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That is a big fish. Imagine you are on one of those charters & a BIG fish grabs your bait & proceeds to strip the line off your reel in the next 2 minutes. You never see how big it is but standing there watching the line peel right off your reel, who needs to see the fish. Just imagine. Sounds like the fishing needs to be done with some ½ galvanized chain & a meat hook. Watching your line being removed from your reel, & nothing you can do about it, priceless. Von.
Don't be such a naysayer/doubting Thomas, these are like big flounder and they don't tend to run, they're just hard as hell to get up off the bottom, that's where they hang out. I know a guy who caught one of them on a trip to Kodiak and he said it was like reeling in a Volkswagen. I haven't caught a Halibut yet but Flounder can come just about to the surface and you don't even know they're on there, then when they get near sunlight they start swimming in circles.
 
Are you sure those guppies weren't photoshopped? You're going to have to take me on one of those charters,.........I can't believe that without corroboration,..........Call me with my plane ticket information,.......I'm about average size,...if you need to buy me special clothing to go on one of those charters.........I've got my toothbrush in a Baggie,........and my shower flip-flops and two changes of underwear in a plastic grocery bag,....I'm all set just as soon as you tell me what charter you've booked me on,.....I've got a cardboard sign with my name on it......You can pick me up at the Greater Pittsburgh Airport with my ticket on your way through..........(...there's a nice restaurant there where you can buy me lunch, while describing how good the fishing is,........).........
 
Are you sure those guppies weren't photoshopped? You're going to have to take me on one of those charters,.........I can't believe that without corroboration,..........Call me with my plane ticket information,.......I'm about average size,...if you need to buy me special clothing to go on one of those charters.........I've got my toothbrush in a Baggie,........and my shower flip-flops and two changes of underwear in a plastic grocery bag,....I'm all set just as soon as you tell me what charter you've booked me on,.....I've got a cardboard sign with my name on it......You can pick me up at the Greater Pittsburgh Airport with my ticket on your way through..........(...there's a nice restaurant there where you can buy me lunch, while describing how good the fishing is,........).........

Not asking for much, are we Canary. But hey, he just might meet you in his stretch limo to drive you to the flight line to board your Gulfstream for AK. If so, give the pilot a compass heading of 265 for Indianapolis International Airport using 5L/23R (parallel) for VFR & in bad weather for IFR use ILS approach CAT III ILS (5L). Give me the ESTA & I will bring the drinks & chips. Oh, it's 295 nautical miles Pittsburg to Indy. Please give me enough notice to track down a Frito Lay delivery truck. Maybe I can swap him some chips for a promise of fresh fish in the future. Von.
 
Brother Von!.....I'm sure Brother ABFer wouldn't mind picking you up on the way to Alaska....He could probably get a deal if he paid for your ticket and mine together........Two tickets would probably get him a discount!........Let's see,....You live near Indianapolis,......They have an Airport out there?........Or are they still calling it an "Aerodrome"?.....Surely, with all those cornfields out there,...they've got to have a runway big enough to land a jet,....instead of those biplanes.........Find out and let us know if Indianapolis can accommodate a modern jet,...and we'll stop and pick you up......If they don't have a strip big enough,...you might have to hitchhike to Cleveland so we can get you,.....scary thought,......Almost as bad as trying to...."Fly"....out of Buffalo........
 
I mean,.....with all the Anti-Aircraft batteries the Canadiens have at the end of the runway at Fort Erie,.......and we all know how........"touchy"......the Canadiens are about their airspace.........
 
Brother Von!.....I'm sure Brother ABFer wouldn't mind picking you up on the way to Alaska....He could probably get a deal if he paid for your ticket and mine together........Two tickets would probably get him a discount!........Let's see,....You live near Indianapolis,......They have an Airport out there?........Or are they still calling it an "Aerodrome"?.....Surely, with all those cornfields out there,...they've got to have a runway big enough to land a jet,....instead of those biplanes.........Find out and let us know if Indianapolis can accommodate a modern jet,...and we'll stop and pick you up......If they don't have a strip big enough,...you might have to hitchhike to Cleveland so we can get you,.....scary thought,......Almost as bad as trying to...."Fly"....out of Buffalo........



5L/23R is 11,000 ft. Air Force One uses this runway for security reasons & it's length. If you can't make it off this one with a Gulf Stream 5, we need to park it & flag down the nearest rickshaw. Might be a tad slower, but it will give us more practice time on our casting technique. On the other hand, the amount of beverage I plan on bringing on this trip might hinder the accuracy of said practice sessions.
 
Brother Von!.....I'm sure Brother ABFer wouldn't mind picking you up on the way to Alaska
I am flattered that you think so highly of my means but I am sorry to say that I am just a lowly peasant at ABF Freight so don't hang out at AGC looking for the G-5 with ABFer plastered down both sides in green and yellow. However, if I was a man of such means I would be happy to do a touch and go at AGC on my way by to Indianapolis Regional where we could come to a full stop and load von and the fuel tanks for the trip to AK. At something like 500 nm he'd have about an hour and a half to get ready.
 
