Did you do solo cross-countries, or was
Connie or someone always with you?

Solo cross-country. Last thing before the checkride with the FAA guy.

They

pulled Connie's medical, eyes, just before she did hers.

I thought that one had to be pretty badly
off (almost in me territory) to be denied
because of eyesight.

Pays to be a little careful; the commercial
guy probably thought he was the only one ever
to use the strip.

Not exactly a strip, 6700 feet long, paved, and pretty busy. But the

length

was why we could share the runway. Connie and I went into it once and

I put

So what was the other guy's excuse for not
contacting tower?

the plane into ground effect so I could do about 45mph down it until I

landed

Ground effect, eh - pretty interesting stuff.

close to the exit. Caught guff from friends who were waiting on us.

If I'd

landed and then taxied...they probably would have had to go back to

work before

we got there.

Course, not much risk involved, so why fuss.

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And then there's float planes. They don't bother me a bit in the summertime but landing on snow covered ice on a lake made me a tad nervous. If the snow covers up a pressure ridge the skis could
catch on it and tip the plane, prop down and tail up. Which might
make it hard to get home.

Loved floats! My favorite plane was a Super Cub on floats. Skis

were...OK.

Something about all the mechanical stresses on the airframe, did I ever

mention

my father was an airplane mechanic? I don't like to see things beatup that way.

Why don't skis have shock absorbers?

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Quoting Michael Loo to Bill Swisher <=-

I thought that one had to be pretty badly
off (almost in me territory) to be denied
because of eyesight.

When I first met her, she would have been maybe 22, they did surgery to snip on
the muscles controlling one of her eyes, seems to run in the family...her dad had the same problem and now my great-nephew does. After that they were almost
perfectly aligned, if she got tired not so much. Her eyesight was muy malo in
one eye, and corrected in the other. It was only after the lens replacements that she didn't need bifocals, still needed reading glasses.

Course, not much risk involved, so why fuss.

More along the line of "Arf, arf, great landing!" They were all pilots also, which is why Connie MADE me learn how.

Why don't skis have shock absorbers?

I would guess the weight and KISS factor for small planes. Jim probably knows more about this. Always fighting weight. Connie and I flew down to Homer, we flew down to Homer a lot, and it came down to having her or a 12pack of beer. Being a coward, or I was being accomodating take your choice, I took her. Besides we were staying with her boss on their boat. Remember my comment about
the flight from Nadi to Suva and having to step up onto the scale holding my carry on (everybody got to do it), that's when they made seat assignments and I
got to sit in the first row immediately behind the copilot (great view of the instrument panel). Then again I took a commercial flight from Cordova back to Anchorage and sat in the copilots seat (I had to promise not to touch anything), we dropped down and circled some whales.

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