tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post6545981237632271344..comments2024-03-13T09:47:40.487+00:00Comments on Cockpit Conversation: Two Ways to Get FuelAviatrixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-22540791520305958932008-09-16T20:06:00.000+00:002008-09-16T20:06:00.000+00:00Sheetz is a gas station chain based in Altoona, Pe...Sheetz is a gas station chain based in Altoona, Pennsylvania. (Tip: their onion rings are amazing)<BR/><BR/>They own and operate a Super King Air 200 based at Altoona Blair County airport (in Martinsburg, PA)<BR/><BR/>http://www.flickr.com/photos/30571691@N07/Pilothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00623365524286493229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-44697964031923273202008-09-09T19:59:00.000+00:002008-09-09T19:59:00.000+00:00Sheetz is a chain of gas stations that also sell f...Sheetz is a chain of gas stations that also sell food. And yes, ordered through the computer screens. They are very common here in pennsylvaniaAlberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03884118405185292394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-50573341315473330132008-09-09T18:46:00.000+00:002008-09-09T18:46:00.000+00:00That's the man (although he was still fully armed ...That's the man (although he was still fully armed at the time I flew with him.) You met a real legend.Scott Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18076313660049246875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-4020182065678854672008-09-09T18:28:00.000+00:002008-09-09T18:28:00.000+00:00I'm not being especially secretive about the place...I'm not being especially secretive about the places on this trip, just made the blog not likely to pop up too fast in a Google search for them. I gave the identifier of this particular airport and the name of the town. If the guy you're speaking of, Scott, lost an arm in a propeller strike accident then we met him.Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-46218380589082459782008-09-09T17:31:00.000+00:002008-09-09T17:31:00.000+00:003164 x 40' runway with a twin? Ya, that's narrow. ...<I> 3164 x 40' runway with a twin? Ya, that's narrow. </I><BR/><BR/>If you consider that being able to keep the centerline between the main wheels is a basic level of piloting competency, 40 feet shoulld be plenty for an Aztec. With a 37 ft wingspan I'd estimate that the Track of an Aztec is probably 15 ft, when would puthte gear a comfortably long way from the edge with the centerline between the mains.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-80009733308913202592008-09-09T16:24:00.000+00:002008-09-09T16:24:00.000+00:00Shame there's the (understandable) need for such s...Shame there's the (understandable) need for such secrecy about the places. Virginia is my home state, and I have a feeling the guy whose name you don't mention is probably one of my idols ... I have flown in the right seat of a Cessna "Bird Dog" piloted by that man on half a dozen CAP search missions. He is one of the most amazingly talented mountain pilots I've ever had the privilege to know.Scott Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18076313660049246875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-2606294475710978772008-09-09T12:00:00.000+00:002008-09-09T12:00:00.000+00:00With respect to your comment about flying over sta...With respect to your comment about flying over state lines.....<BR/><BR/>Apparently when a new astronaut (or cosmonaut, I suppose) flies in space, on the first day they identify the shapes of land and water and say "that's where I live, that's my city". Later it becomes "that's my country". And then it's "that's my planet."<BR/><BR/>And many admit to surprise, then embarrassment, when they look down for the first time and don't see lines - those artifical man-made things called political borders - across the landscape. Of course they are not there, but that's the landscape they've always seen on the map.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11726267862761677407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-3138175313942071962008-09-09T04:23:00.000+00:002008-09-09T04:23:00.000+00:003164 x 40' runway with a twin? Ya, that's narrow....3164 x 40' runway with a twin? Ya, that's narrow.<BR/><BR/>From the <A HREF="http://www.airnav.com/airport/W90/RUCKER_TIBBS#c" REL="nofollow">comments</A>, your opinion prevails. Sounds like a great place to visit. And what a gorgeous clear blue sky. This is a job? Looks like a vacation!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-26031466097051282192008-09-09T04:20:00.000+00:002008-09-09T04:20:00.000+00:00I didn't know they had food, either. I just thoug...I didn't know they had food, either. I just thought it was a gas station.dpiercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03397601206317363858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-24682092020129396682008-09-09T03:18:00.000+00:002008-09-09T03:18:00.000+00:00Ahh Sheetz.. I didn't know they had food services....Ahh Sheetz.. I didn't know they had food services..<BR/><BR/>I've only used them for fuel when going on road trips to the states.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.blakecrosby.com/gallery2/v/travel/album03/img_8237.jpg.html" REL="nofollow">A groggy friend</A> after 10 hours of driving over night!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-78287035656517904782008-09-09T03:17:00.000+00:002008-09-09T03:17:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com