I am flattered that you think so highly of my means but I am sorry to say that I am just a lowly peasant at ABF Freight so don't hang out at AGC looking for the G-5 with ABFer plastered down both sides in green and yellow. However, if I was a man of such means I would be happy to do a touch and go at AGC on my way by to Indianapolis Regional where we could come to a full stop and load von and the fuel tanks for the trip to AK. At something like 500 nm he'd have about an hour and a half to get ready.

I am all for that. But my largest concern is finding a loan officer I could convince to loan me the cash for the fuel truck. What with pre-pay & fuel charges, the current balance in my slush fund account in the Cayman Islands won't cover the fuel costs. As an afterthought, as of this moment I have not passed my check ride for a Gulf Stream 5. Whom may I ask is going to steer the dam thing? I mean these guys are Union, & being member of the Air Line Pilots Association doesn’t come cheap. I wonder what kind of balance the IBT Slush Fund has? von.
 
I mean,.....with all the Anti-Aircraft batteries the Canadiens have at the end of the runway at Fort Erie,.......and we all know how........"touchy"......the Canadiens are about their airspace.........
To Hell with the Anti-Aircraft missiles @ the end of the runway, Just install an ex-large chaff machine in the tail with a 50 cal rail gun & we should make altitude just find. von.
 
To Hell with the Anti-Aircraft missiles @ the end of the runway, Just install an ex-large chaff machine in the tail with a 50 cal rail gun & we should make altitude just find. von.
10-4! With the proper amount of fluids in our veins, we can flaunt those Canadiens with impunity....I'll rummage around in the basement,...see if I can find any .50 caliber rounds,.......Bro. ABFer can bring the torches to cut open a firing port,......Luckily, you guys have me along to think of the little things.......
 
I am all for that. But my largest concern is finding a loan officer I could convince to loan me the cash for the fuel truck. What with pre-pay & fuel charges, the current balance in my slush fund account in the Cayman Islands won't cover the fuel costs. As an afterthought, as of this moment I have not passed my check ride for a Gulf Stream 5. Whom may I ask is going to steer the dam thing? I mean these guys are Union, & being member of the Air Line Pilots Association doesn’t come cheap. I wonder what kind of balance the IBT Slush Fund has? von.
We're Truckdrivers,.......We can do ANYTHING!.....Not well, maybe,....but our Training as Transportation Facilitation Specialization Personnel allows us to B.S. our way into the cockpit, where,.....between the three of us, I'm sure we could figure out how to start and run the plane,.....Being a B.S. specialist, First Class,....I'll handle the Financing,......I was an O/O for nine years,.....put 4 children through college,.......I can easliy lie to a loan officer with the most plausible face since St. Paul talked his way out of a Roman prison,.....My Irish heritage has given me the genetic disposition of having a tongue hinged in the middle,........I've talked my way out of tickets, grievances , firings, fistfights,,........(I'm surprised I'm not a Politician...)..I can easily handle the financing,.....Just dress me up in a $35 Sears Blazer and turn me loose in a Wells Fargo loan office.........I see nothing but success and fish in our future.......
 
We're Truckdrivers,.......We can do ANYTHING!.....Not well, maybe,....but our Training as Transportation Facilitation Specialization Personnel allows us to B.S. our way into the cockpit, where,.....between the three of us, I'm sure we could figure out how to start and run the plane,.....Being a B.S. specialist, First Class,....I'll handle the Financing,......I was an O/O for nine years,.....put 4 children through college,.......I can easliy lie to a loan officer with the most plausible face since St. Paul talked his way out of a Roman prison,.....My Irish heritage has given me the genetic disposition of having a tongue hinged in the middle,........I've talked my way out of tickets, grievances , firings, fistfights,,........(I'm surprised I'm not a Politician...)..I can easily handle the financing,.....Just dress me up in a $35 Sears Blazer and turn me loose in a Wells Fargo loan office.........I see nothing but success and fish in our future.......
Go fish. Go fish Go fish. Ops, I meant Go Colts. von.
 
10-4! With the proper amount of fluids in our veins, we can flaunt those Canadiens with impunity....I'll rummage around in the basement,...see if I can find any .50 caliber rounds,.......Bro. ABFer can bring the torches to cut open a firing port,......Luckily, you guys have me along to think of the little things.......
Trust me, you do not want me any where near an aircraft with a blow torch. von.
 
It's raining in Jemez Springs NM.
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We southwesterners will take any moisture that we can get.
Once upon a time I went out to Phoenix/Scottsdale, AZ vicinity for a while. Before going out I contacted the airport north of town(s) and inquired about flying conditions and small plane rentals. They told me that they have two types of flying conditions VFR (visual flight rules) and...nobody's flying...nothing in between.
 
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