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DC-4 (Carvair) crash – What is it?

Today’s AvWeb had the story of a DC-4 (Carvair) crash in Alaska.

What is it?

Off to Google…

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/06/06/ap3794939.html
Crash story

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=0094415
ATL-98 Carvair in flight.

Now that is neat looking – sort of.

http://www.airliners.net/info/stats.main?id=49
Roomy interior

More pics
http://tinyurl.com/yoxmfk
(Same link as below)

Airliners.net pics of the ATL-98 Carvair
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?aircraftsearch=Aviation%…

Montblack

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Turbo 182T "renter's cruise"

http://tinyurl.com/2kb22d

Click on the center picture and use the site’s zoom feature.

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Sparky Imeson's Crash

For those of us mountain pilots/instructors:
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2007/06/05/helena/00aa.txt.txt

A few months ago, I also learned that Fletcher Anderson of "Flying the
Mountains" had died in a crash:

http://www.usawildwater.com/news/2005/051206_Fletcher.htm
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief2.asp?ev_id=20051128X01892&ntsbno=DEN06…

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*L00K* what these girls get down their throat!

http://goofythroat.info – amazing what goes down these girls throats
no gag reflex!

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Mountain and Canyon flying instruction: Colorado, Idaho, Utah!

There are still a few seats available in the
June 16 Colorado Pilots Association Mountain Flying Ground school.
This is usually a small, more intimate course with 20-25 participants.
Please see below.

Bill Standerfer and Jer/ Eberhard are teaching the June 16 course.

There are still a few reservations available in Idaho, too.
Jer/ Eberhard is on staff for June 13 and June 25.

Pointers to mountain and canyon flying instruction below…

- Mountain and Canyon Flying, McCall, Idaho
    http://www.mountaincanyonflying.com/

- Colorado Pilots Association, Denver, Colorado
    http://www.coloradopilots.org/

- Mountain Flying Aviation, LTD, Fort Collins/Greeley, Colorado (Me).
    http://users.frii.net/jer/

  Cessna 172, Cessna 172RG, Cessna 182, rentals available at
  http://poudreaviation.com  Greeley – Weld County Airport (GXY), Colorado.

I am on staff for Mountain and Canyon Flying, McCall, Idaho:

  June  26 – 29, 2007   (Basic Course – McCall, Idaho)

  Come, fly with us!

Jer/ Eberhard

—–Original Message—–

> Subject: Mountain/Canyon flying: CO/ID/UT!

There are a few openings available in the Idaho back country
mountain flying courses this summer.  If you are interested in the
next level of flying, it may be mountain, canyon and back country
flying!  Please consider attending one of these seminars with back
country instruction this summer!

If you have heard about the Idaho back country, then you know what I
mean.  If you haven’t, then please consider browsing and putting
McCall, Idaho on your summer adventure list!  McCall is an excellent
place from which to launch into the Idaho back country.  There are
50 airstrips in the Frank Church "River of No Return" Wilderness
area, and nearby back country.  This is the coolest place in the
lower 48.. of course Alaska is better, but it is a long way away.
  :-)

  http://www.mountaincanyonflying.com/

I’ve been, it is GREAT!  I am on staff for a few weeks this summer.

Jer/ Eberhard

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Ripped from McCall Mountain Canyon Flying, LLC web pages:

  http://www.mountaincanyonflying.com/

News & Events

  * Lori MacNichol is the American Champion Factory Authorized
    Flight Instructor for the Northwestern United States.

Our experienced flight instructors have over 75 years and 25,000
hours flying in the Idaho back country. McCall Mountain/Canyon
Flying Seminars, LLC can provide a fun and educational introduction
to the flying skills needed to operate safely in this unique
environment.

2007 Seminar Schedule

  April 25 – 29, 2007   (Advanced Course – Utah Canyonlands Safari)
  Sept 26 – 30, 2007    (Advanced Course – Utah Canyonlands Safari)
  June 13 – 17, 2007    (Flying "B" Backcountry Excursion)
  June 18 – 22, 2007    (Advanced Course – Big Creek)
  June 26 – 29, 2007    (Basic Course)
  July 10 – 13, 2007    (Basic Course)
  July 17 – 20, 2007    (Basic Course)
  July 24 – 27, 2007    (Basic Course)

  You need to take the Basic Course before an Advanced Course.

