Traffic

Bill and Eli made a late afternoon flight to fuel up.

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9 July, 2010 -- learning curve

New phone, android. Took many pictures of the floor. Maybe by tomorrow it will be a friend.

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7 July, 2010 -- Rain dance

All day I did a rain dance... trudged all over the airport spreading
stuff to kill oak sprouts, poison ivy, multiflora rose, blackberries,
sprouts of all kinds... lugging two-gallon sprayer, weighed at least
a hundred pounds (well, seemed like it); so what does it do??? It rains!!!
In the last 24 days, we've gotten a half inch. Almost a half inch today.
I'd go spray again tomorrow if it would cause another half inch.
American Goldfinch. I like
the monochrome background with his bright colors.
He wasn't afraid of me,
just sat there posing, looking royal and regal.

5 July, 2010 -- End of the day

What? No pictures???
Late this afternoon, a Piper Pacer came in, fueled up, and decided to camp out for the night. So I took the pilot to town for supper, then he settled into the pilot lounge to do some flight planning.

I went home, sat out in the grass in the lawn chair, was talking on the phone, and WHOA a skunk rambled right by me on its way to the east. Guess it didn't see me, but the kitty on the deck saw it and before I could grab the kitty he was off chasing the skunk. Thankfully kitty backed off and returned to the deck before getting into trouble. The kitty's name is "Stinker", maybe I should change that? Anyhow, skunk slunk off, disaster averted.

So, sitting on the deck with Stinker (kitty), and here come an Air Evac helicopter. So, dump kitty, drive to the airport, open the gate (expecting an ambulance to transfer a patient). Well, they were only trading a timed-out pilot with a replacement who was driving over, who got lost on his way and had to be talked in (sort of like an ifr pilot getting vectors to the runway). There were storms near West Plains that delayed the flight causing the pilot to be over-time, and Air Evac is very strict about that. Storms dissipated, we barely got a couple of sprinkles.

No pictures. Maybe I'll get the Pacer in the morning. He's from way down south (California), headed way up north (Michigan). Good boy, going to see his mama.

4 July, 2010 -- Float trip

This one won't float, sink like a rock. These folks headed south to Sunburst for a river trip.
Happy 4th, y'all!
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2 July, 2010 -- Incoming

Incoming; Tim and Tammy showed up from New Jersey on their way to Lake of the Ozarks.
Yes, the gear is down. The high clouds are the northern edge of Hurricane Alex, slowly
sneaking in on us.


Hope nobody has to use these guys. They've got the
4th of July colors!

Outgoing. Tim and Tammy fueled up and on their way.

30 JUNE, 2010 -- first one

Aha, ripe tomato before July 4!
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30 June, 2010 -- already

Had to run off two boys shooting firecrackers, and it's not even dark, or July yet. Thanks, City, for leaving two backdoors to the airport.
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29 June, 2010 -- Black Bart heading out

Fly-in at Gainesville. On Tuesday?
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27 June, 2010 -- the ag shuffle

It should be a soap opera... First You, tow the van with the suburban 4 hours to Marshall ... You there, pilot, you fly the ag plane to Marshall ... 'Nother You up there in Iowa, you drive 4 hours to Marshall pick up the pilot and drive him 4 hours back to Iowa so he can fly the other ag plane to Marshall. First you, when you get back to Grove with the Suburban in 4 hours, the boss can leave with the motor home towing the mix trailer for 4 or 5 hours to Marshall. Never mind that the wind blew like mad all day making a tail-wag-the-dog trip for the you in the suburban, or that the pilot had to return to Grove to make a repair to the airplane and start out again, or that there were rain squalls all day, or that "junior you" had to play on the McDonald's playground, or that it would be after dark for the boss in the motor home and that the thunderstorms were growing along his route... Never mind all that... There is no plan B.
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