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1. 08:26 AM - 2755L has a new owner (Robert Bullock)
2. 07:06 PM - Twas the night before Christmas (Chris Wall)
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| Subject: | 2755L has a new owner |
--> Commander-List message posted by: Robert Bullock <rcbullock@cox.net>
According to the FAA database, 2755L, which was at Assoc Aero at PWA, has a new
owner. This was the one they got like $25K for with new -MV props with like 70
hours on them.
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| Subject: | Twas the night before Christmas |
--> Commander-List message posted by: "Chris Wall" <cwall@worldflight2000.com>
Don't know if this had been posted before, but it was the first time I had seen
it.
Happy Holidays,
Chris
>>'Twas the night before Christmas, and out on the ramp,
>>Not an airplane was stirring, not even a Champ.
>>The aircraft were fastened to tiedowns with care,
>>In hopes that come morning, they all would be there.
>>
>>The fuel trucks were nestled, all snug in their spots,
>>With gusts from two-forty at 39 knots.
>>I slumped at the fuel desk, now finally caught up,
>>And settled down comfortably, resting my butt.
>>
>>When the radio lit up with noise and with chatter,
>>I turned up the scanner to see what was the matter.
>>A voice clearly heard over static and snow,
>>Called for clearance to land at the airport below.
>>
>>He barked his transmission so lively and quick,
>>I'd have sworn that the call sign he used was "St. Nick".
>>I ran to the panel to turn up the lights,
>>The better to welcome this magical flight.
>>
>>He called his position, no room for denial,
>>"St. Nicholas One, turnin' left onto final."
>>And what to my wondering eyes should appear,
>>But a Rutan-built sleigh, with eight Rotax Reindeer!
>>
>>With vectors to final, down the glideslope he came,
>>As he passed all fixes, he called them by name:
>>"Now Ringo! Now Tolga! Now Trini and Bacun!
>>On Comet! On Cupid!" What pills was he takin'?
>>
>>While controllers were sittin', and scratchin' their head,
>>They phoned to my office, and I heard it with dread,
>>The message they left was both urgent and dour:
>>"When Santa pulls in, have him please call the tower."
>>
>>He landed like silk, with the sled runners sparking,
>>Then I heard "Left at Charlie," and "Taxi to parking."
>>He slowed to a taxi, turned off of three-oh
>>And stopped on the ramp with a "Ho, ho-ho-ho..."
>>
>>He stepped out of the sleigh, but before he could talk,
>>I ran out to meet him with my best set of chocks.
>>His red helmet and goggles were covered with frost
>>And his beard was all blackened from Reindeer exhaust.
>>
>>His breath smelled like peppermint, gone slightly stale,
>>And he puffed on a pipe, but he didn't inhale.
>>His cheeks were all rosy and jiggled like jelly,
>>His boots were as black as a cropduster's belly.
>>
>>He was chubby and plump, in his suit of bright red,
>>And he asked me to "fill it, with hundred low-lead."
>>He came dashing in from the snow-covered pump,
>>I knew he was anxious for drainin' the sump.
>>
>>I spoke not a word, but went straight to my work,
>>And I filled up the sleigh, but I spilled like a jerk.
>>He came out of the restroom, and sighed in relief,
>>Then he picked up a phone for a Flight Service brief.
>>
>>And I thought as he silently scribed in his log,
>>These reindeer could land in an eighth-mile fog.
>>He completed his pre-flight, from the front to the rear,
>>Then he put on his headset, and I heard him yell, "Clear!"
>>
>>And laying a finger on his push-to-talk,
>>He called up the tower for clearance and squawk.
>>"Take taxiway Charlie, the southbound direction,
>>Turn right three-two-zero at pilot's discretion"
>>
>>He sped down the runway, the best of the best,
>>"Your traffic's a Commander, inbound from the west."
>>Then I heard him proclaim, as he climbed thru the night,
>>"Merry Christmas to all! I have traffic in sight."
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