McCall Mountain Canyon Flying, LLC
P.O. Box 1175
McCall, ID 83638
Phone: 208-634-1344
Fax: 208-692-1682
ad…@mountaincanyonflying.com

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COLORADO PILOTS ASSOCIATION:  AIR SAFETY FOUNDATION

If you have not (yet) had your mountain or high density altitude
training, may I humbly suggest the Colorado Pilots Association:

  http://www.coloradopilots.org/

Choose "Mountain Flying", then "Training Seminar", gets to:

  http://www.coloradopilots.org/content_mtnfly_class.asp?menuID=16~16

MOUNTAIN FLYING – HIGH ELEVATION AIRPORT OPERATIONS GROUND SCHOOLS

WHEN:  Saturdays:
       June 16, 2007   at Centennial Airport (APA), Denver, Colo.
       August 11, 2007 at Centennial Airport (APA), Denver, Colo.

Centennial Airport (APA).  SPONSORED BY THE COLORADO AIR SAFETY
FOUNDATION: The Colorado Air Safety Foundation is a non-profit
corporation organized and operated exclusively for the purpose of
promoting and furthering education and public safety in the aviation
industry. In Colorado, accident statistics show that pilots without
the skills needed for safe flight over mountainous terrain often get
themselves in situations which are beyond their capability to
handle.  The mountain flying course is a program developed to
improve that capability.

THE COURSE: The ground school course was originally developed by the
Colorado Pilots Association in 1986. It is presented in Colorado at
least twice each year and occasionally at out-of-state locations. It
is taught by Colorado pilots who live and fly the mountains in
business and recreational flying. Through the years it has evolved
into one of the premier safety training courses of its kind.

The course takes the student on a simulated flight over several
mountain passes and into a number of high elevation mountain
airports.  Instructors take time to discuss factors affecting the
safety of flight at each step on the route and make extensive use of
aerial photography and a technical workbook to illustrate
information needed for a safe flight. The workbook is part of the
course materials provided under the registration fee for the course.

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MOUNTAIN FLYING AVIATION, LTD, FORT COLLINS/GREELEY, COLORADO, USA

If you can not make any of the above, or want personalized
instruction tailored to your needs, wants, and desires, all is not
lost!  I offer mountain flying instruction year around, based out of
Greeley – Weld County Airport (GXY), one-on-one, (rentals available:
Cessna 172, Cessna 172RG, Cessna 182, at http://poudreaviation.com )
or if you have a high enough performance aircraft, two of you and
one of me (C182, C206, C210, Bonanza, Big Cherokee, or the
equivalent).  Taildraggers into the high country, too.  There are
more details, and some interesting stories on my web page, if you
would care to click in:

  http://users.frii.net/jer/

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If you have questions, or I may be of service, please do not
hesitate to contact me!

Best regards,

Jer/ "Flight instruction and mountain flying are my vocations!"

Jer/ (Slash) Eberhard, Mountain Flying Aviation, LTD, Ft Collins, CO
CELL 970 231-6325 EMAIL jer’at’frii.com  http://users.frii.com/jer/
C-206, CFII Airplane&Glider, FAA-DEN Aviation Safety Counselor
CAP-CO Mission&Aircraft CheckPilot BM218 HAM N0FZD 247 Young Eagles!

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█(_Y_)█ Jessica Simpson Naked Car Wash Videos

http://boobs.stentorinternet.info – Watch the Xrated version of
Jessica Simpson washing cars.

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MI5 Persecution: Question and Answer 27/9/95 (2737)

In article <DFGxnF.Cr8.0.bl…@torfree.net>
           bu…@torfree.net "Mike Corley" writes:

>>> ##: There were also a few other things said at the trial
>>> ##: relating to this which I won’t repeat here; it was in the papers
>>> ##: at the time anyway. This quote and others said by and about this
>>> ##: witness were repeating things that had been said by and about
>>> ##: me at around that time.

                When, where and by whom ?  Let’s have some details
                that can be checked.

I’m not going to repeat them. They’re hurtful to me because they contained abuse that was
directed against me by someone else at the time and which got picked up and thrown again
in the trial. It is a matter of record but I won’t repeat it here.

>>> PM: >Who’s character is being assassinated? It isn’t clear from the post.
>>> PM: >Are we talking about Grenville Janner? I thought he was a spook
>>> PM: >himself? He’s certainly able to hold his own on the issue you cite.
>>> ##: Mine, mainly. The reason for putting that episode at the top
>>> ##: of the posting is that they tried to kill two birds with one stone
>>> ##: at the Beck trial – they simultaneously put words into the mouth
>>> ##: of their invented "witness" to smear Janner, and repeated exactly,
>>> ##: word-for-word, stuff which had been said by and about me.

