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Offline G-man

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Re: Where's your closest airport
« Reply #15 on: February 29, 2008, 02:27:42 PM »
Quote from: Mike on February 29, 2008, 06:58:51 AM
Do you know where KELY is Jim?  ;) ;D

I do---almost as fun as K07.. ::whistle:: ::whistle::
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Re: Where's your closest airport
« Reply #16 on: February 29, 2008, 02:47:28 PM »
Quote from: airtac on February 28, 2008, 04:38:08 PM

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Soooo, your nearest airport is..................................................?

Oh yeah... the original question! I work at C20, but in MI, there's about 5-6 airports within 20 mi., not counting all the private airstrips. SBN is the closest airport with scheduled airline opps. BEH is the base for all of Whirlpool's flights - both about 15 miles from here.
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Re: Where's your closest airport
« Reply #17 on: February 29, 2008, 04:09:44 PM »
Mike, when I arrived there, the first thing that came to mind is that Ely and ugly are similar in pronunciation.............. ::thinking::

There was some guy coming and going all summer in a C185, who, every time he arrived had a different ugly woman with him, I thought maybe he just had bad taste in women till I found out they were floozy recruits for his cathouse (NO Mary, not the feline type)

I will say though, Wheeler Peak (60 miles East) was an excellent place to hike, and trout fishing was excellent, especially when I went with Terry. |:)\

And speaking of Ely AND ugly----------Is that guy Dan still the airport manager?-----------
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Re: Where's your closest airport
« Reply #18 on: February 29, 2008, 07:09:30 PM »
Hey hey, Daddy Airtac!!  Easy there, big fella!!!  Ely may be UGLY, but show me part of Nevada that AIN'T.....!!!!??!!!?

I love working out of there....  it beats a lot of other sub-bases for what we do!  They leave you alone, the dispatch is great, they actually know something about FIRE.....   and yeah, even the old drunk blind guys say hello to me because they think I'm REALLY a "working girrrrrrl".....  HAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!   ::bow::

Ahhh, ya gotta love Nevada......    ;)   :D

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P.S.  Besides, where else can you drink 10 beers just during the hotel check-in??!??    ::whistle::    ::drinking::    ::loony::
Try that in UTAH and they'll run your ass down to the Temple for some serious brainwashing..........   ::rambo::
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Re: Where's your closest airport
« Reply #19 on: March 01, 2008, 05:06:00 AM »
well, I wouldn't say their dispatch knows much about fire since they always send engines before us or the jumpers
(go figure, the whole district has 2 paved roads....  ::loony:: )

BUT

I kinda like it there. Just like you said mom, lots better than other FOB's.

Jim, I think they have a new manager there since last year. . . .  just as ugly though . . .  ;D
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Re: Where's your closest airport
« Reply #20 on: March 01, 2008, 06:21:41 AM »
You're right, Mister S., but I was thinking in relative terms.....  I try not to think of the dispatch offices I used to know....  where every single person in the room was a ground firefighter first.....  alas.  You know....  back when Methuselah and I went on that two-manner up the North Fork....   ;)

But I'd MUCH rather take ELY than a LOT of other spots....  don't even get me started...  HEEEE HEEEE   ::banghead::

Of course, in 2005, I didn't have ONE dispatch that was CORRECT...  not ONE.  It was 100% incorrect information, ALL season long....  that was a first, too.  And not a good one!   :(

As for Dan...?  Is that the guy who always called me "Hon"??   ::rofl::

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Re: Where's your closest airport
« Reply #21 on: March 01, 2008, 07:40:19 AM »
Yeah Mary, That's the guy but don't get all flattered, he called me "HON" too ::eek::

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Re: Where's your closest airport
« Reply #22 on: March 01, 2008, 07:48:27 AM »
Hey sweet-cheeks, not to burst your bubble either, but....  I did sneak over to the FBO, and I painted your name in the men's room....  ladies' too.... 

Just a little "social experiment", shall we say.....  guess all the "ladies" were downtown....    ::eek:: 

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Re: Where's your closest airport
« Reply #23 on: March 01, 2008, 07:49:28 AM »
Quote from: airtac on March 01, 2008, 07:40:19 AM
Yeah Mary, That's the guy but don't get all flattered, he called me "HON" too ::eek::
Hmm, after laughing I started wondering, did he happend to mention the word purdy too? ::thinking:: ::eek:: ::rofl::

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Re: Where's your closest airport
« Reply #24 on: March 01, 2008, 03:19:50 PM »
I passed through Ely a few times whilst pushin' that old Diesel Truck around the country, and I even misspent a night or two there.  I thought the town was nice, but I didn't appreciate the queer that tried to pick me up in the middle of the night from out of my sleeper.   ::eek::

My current home airport is KBWC and the Platypus stays at KIPL, but that may be changing soon...    ::whistle:: ;) ;D
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Re: Where's your closest airport
« Reply #25 on: March 01, 2008, 03:35:39 PM »
And speaking of ELY dispatch Mary----------------Dispatch once recalled me as I taxied out for a recon---seems one of the guys in dispatch is a private pilot (100 hrs or so) and he decided that "HE wouldn't be flying that day because of the convective activity in the area was more dangerous than what he would fly in" ::knockedout::---I went over there and had a little talk with him about what safety issues that need to be left to the PIC and that if we didn't fly with "convective activity in the area" we weren't going to fly much in Nevada!  ::complaining:

They also kept the jump ships out doing recon after recalling me several times which I found to be disconcerting ::banghead::

Other than that, they were OK |:)\

One other thing--the Texaco gas station on the North end of town had the best fried chicken in town  ::loony::
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Re: Where's your closest airport
« Reply #26 on: March 01, 2008, 04:24:36 PM »
CYZR

Chris Hadfield Airport

Sarnia Ontario
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Re: Where's your closest airport
« Reply #27 on: March 01, 2008, 09:40:43 PM »
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One other thing--the Texaco gas station on the North end of town had the best fried chicken in town  Loony

Is that the "Diesel Fried Chicken" we saw the add for over in the Humor thread?

Phil  ::cowboy::
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Re: Where's your closest airport
« Reply #28 on: March 01, 2008, 09:52:09 PM »
Hmmm, not sure this side of the Atlantic is that useful, but I'm at Swansea, in southwest Wales.  Pretty.
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Re: Where's your closest airport
« Reply #29 on: March 02, 2008, 04:20:44 AM »
Quote from: leiafee on March 01, 2008, 09:52:09 PM
Hmmm, not sure this side of the Atlantic is that useful, but I'm at Swansea, in southwest Wales.  Pretty.

Hey Leia, do you speak Welsh??
(wait, is this a stupid question?)
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