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1. 07:07 AM - Re: IGUANA FLIGHT (Randy Dettmer, AIA)
2. 08:14 AM - Re: IGUANA FLIGHT (YOURTCFG@aol.com)
3. 10:12 AM - Re: IGUANA FLIGHT (John Vormbaum)
4. 05:42 PM - Re: IGUANA FLIGHT (YOURTCFG@aol.com)
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--> Commander-List message posted by: "Randy Dettmer, AIA" <rcdettmer@charter.net>
Great story JB...always enjoy hearing about your adventures. Keep it
up...and remember, life is a journey, not a destination. You are on quite a
trip.
Randy Dettmer
680F/N6253X
----- Original Message -----
From: <YOURTCFG@aol.com>
Subject: Commander-List: IGUANA FLIGHT
> --> Commander-List message posted by: YOURTCFG@aol.com
>
> HI KIDS.
>
> Well, The newsletters are finally in the mail!! What a wrestling
> match!!. Everybody should have them in a few days. I will be sending
another
> right after the flyin to get back in schedule.
> I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I had a rather unique
mission
> to fly delivering a couple of iguanas from a rescue in Seattle. It is
> finished. I flew triple 2 2100 Nautical miles over three days.
> It began with a short run from PDX to a small private field in the
> Seattle area. Apex is great little airport. I met the gal form the
rescue and
> placed aboard two great iguanas. Cleo is a 7 year old female with some
serious
> health issues. She suffered from Metabolic bone desises as a baby and now
> has a badly deformed face. She also is missing a total of 5 tows, but she
is
> now healthy, happy and a real survivor. I delivered her to a new home in
> Billings Montana (BIL), 579KM form here. The trip was short with a bit of
a
> tailwind, but lots of TFRAs for forest fires. One was identified by a 5
corned box
> (" the 030 radial from the xyz vor, 22miles to a point 033 radial and 26
miles
> to a point......")
> I spent a couple of hours helping her adjust and then was off to
> Caldwell Idaho, about 400KM. I was met by my Son, Chad, and a close
friend Jim
> Raeder. Jim is a pro photographer and works for the EAA. He had arranged
a
> photo shoot of a new homebuilt Super Cub clone on amphibious floats. I
will be
> writing an article for In Flight USA about the airplane.
> I flew the camera ship on this mission and then did a flight test
on
> the airplane the next day, what a great airplane. Why would anybody want
a
> "certified" Cub??
> My Son's flight instructor is red hot to own a 680E so I gave him a
> demo flight. What fun!! He is now really looking for his own Commander.
> The next day I left for Stockton CA and had lunch with Morris
Kernick.
> I had an appointment to deliver the second iguana, "Pox" to her new home
> late that afternoon from Hayward. Pox stole my heart. She is truly a
wonderful
> pet. Shortly after t.o. from Billings, I let her out of her cage (I
removed
> the RH center seat to accommodate a couple of iguana cages). She sat on
my
> leather flight bag, on the co-pilot seat and looked out the window. She
really
> had a great flight and acted like she actually enjoyed flying. On the
trip to
> Stockton, she also rode on the seat or on my shoulder. She had no problem
> dinning on collard greens 2.5 miles high. I have some great photos of her
> including one of her reflection in the spinner while sleeping on my arm.
She is
> truly a little doll.
> I got finished up with her delivery about 9pm and made a night t.o.
> out of Hayward. What a great night flight home!! 12.5, not a cloud in
the
> night sky. I had a ripping tail wind and saw 248KTS ground speed
(287mph!!) I
> made the nearly 500 KM trip in about 2 hours. I flew by the east side of
Mt.
> Shasta and with the full moon, I could see it clearly!
> Old triple 2 worked perfect. Never missed a beat and always
delivered
> 200mph. I really do love that old airplane. Hope all is well in your
> Commanderland AN THAT ALL OF YOU MAKE IT TO THE FLY-IN!! DOOONNNTTT MIS
THIS ONE!!