                Why would "they" wish to assassinate your character?

Well, let’s put it this way – just because this is the first time it’s happened in this way,
from these people, on this scale, doesn’t mean that it hasn’t happened before, on a lesser
scale. At university there were people who quite overtly hated me and would have wished
something nasty to happen to me. Because of where I went making the wrong sort of enemies
is pretty deadly.

"They" would wish to assassinate my character because it had all been done before, and
because they knew I would not be able to react in any other way than I’d reacted previously.

>>> ##: They invaded my home with their bugs, they repeated what I
>>> ##: was saying in the privacy of my home, and they laughed that it
>>> ##: was "so funny", that I was impotent and could not even communicate
>>> ##: what was going on. Who did this? Our friends on BBC television,
>>> ##: our friends in ITN, last but not least our friends in Capital
>>> ##: Radio in London and on Radio 1.

                Please give details of when, where and by whom these
                comments were made, so that they can be checked.

This was four, five years ago… sorry, I don’t remember. I can remember individual incidents,
words which were repeated by different people at different times in different locations.

Around the end of 1992 Private Eye rtan a front-cover with John and Norma Major, with
the title "Major’s support lowest ever" and John saying to Norma "Come back norma" on the
front cover. What can you read in to that? Not a lot, seems like standard fare for PE.
The first time I saw it I was in the pub with some people from work. One was expressing doubts
to the other (let’s call the first one Simon, shall we? and the second one Phil?) about
whether what was going on was right. Phil’s answer was that if Private Eye was doing it
then it must be ok, "they’re usually right".

A few days later, again near work, there were some students laughing in the street,
"Were you COMING BACK later? But I thought you said you were COMING BACK ha ha ha?"
Play on words, you see. Not very nice, either. I had start medication soon afterwards.
Clever people, these chaps who think up PE titles. Just slightly lacking in any
sense of morality.

>>> ##: How did they do this? I’ll give you an example. About a year ago,
>>> ##: I was listening to Chris Tarrant (Capital Radio DJ among other
>>> ##: pursuits) on his radio morning show, when he said, talking about
>>> ##: someone he didn’t identify, "you know this bloke? he says we’re
>>> ##: trying to kill him. We should be done for attempted manslaughter"
>>> ##: which mirrored something I had said a day or two before.
>>> ##: Now that got broadcast to the whole of London – if any recordings
>>> ##: are kept of the shows then it’ll be there.

                What was the date of the broadcast ?
                Out of 2 million plus listeners, why should you be
                the only one that Tarrant was allegedly referring to ?

Sometyime in spring 1994. I can’t remember the date, I heard the broadcast in the
car – I was going into the office from London that day and just happened to snap
on the radio, and hey presto! Mr Tarrant gives us the benefit of his excellent
understanding.

>>> ##: That’s exactly what we did. We went to a competent, professional                            
>>> ##: detective agency in London, paid them over 400 quid to debug our house.                    
>>> ##: They found nothing.                                                                        

                What was the name of the detective agency and their                                
                address ?                                                                          

I don’t see why I should tell you that, but they’re in Yellow Pages; they’re
a well-established outfit.

>>> PM: >What? Spend a quarter mil. a year to amuse themselves? And why not
>>> PM: >change every now and again? Why keep watching you? (Unless you _are_
>>> PM: >doing something, and I don’t think you are, though you may have some
>>> PM: >deep, dark secret in your past.)

>>> ##: See the above.

                Is there a deep dark secret in your past ?

Apart from "it’s all happened before in a different way", no.

>>> ##: In a couple of cases people have even known my name – when I was in
>>> ##: London over Easter somebody (no idea who they were, just some bloke with
>>> ##: his girlfriend) called me by name  - quite clearly, and my name is
>>> ##: distinctive.

                Is your name truly Mike Corley, or are you using it as
                an alias ?

It’s an alias. I’m not English by ethnic origin. If someone manages to pronounce
my name as well as that guy did then they must have been really trying.

>>> ##: There’s a little story behind this. First of all, in 1992 I worked
>>> ##: for a company where the people made clear they knew what was going on,
>>> ##: first of all directly (the very first evening I was there I went out to
>>> ##: the pub with them and the Technical Director said to another guy,
>>> ##: "is this the bloke who’s been on TV?" "yeah, I think so")

                Have you appeared, or been reported by name on TV ?
                When, where and by whom ?

