We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/heh_2.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:44:57 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Anybody seen Neffi or Bill lately? Photo taken at Meadowlake Airport , Falcon, Colorado (suburb of COS ). Reportedly the pilot walked away after climbing down a tree. H/t, Dick T.... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/heh_2.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/heh_2.html Sat, 13 Jan 2007 09:11:17 -0600 http://use.perl.org/comments.pl?cid=42456&sid=27976]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/heh_2.html#comment-55020 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/heh_2.html#comment-55020 Sun, 14 Jan 2007 05:14:23 -0600 Why'd he try to land in the tree when there's a perfectly good set of wires just to his right? Hmmpf. 'Nother "clear-eyed, buoyant extrovert" just had his insurance rates raised... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/heh_2.html#comment-55010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/heh_2.html#comment-55010 Sat, 13 Jan 2007 21:17:40 -0600 Ah, Meadowlake...that's where two classmates and I rented an airplane our senior year to go see the away game at Arkansas. We never made it, but the trees we hit weren't that big (but they were big enough to cushion the impact). Airplane didn't make it. We did. Long story... -Instapilot P.S. Yeah, we lost to Arkansas. This was before we got rid of coach Martin retired. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/heh_2.html#comment-55007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/heh_2.html#comment-55007 Sat, 13 Jan 2007 16:47:46 -0600 Good point there, anyone can fly by jumping a building it's the troublesome landing procedure that gets you every time. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/heh_2.html#comment-54999 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/heh_2.html#comment-54999 Sat, 13 Jan 2007 10:55:20 -0600 Perhaps now American Aviation will expand their training curriculum to include 'landing' as well as 'flying'... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/heh_2.html#comment-54997 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/heh_2.html#comment-54997 Sat, 13 Jan 2007 10:42:33 -0600