Gloomy

If you are sick of me telling you it was another cool, gray, dreary, rainy day, I am even more sick of living through another cool, gray, dreary, rainy day. It's going to be like this tomorrow too, and maybe Saturday and Sunday now, and Monday, and probably Tuesday. Enough with the gray and the rain!!

Kaylee passed two things in Level Two gymnastics today, so that made her happy. :)

I did more time sheet entering and other various things throughout the day. Since I don't feel like talking about errands and work, I'll bring up three totally unrelated aviation things, for no real reason, which some of you may not want to read, just to warn you.

First up in the "Scary but Okay" category, this picture is of a young man, new pilot, and his friend, who landed on top of a snowy mountain and proceeded to slide off of the top of a 1500' cliff sideways. Their plane stopped at this angle, and they were able to climb out the one side and get to safety. Everyone was fine. Personally, I would need a change of shorts.

Secondly, in the "Whatever" category, come internet forums, specifically flying ones. They are full of "experts", that's for sure. Today's "whatever" comment came from one person who said these two things: "The Viking reminded me of the guys I talked with who flew the F104- short wing, lots of power, 'good descent ability.' When you ran out of airspeed it dropped." and then there was "Then (I flew) the Comanche, and it seems like a P-51 from what everyone I have heard - the wing flies perfectly - right until it stops flying." I'll even ignore both "it drops when it stops flying/runs out of airspeed" comments. But the other... So let me get this straight. The Viking flies similar to an F-104, and a Comanche flies similar to a P-51. Seriously? Wait, you're right, I can see how a 4-seat 260HP (usually) tricycle gear family airplane resembles a 1500 HP 2-seat taildragger warbird. After all, they both have wings, a prop, control surfaces and wheels. I sure noticed the similarities. *eyeroll*

Third, in the "Not Good In Any Way" category, this doesn't look that bad, but looks are deceiving. The plane had an engine failure, and the pilot successfully turned the plane around and landed on the runway with a tailwind. He landed long and ran off the end of the runway, which caused the plane to flip over into this shallow water, which you can see is barely over the top. Unfortunately, the Yak canopy doesn't have any significant structure to support it, so a nose-over can crush the occupants. That didn't happen this time, so they avoided injury from both the engine failure and the flip over. But even more unfortunately, the canopy slides aft (back), and if weight is on the canopy, it can't be opened. They couldn't get out, and the two in the plane drowned in just inches of water. What an awful thing. It gives me a bit of the heebie jeebies, and reminds me of the adage of opening the canopy for takeoffs and landings in certain airplanes under certain conditions. *shakes it off*

My laptop is now officially unable to be charged and my desktop fan is groaning and dying, so pretty soon I may be computerless. But it could certainly be worse!

Tomorrow is Friday, cold cut sandwiches and pies...