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Re: Pilot needs Help.

Postby Chris McKeon » Tue Oct 25, 2022 9:56 pm

Well, I simply refused to Die. I went against the Prognosis. In fact each Day I get closer and closer to being what I used to be. Granted My Normal may have been everyone elses;s Abnormal. But My Abnormal is all Mine! Do now I am on the Cusp of once again Flying. I will moss likely get to Fly Loke this; Condor 330, Northwing T-Two. Then, after I gave shown that I can still Fly, I will Fly the Finest Glider ever, My One Fifty Eight Predator!

So in the Meantime. i use My hands as much as possible. I Play My Gibson SG. Yea for oh I do not know exactly how long I play My Guitar each Day. But suffice to say; I get in at least Two hours A Day Picking through the Pentatonic Scale. Yes it is a case of My SG, My Metronome, and Myself.
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Re: Pilot needs Help.

Postby Chris McKeon » Thu Oct 27, 2022 9:37 am

So I came across this on You-Tube. I have been thinking of other Gliders that I might someday Fly other than My beloved Predator. In fact My first Flight back since when I pounded might be where I Will possibly Fly an Huge 330 Wills Wing Condor. I have been a dedicated Predator Pilot. But all Aircraft intrigue Me. I always Yearn to Fly an Aircraft that I have never seen before. i MEAN WHY not. But there is one Glider that I do not ever want to Fly. That is of course a Paraglider. For as a Man, My Testicles are much to small.

But Flying a Foot Launched Sailplane intrigues 'Me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpemglwS8XA
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Re: Pilot needs Help.

Postby Chris McKeon » Fri Oct 28, 2022 5:53 pm

I have just been checking out this Archeoptaeopteryxc. This Sail plane has Me intrigued. How about Anyone Else?
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Re: Pilot needs Help.

Postby JoeF » Fri Oct 28, 2022 9:13 pm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeopteryx

Pretty bird:

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Re: Pilot needs Help.

Postby Chris McKeon » Fri Oct 28, 2022 9:46 pm

DISCLAIMER: I am typing Trash Talk. Trash Talk require a moderate level of intellect from which a Person who is reading my Trash typing will understand that what i type is only a tongue in cheek way to have a little fun.
So Relax, and enjoy:

Ok I am trying to be able to appraise Myself. I want to know where I am physically, Mentally, and of course as a Pilot. I had a Physical Therapist Back a little more than a decade ago, Chris Kowalski. When I asked Chris; When will I be a hundred percent recovered? Chris replied; "Only You will know when You are a hundred percent recovered". Well each Day My speech is getting clearer and Clearer. My Physical movements are improving. When will i Say that I am a hundred percent recovered. I really do not know when that will be. I fully realize that any "GOOD PILOT" can on Flat Ground see indications that a Thermal is touching the Ground within running Distance. The Pilot can Pick up His or Hers Glider, then commence Running so that He or She will have enough Forward Momentum that They are able to achieve Flight. They mange their Airspeed., immediately entering a turn thus being able to Climb. But that is done by all You REALLY CAPABLE, :

OK I am not a; "GOOD PILOT". Heck I never was A good pilot.

Ok this about all the Smack that I want to Type. I hope You Guys enjoy Trash Posting. It really is a case of; "SMACK TYPING". Enjoy.


Good By Chris.
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Re: Pilot needs Help.

Postby Chris McKeon » Sat Oct 29, 2022 10:56 am

Well I guess that this is somewhat off-subject. But heck, at least they arte birds, BIG-BIG Birds. the Bird that I am citing is a Terra-Torn. I mean if that Bird was here Today. But heck Maybe I be Soaring My Predator. Then I would be lunch for a Teratorn.
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Re: Pilot needs Help.

Postby Chris McKeon » Fri Nov 04, 2022 9:47 am

Hello Everyone:

Well being in the situation that I am in. By the way I am at the 12 Year Eight Month Post pond time. Well to say that this experience has been something does not do justice to the trek that I have been on regarding fully recovering. Yes I always intended to recover to where I was before March 28th. 2010.

By amnd Large Family and friends, Pilots and the rest have shown kindness and compassion. Yes I did have a couple of employes of My local Hospital, Employes being Doctors did have a couple of Bone Headed, Cruel things to say. I have also had one Pilot, one Who should know better be Mean and Cruel to Me. But I really do have has said: "Chris, You Don't have Friends, You have an Army of FRiends".

FLIGHT PLAN;

Well I at present working to improve My Bipedal locomotion. Then I will get possibly George's Condor, and then Strut, Saunter My way into the Air. Then I will most likely Fly John's T-Two. Then after John has given My Predator a through IRAN I will once again be enjoying the Sky Flying the Greatest Hang-Glider ever Made.
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Re: Pilot needs Help.

Postby Craig Muhonen » Fri Nov 04, 2022 1:01 pm

I think you could get safely into the wind using the, "tethered" mode.
Pick a strong day take some friends and don't be afraid.

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Re: Pilot needs Help.

Postby Chris McKeon » Fri Nov 04, 2022 3:55 pm

To Craig, and others, whom might bs interested:

I do understand tht the Vast Majority of You only have a fragmented dea as to Who I am, and what happened to Me. So today I will try and fill in the Gaps, so to Speak Regarding; This busted up Broken, but recovering Predator Pilot. Wel as most of You already know. I pounded into the Ground Twelve and a Half Years ago. ever Since that Sunday, March 28th 2010 i have been attempting to bwe what I once was. I would be so pleased to be what i was, Pew-Pound. I believe that My ability to Fly was sound. Yes if I do get to where i once was, that would, Will make Me Happy. So since I returned to My House from the Hospital. My Mother and My Sister have lived with Me here in the east Bay Area town of Brentwood california. well it seems to be the case that I will be going to live at my mom's House. all three of us will be going to Cazadero with mom. I would very much like to stay down here. I have tried to find a room to Rent to no avail though.

OK I do noyt want any of you Southern California pilots to simply; Write Me off. That has been done too often up here By a couple of Doctors, and even a Pilot friend of Nine. I see My Self as: "THE PREDATOR PILOT WHO COULD".
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Re: Pilot needs Help.

Postby JoeF » Fri Nov 04, 2022 9:39 pm

Hey Chris,
Phoenix Predator Pilot (PPP)! You give me hope; Thank You! Hope your move goes well; family is important.

I wince at some of your expressions that deal with getting to where you were; my wince regards my belief that you are already better than what you were. Your perseverance may well be at a higher level than what was. That is, now is where you are. I hold that the past is gone; we have the gift of now where we blossom hopefully ever into better selves with new learnings, new relationships, new powers .... No flight is the same as some past flight; each flight is new and unique in itself. Any flight that will be for you will be absolutely in that moment itself with all of its present realities.

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