Facebook would be blowing up.

There would be riots and Burning/Looting/Murdering in the streets of most cities.

But since it was a Black man, and only whites can be racist,……

Black man says he targeted white men in shooting spree.

And the media says as little as possible…..

I’ve taken a job as a tailgunner on a lumber delivery truck.

Nah, I’ve just got a lot going on. Sold the 182, looking at other planes, pulled something in my back, and just generally hectic.