No. Never. Not directly.

>>> ##: Also, in summer 1992 I went on a trip abroad to Europe by coach,

                What was the name of the coach company and your date
                of departure ?

It was a national express coach. At dover we boarded a ferry for Holland somewhere.
The company that organized the trip went out of business some time ago, so they won’t
have records of passengers – so we can’t get any corroboration from anyone else
that way. We tried all that last summer, ran into a brick wall.

The other thing is in summer 1992 I was visibly ill, so other people in the
party might remember that more than anyone getting at me on the coach trip.

>>> ##: >>Yes, this gets me. I think the answer is that I was set up by
>>> ##: >>someone. I was very aware when this started back in 1990 that I
>>> ##: >>was being painted as a "threat" to which people had to "react"

                Why were you being painted as a "threat"; is this related
                to a "deep,dark, secret" ?

Aaaarrrrgh. I think I should make clear that that’s their created justification
rather than the real reason. They started harassing first and then came up with the
reasons for it.

>>> ##: I think I know who set me up.

                Who ?

Someone who knew me some time ago. Someone who would have been able to talk this
little campaign into existence.

>>> ##: The bloke can’t even control his own mind without medicine.

                Is this true ?  What is the medication and dosage ?

Yes, I’m afraid so. Sulpiride, 200mg a day. It’s designed to stop people
coming up with the sort of ideas you’ve heard here for the last few weeks.
Give him a higher dose!!

In the long term it causes tardive dyskinesia, tardive dementia and general
nasty stuff to your brain. So it’s three years of sulpiride talking to you here.

>–
>john heelan

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ACLU sues Jeppesen for Flights

This is rich.  The [Anti] American Civil Liberties Union, also known for
its staunch support of the North American Man-Boy Lovers Association
(NAMBLA), just filed a suit of Boeing’s Jeppesen subsidiary.  The
reason?  The ACLU is accusing Jeppesen for providing flight services to
the CIA, which Boeing "knew or should have known," was using for the
purpose of "torturing" terrorists.

Even assuming for the purpose of the argument that the CIA was actually
torturing terrorists, why would Jeppesen be at fault?  They merely
provide navigation support and handling for air traffic control, fuel
requirements, formalities, etc. for airplanes.  Somehow ACLU wants to
hold  Jeppesen responsible for running a torture chamber too.

Why not sue the company that made the diodes in the VOR beacons that the
flights may have used, or the headset manufacturer too?  What a pity
that valuable court resources are consumed by the ACLU’s bilge.

http://charlotte.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2007/05/28/daily21.html

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OT: Perhaps there's hope for us all?

Just got back from a wedding, and it’s given me new hope for mankind.

You see, the groom is the son of a pilot-friend of ours, from a fine,
strong, second-generation Sicilian-Italian-American family.   We’re
talking folks with names like "Corleone" and "Dimaggio"…

His bride is from the Ta family, from what was once called South Viet
Nam.  They met at the University, fell in love, and make a fantastic
couple.

Her family came to this country as refugees, the last time we
abandoned an ally mid-war, and are as different from the Italians as
rice is from lasagna.

The bride’s family is Buddhist, and the resulting marriage ceremony
was beautiful and wondrous.  The groom’s family is Catholic, and the
resulting marriage ceremony was traditional and formal.

Together, these families have found common ground, thanks to their
children — and the resulting wedding reception was fabulous.  The
Americans were fed a choice of steak, chicken, or fish, while the
Vietnamese were offered traditional foods from their home country.
Everyone shared the cake.

As the reception progressed, and the music began, the Italian clan was
clearly in the lead, and started dancing to the traditional Italian
wedding dances (played on an ITunes-driven music system), with groups
of people holding hands in a large circle dancing around the happy
couple.

At first, the Vietnamese were reticent to join in, but — as the open
bar took hold — they soon took to the floor, and were happily
clapping and laughing.   Although they couldn’t communicate verbally,
it was obvious by nights end that they were all "family".

As we watch the Middle East melt down day after day, and we observe
Western civilizations trying to comprehend the hatred shown towards
them, it’s heartening to experience such a co-mingling of cultures.

If two cultures this foreign can join successfully and joyously,
perhaps there’s hope for this world yet?

Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

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Cars are much more dangerous than planes

See

http://us.cnn.com/2007/US/06/02/pedestrians.struck.ap/index.html

One car injured 35 people by plowing deliberately through a festival.

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