Comments on: Meet Harry http://all-things-aviation.com/aviation/meet-harry/ Informing, Educating & Entertaining Pilots Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:06:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://all-things-aviation.com/aviation/meet-harry/#comment-607 admin Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:09:58 +0000 http://all-things-aviation.com/?p=3142#comment-607 Doug, Oh yes I remember those days. We fly auto parts all night and then gave flight instruction all day. Used to take students with me so I could catnap at night enroute. I flew 18s, Barons, Cessna 310s, Cessna 402s and a Cessna 206 from Lansing. Lots of trips to NJ and Canada. Later flew DC3s, what a great airplane. People today rely on all of the electronic equipment and I often wonder if they lost the electricity if they would get lost not knowing where in God's green earth they were! John Doug, Oh yes I remember those days. We fly auto parts all night and then gave flight instruction all day. Used to take students with me so I could catnap at night enroute. I flew 18s, Barons, Cessna 310s, Cessna 402s and a Cessna 206 from Lansing. Lots of trips to NJ and Canada.

Later flew DC3s, what a great airplane. People today rely on all of the electronic equipment and I often wonder if they lost the electricity if they would get lost not knowing where in God’s green earth they were!

John

]]> By: Doug Kincell http://all-things-aviation.com/aviation/meet-harry/#comment-606 Doug Kincell Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:53:12 +0000 http://all-things-aviation.com/?p=3142#comment-606 When Texas and the surrounding states became the victim of the oil crash of the early 80's, I was able to drive my old car from Temple, Tx to Detroit Mi, DET, Detroit City Airport and earn a living in Beech 18's and Lear 23's until times got better down south. Some of you folks may remember the "frieght circle" where Bard, Executive and Jetstream plied there trade in those years in the auto parts delivery biz. It was a tough existance flying less than primo equipment, some people would call it junk, but those old birds always got me back home despite weather, lack of support, no computers, no cell phones and 24/7 schedules which may have looked good on the duty form but in reality demanded a strong will to stay awake and alert. You haven't truly enjoyed aviation until you have personally loaded 3000 pounds of metal stampings into an old Beech, Metro or other conveyance all by your lonesome in the middle of winter at night on a desolate ramp. But that was a time when you could find work albeit dirty, cold, hot, dangerous and all the rest when nothing decent was in play at the time. Just give me the good old days back again. When Texas and the surrounding states became the victim of the oil crash of the early 80′s, I was able to drive my old car from Temple, Tx to Detroit Mi, DET, Detroit City Airport and earn a living in Beech 18′s and Lear 23′s until times got better down south. Some of you folks may remember the “frieght circle” where Bard, Executive and Jetstream plied there trade in those years in the auto parts delivery biz.

It was a tough existance flying less than primo equipment, some people would call it junk, but those old birds always got me back home despite weather, lack of support, no computers, no cell phones and 24/7 schedules which may have looked good on the duty form but in reality demanded a strong will to stay awake and alert. You haven’t truly enjoyed aviation until you have personally loaded 3000 pounds of metal stampings into an old Beech, Metro or other conveyance all by your lonesome in the middle of winter at night on a desolate ramp.

But that was a time when you could find work albeit dirty, cold, hot, dangerous and all the rest when nothing decent was in play at the time. Just give me the good old days back again.

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