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1. 05:10 AM - Grief (Russ)
2. 05:43 AM - Larry and Forrest (Russ)
3. 09:51 AM - Re: I am Sorry (N642K)
4. 09:51 PM - strange behaviour pressure gauge (Jan Mevis)
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DaBear, you did just fine. Loss is personal, some get mad, some get sad,
some take walks, others turns to other, others to drink.
I told people, I sent flowers with part of this poem attached.
FLYER'S PRAYER
click here for audio of poem
When this life I'm in is done,
And at the gates I stand,
My hope is that I answer all
His questions on command.
I doubt He'll ask me of my fame,
Or all the things I knew,
Instead He'll ask of rainbows sent
On rainy days I flew.
The hours logged, the status reached,
The ratings will not matter,
He'll ask me if I saw the rays
And how He made them scatter.
Or what about the droplets clear,
I spread across your screen?
And did you see the twinkling eyes,
Of student pilots keen?
The way your heart jumped in your chest,
That special solo day -
Did you take time to thank the ones
Who fell along the way?
Remember how the runway lights
Looked one night long ago
When you were lost and found your way,
And how - you still don't know?
How fast, how far, how much, how high?
He'll ask me not these things
But did I take the time to watch
The moonbeams wash my wings?
And did you see the patchwork fields
And mountains I did mold,
The mirrored lakes and velvet hills,
Of these did I behold?
The wind he flung along my wings,
On final almost stalled,
And did I know it was His name,
That I so fearfully called?
And when the goals are reached at last,
When all the flying's done,
I'll answer Him with no regret -
Indeed, I had some fun.
So when these things are asked of me,
And I can reach no higher,
My prayer this day - His hand extends
To welcome home a Flyer.
by Patrick J. Phillips
Time: 12:24:59 AM PST US
From: "dabear" <Dabear@damned.org>
Subject: Re: Yak-List: cj down north of fort worth
I'm not good with words as most of you know. I've refrained from saying
anything for fear of offending anyone. But I want to try and say
something.
Pappy, thanks for the pictures.
I couldn't make the services on Wednesday, I wish I could have been
there. To those that gave them a good send off, thank you very, very
much. I knew, flew with, and really liked Forest and Larry. They will
be missed.
I guess I need help. I've lost a lot of friends in aviation over the
past few years and I really am at a loss as to how to really deal with
it. Some of it my be wondering if I'm next, and how I need to work to
minimize that chance. But I don't think that is it.
This group of yak pilots have really been special to me. I never
thought I'd get to fly a plane the way we do and love to fly. But it is
really the clinics, Oshkosh gatherings, and even the phone calls/emails
on Friday to see if the local group wants to get together. The
comraderie, the sharing, the trust to fly so close to each other. To
learn, to share, to laugh with each other. It is that bond that really
keeps me coming back.
But that closeness really hurts when we lose a friend. I'm not sure i
can call Flush a friend, I only knew him from flying with him. But I
know I feel the loss. I know he was doing what he really loved to do. I
just wish he kept going up out of sight in the end. I'd rather that
picture in my mind that the one on the web.
They will be missed.
Words just don't really have enough meaning...
sorry
DaBear
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| Subject: | Larry and Forrest |
I was there when Forrest received his wing patch, he was one of the pilots
who received that little plastic airplane on a string. Larry and I would
stand around and talk about Piper Arrows (he owns one and I flew one alot).
These were my buds, people I trusted with my life as a GIB and would have
that day. That thought I had to get over was did Forrest have time to tell
Larry he was sorry. We each grieve differently, the only thing that is
wrong is NOT to grieve.
Russ
For whom the bell tolls a poem
(No man is an island) by John Donne
No man is an island,
Entire of itself.
Each is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manner of thine own
Or of thine friend's were.
Each man's death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore, send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.
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Thanks Fran,
I certainly never thought you meant any harm. You're always welcome here.
Mike DeCanio
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=224064#224064
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| Subject: | strange behaviour pressure gauge |
We=92ve had some unusually cold weather here in Western Europe (-20
degrees
celsius in Namur, Belgium). I don=92t know if there=92s any correlation,
but the
needle of the main pressure gauge in my Yak 50 is now in the other half
of
the instrument (at the side of the emergency pressure indicator) at
about
two o=92clock. Emergency pressure is still at the normal 60 kg/cm=B2.
The
aircraft was last flown at the end of december 2008, just before the
extremely cold weather. And at that time everything was normal.
I have depleted the main pressure system completely. The needle moved
back
to the left a little, and stopped at about 11 o=92clock. The amount of
motion
to the left of the needle when depleting could correspond with a
presence of
about 30 kg/cm=B2 in the main circuit (quite normal in my Yak 50 after
some
time).
I charged again until I heard the relief valve. I know that this
corresponds with 50 kg/cm=B2, but the needle of the main pressure was
again
at two o=92clock.
Of course the instrument may be broken, but even stranger: in the same
hangar we have a Yak 52 WITH EXACTLY THE SAME PHENOMENON. In this 52,
the
needle of the main pressure is also at about two o=92clock. Although the
pressure on this aircraft must have been relatively normal, because we
could
start it without difficulties.
Has anyone seen this before ?
Jan Mevis
Yak 50
RA2005K
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