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blackcherry20 03-03-2013 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by LunaZ (Post 2194052)
So, in case anyone is wondering "Where in the world is LunaZ?", I'm back in Harrisburg as of yesterday around dinner time.

I was facing a second day of hanging out in Toronto... I don't really consider it "stranded" or "stuck" since it's a cosmopolitan city with cool things to do and see and great places to eat. Although the $60 each way cab ride between the airport hotel and the city made me cringe a little.
Flights into St. John's kept getting cancelled because of the weather there and it wasn't even certain that my Sunday morning flight would happen.

Just when I was talking with my people to figure out how to cram a two day programme into one, I get a text from the beauty supply distributor saying that the roof of the building at their learning centre is leaking profusely and nearing collapse from all the snow, rain and ice they've been having. The programme will need to be cancelled and rescheduled.

I get on the phone with Air Canada and tell them I need to go home. The guy on the phone says, "Get to the airport right now, there's a flight to Harrisburg leaving in two hours. You'll just make it through customs and security. I'll call the ticket counter to let them know you're coming."
He was super helpful and stayed on the phone with me until I got to the ticket counter to make sure everything was cool.

I leave my meal vouchers and whatever CAD dollars I had left on the table hoping it was enough to cover the steak and eggs, Guinness and Jameson I was having for breakfast and bust through the front door of the hotel with my luggage and jump into a cab. Which, by the way, was almost $20 for something like 3 miles.

I actually made it through customs and security with enough time to stop at the Molson Pub in Terminal 1 to enjoy another boring Canadian beer. Sorry, guys!

As soon as I got to MDT, I drove straight to Hershey, where I enjoyed a good craft beer and some pork belly at Tröegs Brewery. Nugget Nectar... Ahhhh!

Anyway, I'm back home now with a few days off.
I'm a little bored and really bummed out I didn't make it to Newfoundland (AGAIN!) but at least I'm getting paid :tup:
:tup: i wondered "where in the world is LunaZ" :tup: sounds like a very helpful AirCanada guy!!! Very nice to hear:tup: as we all know air travel can be challenging :tup:

LunaZ 03-03-2013 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Fire (Post 2194081)
Hmmm beer for breakfast, mid morning snack and lunch. Sounds like you might have a problem Luna. :eek:
Actually, I grabbed a couple of beers and went out for Thai for dinner :tup:

Fire 03-03-2013 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by LunaZ (Post 2194099)
Actually, I grabbed a couple of beers and went out to Thai one on for dinner :tup:
Fixed :icon18:

GaleForce 03-03-2013 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by blackcherry20 (Post 2193881)
:shakes head: gawd. Maybe it will break soon...


:iagree: i'm actually considering a Bespoke piece...mmmm :tup:
:icon18: You don't want to slow your car down.

GaleForce 03-03-2013 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by 6MT (Post 2193874)
Freak'n foot of snow overnight here. This morning, 30mph wind whipping the snow into a frenzy. And this is March?!

What a country!
Glad I don't live there. :icon14:

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Originally Posted by happytheman (Post 2193878)
Hahah! Spam! It's been a long time since I've had any! I actually really like that stuff!!

That means a lot coming from you! Especially when I consider the professional detail you out onto every picture! :tup:
Thanks, :tiphat: But seriously, we need moar pictures from Florida. :tup:


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Originally Posted by Nismo89 (Post 2193882)
Morning race fans.
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Originally Posted by Fire (Post 2193886)
Hi guys. Feeling good today. :happydance:
:hello: Morning dudes.

Fire 03-03-2013 11:10 AM
Hi Gale. :hello:

Nismo89 03-03-2013 11:17 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zjggo4c_bc

ZMan8 03-03-2013 11:19 AM
Morning all. Hope everyone is having an enjiyable sunday morning/afternoon.

