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mtgoat666
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Why do people expect that everything on the internet should be free? 
I told my phone company that my DSL service should be given to me for free. They told me to pound sand 
I told my cable TV company they should provide free basic cable, an I would pay if I chose premium channel. They too told me to pound sand
So yesterday I voted for a socialist, and he won!
Soon everything will be free, and the elitists will foot the bill for me and my free-loading compatriots 
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fishbuck
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Russ
I was outside kinda working and remember the plane taking off. It's one of a few turbos here. If I had noticed/heard a problem with the engines during
take off I would have looked up. I'm the nearest home to the runway on the Shell Beach side. Maybe 3 miles from the crash site and never heard a thing
until I got a phone call from a friend at the crash site an hour or so after. I understand there are a lot of you that have a genuine interest in this
but I am uncomfortable, right now, talking about it. I wish peace to all family and friends of the pilot. |
Thanks for the info. I'm sure it is very disturbing. If I wasn't a bit disturbed by it I wouldn't be interested.
I think we know all there is to know for now anyway.
Very tragic.
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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dtbushpilot
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
Why do people expect that everything on the internet should be free?
I told my phone company that my DSL service should be given to me for free. They told me to pound sand
I told my cable TV company they should provide free basic cable, an I would pay if I chose premium channel. They too told me to pound sand
So yesterday I voted for a socialist, and he won!
Soon everything will be free, and the elitists will foot the bill for me and my free-loading compatriots |
"We'll all be drinkin free Bubble-Up, and eatin that rainbow stew......Merl Haggard......dt
Sorry for the hijack but I've had that song stuck in my head since the election....
[Edited on 11-6-2008 by dtbushpilot]
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capt. mike
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i think the reference was to turbine engines
| Quote: | Originally posted by thebajarunner
""in 27 years of flying to popular places like the Serenidad i can count on 1/2 a hand the number of different turbo props i have seen there - and
mostly it is the same one, a nice aero commander 680 whose owner has a place on the hill before the turn to Posada. ""
In the early 80's I flew my 210T (N222T) several times into Serinadad.
Had a friend who was interested in resurrecting the mess at Punta Chivato, but in the end he lost interest.
Guess I must have used up most of those fingers you were counting |
not turbo charged pistons which are a dime a dozen in baja.
what i was saying was in response to some one who was implying that BBP guys were a bunch of turbine operators which is not the case proportionally.
Switch gears.....fishbuck - read DT bushpilot's 1st post on this thread - he said succinctly what i left out. $49 is chicken feed compared to what you
spend flying and goes to a great cause if you would agree baja flying benefits from some level of group support to keep fees in check, and benefits
from group activities including search and rescue, mechanical assistance, medical charity to the impoverished and serious relief efforts. Besides
comraderie with really fun and adventurous people.
I applaud DT's offer to pay your dues for a year but must say if you join with his money it speaks volumes. And if you don't become a member but
continue to enjoy baja by air that's fine too - you aren't the only pilot that plies the southern skies as a non member. i meet them frequently all
over baja - they are the ones asking questions all the time - and i am glad to help them out - many join us.
i burn 14 an hour in cruise. what about you? in 45 minutes or so of flying i spend in fuel alone the equivalent of a year's support to a great
organization of which i am extremely proud to be a member. i flew about 130 hours last year. My dues were a pittance.
regards the Beech 200 crash, there is no more info currently on BBP than has been spilled here so all of you who are of "inquiring minds" who want to
know, well you know as much as i do now. RIP Jim Minear.
i leave fri morning on a medical charity flight to our Lopez Mateo clinic with about 10 other BBP pilots and their planes loaded with medicos. I
invite you to ride along Fishbuck and see what we do and meet some great guys. maybe i can change your mind about joining and helping the BBP keep on
doing whatb they do.
formerly Ordained in Rev. Ewing\'s Church by Mail - busted on tax fraud.......
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beercan
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Not true Mike
After the "new trip fee" was instituted in 1999, private air travel fell by approximately 75%. I didn't fly my Bird into Mexico for 3 years. I was
the first private plane thru Mexicali with the "new annual permit" in 2002. The situation existed for almost 3 years .
| Quote: | by Mike
that went on for a full year before BBP's efforts alone got it repealed to become an annual multi entry permit. Maybe you weren't a baja flyer then.
Well at $56 a trip ADDED on i guess you wouldn't have gone often if you can't cough up a lousy $50 a year for a proven support organization.
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Diver
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Just read this thread; very good posts from DT and the Captain.
I never got beyond my first three flight lessons 30 years ago but I'm going to join BBP anyway.
When I used to view for free, it was a great resource for Baja info; well worth the price !!
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beercan
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Sorry , Mike , but myself and several others
laughed at many of the posts on the site. Ford even guffawed at them . There were some interesting and informative posts , but many were so stupid
you had to wonder which cereal box they got their license from. I wouldn't fly with them.
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But it is quality not quantity which counts, contrary to most free open sites I participate in, including this one.
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* B. Hussein Obama - an Empty Suit for Empty Minds.
* Annoy a liberal - Work hard and be happy!
* Arguing facts & truth to libs is like bringing a warm smile to a gun fight.
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beercan
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Haven't flown with me yet !
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I would not want to fly Baja with a private pilot who shunned BBP membership. nena
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* B. Hussein Obama - an Empty Suit for Empty Minds.
* Annoy a liberal - Work hard and be happy!
* Arguing facts & truth to libs is like bringing a warm smile to a gun fight.
* Lets win the War on Terror
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capt. mike
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i know - and Ford usually emailed me
when someone would insert foot in mouth.....a certain Mooney driver comes to mind.. and
we'd share good laughs over it.
but really Bob, those posts are in the minority taken on the whole. you have a few knuckleheads on all web forums. how about the off topic here for
guffaws!! and they are on these sections too.
i forgot the entry tax went 3 years before Jack got it chhanged though. i was still flying south several times a year though. hope to see you south
soon Bob.
| Quote: | Originally posted by beercan
laughed at many of the posts on the site. Ford even guffawed at them . There were some interesting and informative posts , but many were so stupid
you had to wonder which cereal box they got their license from. I wouldn't fly with them.
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But it is quality not quantity which counts, contrary to most free open sites I participate in, including this one.
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formerly Ordained in Rev. Ewing\'s Church by Mail - busted on tax fraud.......
Now joined L. Ron Hoover\'s church of Appliantology
\"Remember there is a big difference between kneeling down and bending over....\"
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