This is my buddy, Janna the Pilot. She's working on becoming a Wildlife Biologist with her own plane. Cool!
In July, she flew herself from Rhode Island (East Coast, USA) to Oshkosh, WI (Midwest) in a little Cessna for the annual EAA Convention.
What an accomplishment! What an adventure for her! I'm just so darned proud of her for following this dream she's had to fly since high school!
One of the days she was visiting in July, she flew me down to Kenosha so we could attend the Bristol Renaissance Faire. What a treat--not having to wrestle with traffic, or the heat of the roads in July. It's a lot cooler at 3,000 feet (or whatever we were at).
[Edit : Here's a short flight video in 2008 to give you an idea of what it's like to fly in a little two-seater plane. It's up at Taunton, MA (TAN) on the gravel strip. ]
Even more impressive was seeing Janna fly that plane with confidence. She knew what all the dials were telling her; She could even understand what the control towers were saying (That's a secret language in itself!).
Another thing that amazes me is the Trust Culture of fliers : When we landed in Kenosha, we asked about getting a cab to take us the 5 miles to the Ren Faire. Without batting an eye, or even asking our names, the attendant said, :"You can take the crew (courtesy) car. I'll give you the keys. Just fill it up with gas before you come back." Of course, he had J's plane as collatoral. So for $5 in gas, we got a ride down to the Ren Faire and back.
Can you imagine a bus station, or a train station where they'd tell you, "Oh, just take the crew car ..." Aviation is a whole different world!
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Nice to have a friend who can fly you to the Ren Fair. I hope she is a member of this blog so we can share interesting biological facts. Lets see if I can think of an interesting horticultural fact (being that's more my area). Hmmm. Did you know that blueberries don't have root hairs and need fungi to gather their nutriments and water for them? And that there is a man in an office in the UW Horticulture building who said that there is absolutely no evidence to support the amazing growth improvements using mycohrizal (beneficial) fungi. I think he's a crackpot and should not benefit in any way from beneficial fungi, he should be forced to eat only hydroponics for the rest of his life. :) (not even any mushrooms on his pizza)
Another interesting botanical fact:
mushroom in Spanish is hongo, so are the green hairy things on bread. But I thought the word was "chongo". So now my wife calls them "chongo" too.
Hope this isn't too interesting, I've never been on a blog before and don't know the rules. (such as being too interesting).
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