Im getting my coffee fix at stsrbucks :)

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk 2

blackcherry20 03-03-2013 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by GaleForce (Post 2194102)
:icon18: You don't want to slow your car down.
:tup:yea-it doesn't go that fast w me driving it anyways....might as well look good eh?!:tup:

BTW: :hello: morning!!!!!

blackcherry20 03-03-2013 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by ZMan8 (Post 2194124)
Morning all. Hope everyone is having an enjiyable sunday morning/afternoon.

Im getting my coffee fix at stsrbucks :)

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk 2
:hello:hi Zman!! Lunch is over...dishes straightened up...best of all: barely a trace left of my headache :tup:

Fire 03-03-2013 11:28 AM
Over 4000 posts. :vuvuzela:
I'm an official :postwhore::leghump:

blackcherry20 03-03-2013 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Fire (Post 2194135)
Over 4000 posts. :vuvuzela:
I'm an official :postwhore::leghump:
:woot: :tup:

happytheman 03-03-2013 11:43 AM
Hey LunaZ, how'd you get that shot you posted yesterday on FB of your plane's cockpit? Did you just snap it really quick as you boarded?

ZMan8 03-03-2013 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by blackcherry20 (Post 2194132)
:hello:hi Zman!! Lunch is over...dishes straightened up...best of all: barely a trace left of my headache :tup:
:tup: good to hear.

And its march which means z'ing is right around the corner.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk 2

Isamu 03-03-2013 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Fire (Post 2194036)
Never been to Guam but there is a guy on here that lives there. Simota you should look for him.
bro, I am 10 steps ahead of you.. lol we hung out last time I was there... I am bringing home his OEM fenders this trip :bowrofl:

Isamu 03-03-2013 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by happytheman (Post 2194145)
Hey LunaZ, how'd you get that shot you posted yesterday on FB of your plane's cockpit? Did you just snap it really quick as you boarded?
you can just ask.. it's not like it's one of my planes... :bowrofl::bowrofl::bowrofl:

Isamu 03-03-2013 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Fire (Post 2194135)
Over 4000 posts. :vuvuzela:
I'm an official :postwhore::leghump:
when you get to 10k then you become an official :postwhore:

Nismo89 03-03-2013 11:48 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCZiCtOVAZQ

Isamu 03-03-2013 11:50 AM
Nis, lemme see some pics of your Z

onzedge 03-03-2013 11:52 AM
6 months old today!!!

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...68515927_n.jpg

blackcherry20 03-03-2013 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by onzedge (Post 2194171)
She is the sweetest thing evah! :tup:

Fire 03-03-2013 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Isamu (Post 2194155)
when you get to 10k then you become an official :postwhore:
When you reach 10,000 you get a 5 step program for post addiction :icon18:

LunaZ 03-03-2013 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by happytheman (Post 2194145)
Hey LunaZ, how'd you get that shot you posted yesterday on FB of your plane's cockpit? Did you just snap it really quick as you boarded?
I was flying on this:

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...49664022_o.jpg

It's a Beechcraft Beech 1900D.
It's small and fast, like the sports car of commuter planes.
There's only 18 seats and the pilots don't have or don't pull the curtain.

I took this shot while were taxiing:

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...21835409_n.jpg

Yeah, yeah, I didn't turn my cell phone off when I was instructed to.
I've flown in helicopters with my cell phone on and plugged into the cockpit's communications system. I'm still here :tiphat:

What was really wild was watching how much the little plane pitched around from the crosswinds coming into YYZ.
Being able to see the lines on the runway swinging from left to right as we approached really puts a different perspective on things!

6MT 03-03-2013 12:03 PM
Please turn off your electronic devices.

Fire 03-03-2013 12:05 PM
I like the small planes. As I returned from Japan my last leg was on one of those. Had a bad storm and a military pilot was in front of me sweating bullets. I told him that planes moved all over in storms :tup: :icon23:

LunaZ 03-03-2013 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Nismo89 (Post 2194159)
Not bad, but could have used some engine noise incorporated into the audio track.
That music was kind of boring. If I was not an F1 fan, I would be like "this is lame".