> jb
>
>
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--> Commander-List message posted by: YOURTCFG@aol.com
In a message dated 8/21/2003 7:08:11 AM Pacific Standard Time,
rcdettmer@charter.net writes:
> You are on quite a
> trip
Thanks Randy. jb
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--> Commander-List message posted by: "John Vormbaum" <john@vormbaum.com>
Jimbob,
What a great story! You're really living the dream....
/J
----- Original Message -----
From: <YOURTCFG@aol.com>
Subject: Commander-List: IGUANA FLIGHT
> --> Commander-List message posted by: YOURTCFG@aol.com
>
> HI KIDS.
>
> Well, The newsletters are finally in the mail!! What a wrestling
> match!!. Everybody should have them in a few days. I will be sending
another
> right after the flyin to get back in schedule.
> I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I had a rather unique
mission
> to fly delivering a couple of iguanas from a rescue in Seattle. It is
> finished. I flew triple 2 2100 Nautical miles over three days.
> It began with a short run from PDX to a small private field in the
> Seattle area. Apex is great little airport. I met the gal form the
rescue and
> placed aboard two great iguanas. Cleo is a 7 year old female with some
serious
> health issues. She suffered from Metabolic bone desises as a baby and now
> has a badly deformed face. She also is missing a total of 5 tows, but she
is
> now healthy, happy and a real survivor. I delivered her to a new home in
> Billings Montana (BIL), 579KM form here. The trip was short with a bit of
a
> tailwind, but lots of TFRAs for forest fires. One was identified by a 5
corned box
> (" the 030 radial from the xyz vor, 22miles to a point 033 radial and 26
miles
> to a point......")
> I spent a couple of hours helping her adjust and then was off to
> Caldwell Idaho, about 400KM. I was met by my Son, Chad, and a close
friend Jim
> Raeder. Jim is a pro photographer and works for the EAA. He had arranged
a
> photo shoot of a new homebuilt Super Cub clone on amphibious floats. I
will be
> writing an article for In Flight USA about the airplane.
> I flew the camera ship on this mission and then did a flight test
on
> the airplane the next day, what a great airplane. Why would anybody want
a
> "certified" Cub??
> My Son's flight instructor is red hot to own a 680E so I gave him a
> demo flight. What fun!! He is now really looking for his own Commander.
> The next day I left for Stockton CA and had lunch with Morris
Kernick.
> I had an appointment to deliver the second iguana, "Pox" to her new home
> late that afternoon from Hayward. Pox stole my heart. She is truly a
wonderful
> pet. Shortly after t.o. from Billings, I let her out of her cage (I
removed
> the RH center seat to accommodate a couple of iguana cages). She sat on
my
> leather flight bag, on the co-pilot seat and looked out the window. She
really
> had a great flight and acted like she actually enjoyed flying. On the
trip to
> Stockton, she also rode on the seat or on my shoulder. She had no problem
> dinning on collard greens 2.5 miles high. I have some great photos of her
> including one of her reflection in the spinner while sleeping on my arm.
She is
> truly a little doll.
> I got finished up with her delivery about 9pm and made a night t.o.
> out of Hayward. What a great night flight home!! 12.5, not a cloud in
the
> night sky. I had a ripping tail wind and saw 248KTS ground speed
(287mph!!) I
> made the nearly 500 KM trip in about 2 hours. I flew by the east side of
Mt.
> Shasta and with the full moon, I could see it clearly!
> Old triple 2 worked perfect. Never missed a beat and always
delivered
> 200mph. I really do love that old airplane. Hope all is well in your
> Commanderland AN THAT ALL OF YOU MAKE IT TO THE FLY-IN!! DOOONNNTTT MIS
THIS ONE!!
> jb
>
>
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--> Commander-List message posted by: YOURTCFG@aol.com
In a message dated 8/21/2003 10:13:49 AM Pacific Standard Time,
john@vormbaum.com writes:
> What a great story! You're really living the dream....
>
Thanks John, but I don't think living with 9 iguanas was exactly my dream!!
:-) jb
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