---------------------------------------------------------- Commander-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 08/21/03: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 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) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 07:07:22 AM PST US From: "Randy Dettmer, AIA" Subject: Re: Commander-List: IGUANA FLIGHT --> Commander-List message posted by: "Randy Dettmer, AIA" 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: 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 > > ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 08:14:55 AM PST US From: YOURTCFG@aol.com Subject: Re: Commander-List: IGUANA FLIGHT --> 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 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 10:12:37 AM PST US From: "John Vormbaum" Subject: Re: Commander-List: IGUANA FLIGHT --> Commander-List message posted by: "John Vormbaum" Jimbob, What a great story! You're really living the dream.... /J ----- Original Message ----- From: 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 > > ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 05:42:53 PM PST US From: YOURTCFG@aol.com Subject: Re: Commander-List: IGUANA FLIGHT --> 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