LunaZ 03-03-2013 12:09 PM
I experienced this landing on my trip to Honduras. It was pretty intense!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_z5HtME9n8

happytheman 03-03-2013 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by 6MT (Post 2194187)
Please turn off your electronic devices.
They disproved that as being problematic on Mythbusters which, as you know, is the definitive proof we all need! :rofl2:

blackcherry20 03-03-2013 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by LunaZ (Post 2194196)
I experienced this landing on my trip to Honduras. It was pretty intense!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_z5HtME9n8
WOW!! Pretty exciting right there:tup:

blackcherry20 03-03-2013 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by happytheman (Post 2194215)
They disproved that as being problematic on Mythbusters which, as you know, is the definitive proof we all need! :rofl2:
:tup: that and the internet:icon17:

happytheman 03-03-2013 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by LunaZ (Post 2194196)
I experienced this landing on my trip to Honduras. It was pretty intense!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_z5HtME9n8
I think they've rated that one as one of the 10 most difficult airports to fly in on.

happytheman 03-03-2013 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by LunaZ (Post 2194185)
I was flying on this:

( Click to show/hide )


It's a Beechcraft Beech 1900D.
It's small and fast, like the sports car of commuter planes.
There's only 18 seats and the pilots don't have or don't pull the curtain.

I took this shot while were taxiing:

( Click to show/hide )


Yeah, yeah, I didn't turn my cell phone off when I was instructed to.
I've flown in helicopters with my cell phone on and plugged into the cockpit's communications system. I'm still here :tiphat:

What was really wild was watching how much the little plane pitched around from the crosswinds coming into YYZ.
Being able to see the lines on the runway swinging from left to right as we approached really puts a different perspective on things!
Shoulda taken a clip of that landing. :)

LunaZ 03-03-2013 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by happytheman (Post 2194215)
They disproved that as being problematic on Mythbusters which, as you know, is the definitive proof we all need! :rofl2:
The only real problem with leaving your phone on (and not in "Airplane Mode") is that the battery drains quickly as the phone hunts for a signal.

LunaZ 03-03-2013 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by happytheman (Post 2194224)
Shoulda taken a clip of that landing. :)
I tried to, but the difference in lighting between the dark cabin and the snow blinding brightness outside played tricks on my camera as you can see in the above pic. Oh well.

happytheman 03-03-2013 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by LunaZ (Post 2194228)
I tried to, but the difference in lighting between the dark cabin and the snow blinding brightness outside played tricks on my camera as you can see in the above pic. Oh well.
Meh, maybe next time! :tup:

gurneyeagle 03-03-2013 01:16 PM
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Attended the Grand Am race at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin on Friday and Saturday. It was an unbelievable time thanks to the incredible work of Chris Coronado aka GURU on the forum.

We had a big group from Houston travel over together, and we got to meet up with some friends from Dallas too. I was lucky enough to get picked to do a parade lap of the track with some of the Z's that made the trip.

I can't express how nice the facility and its staff are. ABSOLUTELY FIRST CLASS. COTA is the nicest racing facilty I have ever been to.

I'll post some pictures today. Here's some of the Doran team who had a big shunt on Thursday and managed to get the car back on the track. At one point, they were seriously considering pulling parts off of our cars in the parking lot, but were able to source what they needed.

All-in-all a fantastic time with great friends.

Nismo89 03-03-2013 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by LunaZ (Post 2194196)
I experienced this landing on my trip to Honduras. It was pretty intense!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_z5HtME9n8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCLPzI95fG8

gurneyeagle 03-03-2013 01:23 PM
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Z's on the track at COTA

happytheman 03-03-2013 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by gurneyeagle (Post 2194291)
Z's on the track at COTA
That's awesome! I remember Tracie saying she wanted to do that! :tup:

LMBmikeZ 03-03-2013 01:35 PM
:iagree: COTA looks like a lot of fun :tup:


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