June 2004 Newsletter
Air Mail
Division
Activity: 2 Pilots flying 31.2 hours.
Welcome to new
pilot Mike Hill.
Bush Pilots
Division
Ron Jorgensen
has submitted the Toughman Challenge #4. This challenge takes place in
Activity. 10
Pilots flying 159.37 hours
Some of the
pilots have been concerned about Bill Odell who has been sidelined
temporarily. Here is his report:
As
you probably know by now, on Monday April 5th at about 0700 I took an ambulance
ride to the ER due to extreme difficulty breathing. They went to work in a hurry and after a
myriad of tests and exams they found many things.
First,
I had Congestive Heart Failure, brought on by a severe case of Pneumonia. Action was taken on that without delay, it
took about 5 weeks to completely get rid of the liquid in my lungs. Tests also showed that I needed Prostate
Surgery, but the Cardiologist delayed the surgery until he had my heart
problems under control. The first thing
they did, which was a big pain was install a Foley (catheter) which I had in me
until Friday a week ago. They finally
ok'd the surgery and that was on May 13, which turned out very well. Removal of the Foley brought on a new
training process in urinating <G>, the aim was and still is to a degree,
really off. I have checks this week with
my Urologist to see how the surgery turned out and then my Cardiologist to
decide what treatment is necessary for the Heart problem they discovered during
a chemical stress test. It looks like a
Pacemaker is next in line. Can't wait
for the ok to get back flying FS and my radio-control aircraft, should be ok by
this coming Thursday. Hope to see you
all flying shortly. My Doc says: “Remember Bill you are 84 and heal a little
slower than younger guys.”
Thanks
for your concern.
Best,
Bill
Odell
Over
the past week Bill has returned to active duty.
For now he is going to limit his flying to
Australian Division
Activity: 10 pilots flying 225.65 hours
Northern Division
Activity: 6 pilots flying 136.18 hours
Southern Division
The Southern
Division is hosting the “Feature of the Month”
The 2004 Caribbean Jaunt officially
begins on June 1st at the PanAm Dinner Key terminal in Miami and
winds up June 23rd at Oranjestad, Aruba. There are a mix of landings on water and at
airports, so an amphibian is required.
The dates are just suggestions, you can fly anytime you want and take as
long as you want. File your flight
reports in the usual fashion. If you are
not a member of Bluegrass Airlines use “visitor” or your pilot ID from another
airline if you have one. This is just
for fun and to rack up some hours while learning about the islands. There is a link on the web-site to find out
more about each of our ports of call. Seems
like a bloke name Christopher Columbus has been to many of these islands just
over 500 years ago.
Activity: 12 pilots flying 365.07 hours
Welcome to new
pilots Tom McCoy and Jeff Wagstaff
From the C.E.O.
Some of us had
a lot of fun flying the Great Aussie Air Rally using BushNet and TeamSpeak.
We plan on
doing the same for “The Caribbean Jaunt”.
This will be a first for me, landing on water while using
Multi-Player. I hope more of you will
give M.P. a try. All the information
you need is on the avsim.com forum. Page
down near the bottom for the The Bush Net Forum. Click on it, then click on “Airheads Guide to
Bush Net”.
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That’s all for
now,
Bill Von Sennet
P.S. Don’t forget to check out the forum and screen
shot pages.
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