donincardona Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 I haven't marched since 2005, but I still feel like I should be getting on a bus when the weekend hits! i was never much of a bus guy. i had a friend...al..........he had a twin engine 4 seat plane. if it was more then a 2 hour bus trip.............i flew. also later we started going at midnite..............i flew out in the morning and was in my own bed that night. i know i was a wuss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennTux Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 YAY, CHARLIE!!!! ... that's the competitive season I remember ... Memorial Day through Labor Day and sometimes beyond ... then the I&E winter circuit and then the Springtime stage shows ... ah yes ... 12 MONTHS OF DRUM CORPS!!!!:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted July 31, 2010 Author Share Posted July 31, 2010 It's fine that you were already asleep, but the main question is, "Were you still driving?" LOL!!! Brings to mind an old joke: Two guys are talking about how they want to die, when that time comes. One guy says...."I want to go peacefully, in my sleep, just like my grandfather. Not screaming and thrashing like the passengers in his car!!!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camel lips Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 LOL!!!Brings to mind an old joke: Two guys are talking about how they want to die, when that time comes. One guy says...."I want to go peacefully, in my sleep, just like my grandfather. Not screaming and thrashing like the passengers in his car!!!!" Thats a good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyroo Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 Thats a good one. It's also a very old one. But then again, it came from Fran. The first time he heard it, the passengers were in one of them new-fangled chariots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted August 1, 2010 Author Share Posted August 1, 2010 (edited) The first time he heard it, the passengers were in one of them new-fangled chariots. Correct. Quite literally, a funny thing DID happen on the way to the Forum that night. Edited August 1, 2010 by Fran Haring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyroo Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 Just out of sheer weekend habit, I got up and phoned my wife to tell her what time I thought I'd be home. Her response?? "Hey Dummy!! You're in the next room!" Some weekend habits die hard.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomPeashey Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 i was never much of a bus guy. i had a friend...al..........he had a twin engine 4 seat plane. if it was more then a 2 hour bus trip.............i flew. also later we started going at midnite..............i flew out in the morning and was in my own bed that night. i know i was a wuss. In '65 and '66 (just before your time Donnie) we used Joel Sussman - one of my fellow middle voice players... I believe it was a Cessna 160 and I got to go to several shows that way... I remember coming home from Hawthorne's show in Clifton (Teterboro airport)... we had a beautiful flight until we got to Canandaigua and then everything went black... Assured by Joel that all was ok, we came in from the Southeast landing right over I-390... bumpy, but we made it to the airport... just as we were about to touch down - wind shear caught us and the plane went 90 degrees on its side with the wingtip barely touching the runway... Joel settled it back down and we landed... At that point, I'm sitting there wondering - "was that close" "should I have been scared" "did we almost bag it?" and the tower chimes in... "Holy Sh........t guy, that was a wonderful piece of flying.... congratulations" at which point I start shaking and realize it really was a close call... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storkysr Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 Around '75 Vince B. and I flew from Roch to Bradford PA in someones V-tailed Bonanza-beautiful flight. After practice, however, a winter storm was about to shut down all airports in the area when we decided to take off anyways. Roch. reported 0 visibility and bad icing, Buff, Batavia and Syracuse were shut down. We skidded into Roch. with stall warnings blasting and finally slid sideways to a stop. Can't remember who the pilot was but I'm sure he saved all our lives. Most memorable! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melligene Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 In '65 and '66 (just before your time Donnie) we used Joel Sussman - one of my fellow middle voice players... I believe it was a Cessna 160 and I got to go to several shows that way... I remember coming home from Hawthorne's show in Clifton (Teterboro airport)... we had a beautiful flight until we got to Canandaigua and then everything went black... Assured by Joel that all was ok, we came in from the Southeast landing right over I-390... bumpy, but we made it to the airport... just as we were about to touch down - wind shear caught us and the plane went 90 degrees on its side with the wingtip barely touching the runway... Joel settled it back down and we landed... At that point, I'm sitting there wondering - "was that close" "should I have been scared" "did we almost bag it?" and the tower chimes in... "Holy Sh........t guy, that was a wonderful piece of flying.... congratulations" at which point I start shaking and realize it really was a close call... Back in 1986 during my flight training I had two wind shear landings. Fortunatly my instructor was with me at the time. Wind shear, as I remember It, is a change in wind speed and/or direction in a short space. Definition sounds pretty simple but....WOW.........!!!!!! That's why your hand is on the throttle all the time. Just sayin........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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