Sport Aviation Magazine in the Mail.

[Joe LaMantia]

Hiperbiper,

How do you keep all the orange cheeto dust off the mag pages? Have you tried the new spicy red ones? They are really GOOD!

Joe

[steveinindy]

though I pity to poor bas**rd who gets paid to polish that beautiful Lockheed, job security not withstanding!

If they paid me and let me ride in it, I would not be complaining. LOL

[Mayhemxpc]

Update. Mine came in the mail today. Undamaged. As far as the sweepstakes goes, I would get more use out of the second prize. Now if they offered a P-51...

[Hiperbiper]

Hiperbiper,

How do you keep all the orange cheeto dust off the mag pages? Have you tried the new spicy red ones? They are really GOOD!

Joe

Joe. I tried the red cheetos but went back to the original! For a spicy snack I'm a Nacho Dorito ho'.

As for Cheeto dust I make every effort to not get said orange powder on the mag, my shirt, pants, shoes or socks.
No success in 40 years but I continue to make the effort!

Worst Cheeto dust story:
Three cats in the house; Zues, Hera and Venus. All love an occasional Cheeto. Zeus and Hera are all black and Venus is Black and White. Venus got into a wrestling match with her Cheeto and ended up looking like a Calico for a week!!! Wife swore I did it on purpose.
I didn't but if I'd have thought about it I might have...

Back to the subject; with the exception of the Embraer history (which I enjoyed) I didn't catch a single wiff of kerosene in the whole issue. Likewise the lack of $80K panels and Leather butt-warming seats was noticed and apprecated.

Chri

[Thomas Richards]

Still waiting for December issue. Didn't even receive November issue

EDIT(12/12/12): Thanks for getting back to me about this, Andrew Ovans.

[steveinindy]

....and Leather butt-warming seats was noticed and apprecated

What's wrong with heated seats? Those would be quite nice in winter, early spring or late fall given how poorly insulated (or completely non-insulated) most homebuilts are. I hadn't thought about that for my design so thanks for bringing it up!

[Ozzie]

I've noticed that my mags have been arriving a lot earlier recently. Seems they are now printed in locally in Australia. Speeds things up a bit. Good thinking EAA.

[Frank Giger]

December issue arrived today, along with yet another life insurance pitch from another aviation membership group.

I feel quite safe - they keep trying to sucker me into a bet where I say I'll die and they wager I won't.

"You're not going to die horribly in a wreck," they say.
"Oh, yes, I am!" I suddenly find myself replying.
"Ha!" they scoff, "We'll take your 24 bucks against half a million dollars of ours each month as bet. But we won't lose. You won't die horribly in a wreck this month, nor next month. In fact, we're betting you'll live longer than the ten years of coverage, and we'll pocket the cash."
"Er..." I mumble...
"C'mon, take the bet. We're giving you better than 20,000 to one odds that you don't die."

[Hiperbiper]

What's wrong with heated seats? Those would be quite nice in winter, early spring or late fall given how poorly insulated (or completely non-insulated) most homebuilts are. I hadn't thought about that for my design so thanks for bringing it up!

Steve;
Check out SPAL seat warmers. Same parts used in Lambos and Lotus. Use a relay off the bus with direct battery power to the seats. I think the part # is SP-250 (I used to sell 'em). For what you can do for $300.00 in you airplane they will charge $5000.00 a Beech, EMB, etc.
http://shop.brandondist.com/category.sc?categoryId=5

Chris in Shreveport