I am on a business trip this week and as I sit here at the hotel checking Axiom's board I think to myself... Hmmm. I wonder if there an another Axiomite near here....

Just checking for curiosity sake.

Nick

Hey Nick, hope your having fun down there... The only guy I can remember from Lexington was AndrewS, but he has not posted in a year.....

Bugbitten is about 150 miles down route 41 in Madisonville, but I wouldn't call that "near."

Jack, I drive 105 miles each way to and from work so 150 miles isn't really *that* far either, I'd do it in a heartbeat ... well, actually a Ford.

My Father-in-law used to drive about 70 each way, and an aquaintance used to drive 90 and change(expressway all the way)but 105 pretty much beats anyone else I know!

Woah...can't imagine what that was like in the days of the double nickel speed limit
Rich.

Rick needs to find a good pilot to fly him to work

>>> Rick needs to find a good pilot to fly him to work <<<

'Who's the best pilot you ever saw?' Never mind.

Rich I set my cruise at 80 on I-95 and set it on 70 (that's pushing it with the cops though) for the back roads and have only been stopped a couple of times in the past 4 or so years....only one ticket doing 52 in a 35 mph zone, everybody else had let me slid. (so far)
I do an hour from my house on A1A, 7 miles south of Sebastion Inlet, through Vero and to the Stuart exit (SR76) and do another 45 minutes on the back roads to Belle Glade. I've passed police on 95 with my cruise set on 80 and they've never glanced my way...do above 80 and they'll nail you though.

One of the fellas I worked with had managed to buy himself a home in a community with it's own private airstrip!!

It was great!

The ONLY place he couldn't get to on a daily basis was to work!!

We could launch and recover aircraft on company property, and DID! But they were all vertical take off and landing designs!!

Our bud had to land conventionally.And I'll bet Rick does too!
Rich.

>>> Our bud had to land conventionally.And I'll bet Rick does too! <<<

My last 8,500 or so hours have been in the 'conventional' position Rich, I fly a Maule and a J3 for 'people' flying and sometimes I wonder if I can handle anything with the tailwheel up front anymore. Whew.

Is your bud's fly-in community down our way?

I tracked out your route; Rick,....good gosh!!

I bow to your patience behind the wheel!

Words escape me....just can't imagine!!

Sorry for the delay in posting this....but the kids hollered out during Superbowl half time:

"Papa! the STONES!!"

I took my chair back.

To say "Good gosh" twice in one evening is rare!
Rich.

I should look before hitting that "Continue" button....

No, my friend lives up in Michigan; working on the same projects that I did; one of which is powering an aircraft, up at the cape right now, getting ready for a flight one and a sixth of the way 'round the world this week, non-stop and un-refueled to set a new record! Pretty cool!

I'm not all that familiar with the Maule; but the J3 sure got my attention!!

If I could have had a perfect life, with two good eyes; all my amps would have had tubes and my aircraft all would be taildraggers!

....although my wife always insisted that if I wanted her to, she'd have done the landings!
Rich.


Woah...wait a minute!

How can you find the time to sneak in all those hours flying, what with spending all those hours behind the wheel getting to and from work everyday and log all these hours on-line, in just one lifetime!!

"GOOD GOSH!!" THREE times tonight!! I'm more than just a little impressed!!
Rich.

Wow...would your friend be the one and only Steve Fossett flying the Global Flyer? That's cool as beans Rich! Now it's my turn to say 'Gosh'!

No, Rick; Steve isn't the friend in question, but he IS flying one of our friend Burts' aircraft with one of "our" engines pushing it! And yup, the Global Flyer is the one!!

I'd like to see Ian get a private jet with a couple of these dandy little powerplants on board, so he and Amie can fly without a second pilot taking up Amies' seat! One of the very few jets that are rated for single pilot operation!

Geez....I should't have retired so early....I was havin' too much fun!!

....but the wife couldn't handle the cold anymore.

(sigh)
Rich.

I am 3+ hours (190+ miles) each way. It would be a day trip. Not down highway 41 ( Highway 41 is nowhere near Lexington) but west on the Bluegrass parkway then the West Ky Parkway.

It would be nice to meet a fellow Axiom owner, but it's a little far.

Granted you guys got the miles, but when I used to travel from Orange county to L.A. ( about 45 miles) at peak times my record was 4 hours.

Worst I had was 3 hours from downtown San Francisco to the middle of Oakland, a distance of less than 17 miles. San Francisco traffic sucks.

That said, LA traffic also sucks.

Thank God for the heartland where the drive to work is 5-10 minutes.

I drive 16 miles and it takes me 15 to 20 minutes, all open road.

I drive 7 miles to work and it takes me about 15 minutes, door to door. In California, I was driving 2 miles, so I'm really bummed about the increase in my commute time.

I had about twelve and a half miles to work and it generally took between twenty to fortyfive minutes depending on how hard it were snowing and which way and how hard the wind was blowing, and if I got behind a gravel train or schoolbus.

Average was about thirtyfive minutes; not counting taking a shower after I got there.

Don't you love that. Get to work, then take a shower.

Or is the drive so stressful that your antipersperant wears out before you get there.

Kind of reminds me of my friends that run several hog operations. They have to shower and wear bio suits before entering the hog buildings.

Peter, console yourself with the fact that, in a colder climate, a longer commute is better for your car. If I have my information correct, It provides the time for the engine oil to heat up to proper temperature thus minimizing wear. It's those 5 minute jaunts to the grocery in cold weather, during which the engine never really gets warm, that are tough on your engine.

I work 14 feet down the hall from the bedroom. No commute is nice.

Unfortunately, I walk that 14' to fire up my computers before I even get to pee or get my coffee...typically at 5AM. Then I don't shut them down till 11PM or midnight.

I AM doing work that I love though, and I'm not in a cubicle all day. I'll accept the bad for the good...... there are many who have less or work harder, so who am I to complain?

In the cold and in the snow, the "engine" dosen't get as hot, but anti-perspirant is still required, if the vehicle is a Bicycle!!

And yup, in the dark in the morning when it's snowing and the traffic is somewhat heavy; it CAN certainly be stressfull!

When it's the most fun though is in the rain or in the snow, drafting a loaded schoolbus, about two ft back at 35MPH on a moderatly rough and slippery back country road winding its' way between the lakes, while trying to wave back at the kids waving thru the rear bus window!

.....I just never felt comfortable letting go of even ONE handlebar while pulling that time saving manuver!

Gravel trains presented a different problem: No kids to distract you; just the ocassional loose rock

But...no bus stops either!!

I am about 100 miles from Lexington up in Cincinnati... If you are interested, let me know.

So, to hijack my own thread back, nobody is really close to Lexington...

100 miles is too far right now as I am busy from 6:30AM - 7:00PM if I skip dinner.

Oh well, it was just a thought...