Friday, I went for a $100 dollar hamburger (actually $120 a barbeque). It was only $120 because my brothers paid for the barbeque and I only paid for the gas. KHAO/KEKY/KHAO is 774 nautical miles, avoiding Cincinnati & Birmingham airspace (no transponder). Flying time was 6.4 hours in the Porkopolis Pig. If you ask me why I would fly from Ohio to Alabama and back for a sandwich, for once I have to quote Bill Clinton, "Because I could" (and I hadn't seen my brothers for a while).
Before I got out of the KR at KHAO, a friend asked me to co-pilot his Bonanza on a mercy mission taking 2 "soon to be doctors" from KHEF to KBTR to help in the relief effort there. We did that Saturday from KHAO and returned the same day. The trip took about twice as long. Different planes have different missions. We couldn't have done this in the KR, but if we could have, it would have been more exciting and more fun, even if not as comfortable. :-) Ken Jones, kenbjo...@cinci.rr.com Sharonville, OH N5834, aka The Porkopolis Flying Pig
