johnhking1

That would be the Amish? The local Amish Use propane.

No moving parts but still moving at 650,000 miles per hour.

Skydiving first started at the Ovid Airport, D82, in August 1967. The original Parachute Jumping Center License from the New York State Department of Commerce Bureau of Aviation is hanging on the wall at manifest. The DZ moved to Seneca Falls, N.Y. in April 1972. I opened Finger Lakes Skydivers DZ in Ovid in May 1982 and operated until November 2015. The business was sold and new operators began in April 2016 under the name Skydive Finger Lakes. The business was sold again and the next operators took over in April 2018 and operated through October 2021. They sold their aircraft and moved out of the area. There was no skydiving business operation during the 2022 and 2023 skydiving season. There was occasional skydiving by invitation only for experienced jumpers during those summers. A completely new skydiving operation, Skydive Seneca Lake, skydivesenecalake.com, will begin on April 25, 2024 with a Cessna TU-206 and a C-182. They are in no way associated with any of the past operations. I purchased the Ovid Airport in 1989, it has a 2800 X 40 paved runway and 2200 X 60 turf runway, 20+ acres of landing area, heated and air conditioned clubhouse with kitchen, lounge, restrooms with showers, and indoor packing area. It is locate in the center of the Finger Lakes Region of New York State. You can see 7 of the finger lakes from jump altitude plus Lake Ontario and on a clear day you can see Canada. John King

Must be Levi's.

Does that let Jerry Lee Lewis off the hook.

Ithaca NY, Tompkins County is buying 12 new diesel busses. They have 8 electric busses that keep breaking down, hard to service, cant get parts and the company that built them is out of business. They plan to buy electric busses from a different company when the time comes to replace their new diesel ones.

We were in the path of the total eclipse but it was overcast. We did get a peak of the sun through thin clouds when it was about 25% covered. It was cool as things got dark to the west. When it got dark, we saw out door lights on some houses come on and a cell tower red light came on. It got dark as night for a little over 4 minutes, really cool. I could see a tower to the east with a white strobe. As darkness passed to the east, I could see that tower light change to red. Looking west, it looked like sunrise and east sunset. As the shadow completely passed east, I could see that tower light change back from red to white. Even though we couldn't see the sun, it was a pretty cool experience.

I better stock up on hammers and steak knives before a back ground check is required.

There was an An-2 based at my DZ for a number of years. When it first arrived, the local FAA told the owner, no jumping from that aircraft. Pinocchio told me that no one ever jumped out of that airplane here.

Yes, New York State has an 8% tax on automotive and aviation 100LL. If you are using it off road, for example farming, mowing, etc and aviation, you can file and get the tax refunded. If you are using a lot of gas, it is worth it but using your garden tractor, chainsaw, etc, flying cross country and stopping in New York to fill your plane, not really worth it so New York keeps your money. I buy off road diesel for my mower and there is no state highway use tax but there is federal highway tax. I file to get a refund on that. If you burned Jet A in your diesel mower, you could get a tax refund also.

I used to buy Jet A and 100LL in bulk from a supplier for my DZ. All the taxes were included in the price that I paid including state and local sales tax. I didn't sell any of the fuel but if I was in the retail business selling fuel, I wouldn't have had to pay the sales tax when I bought it but would have to charge sales tax on the selling price then pay that to the state. At the end of the year, I filed to get a refund on the state highway tax.

I believe that the tax increase would be on all jet fuel including jump planes.

It was Taylor Swift.

I can't help but think that whoever is elected, they won't finish their 4 year term for one reason or another.

President Biden gives the State of the Union address tonight. His recent public appearances haven't painted the best picture of him. We will see how he does tonight. "Three-quarters of voters, including half of Democrats, say they have concerns about President Joe Biden’s mental and physical health, according to the latest national NBC News poll." With people concerned about his age now, what will they think in 11 months at the inauguration if he is elected, in 2, 3, 4 years. I am not a Trump fan either but it is looks like these will be our choices.

The upcoming FAA Reauthorization Bill is likely to severely affect skydiving possibly putting some DZ's out of business and raising jump prices of those who are able to continue. If you aren't familiar with the bill or haven't taken action, click the link below to contact your representative. It is quick and easy. Thanks https://www.uspa.org/Call-To-Action

George Carlin sums it up in about 2 minutes. https://www.google.com/search?q=george+carlin%2C+the+world+will+shake+us+pff+like+a+bad+case+of+fleas&rlz=1C1PRFI_enUS786US788&oq=george+carlin%2C+the+world+will+shake+us+pff+like+a+bad+case+of+fleas&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCTI1MzE5ajBqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:5e6a19b6,vid:6vGE73tTSVU,st:0

Possibly comparing the US to a banana republic is an insult to bananas.

I agree, the gearhead crowd is smaller, that is what I meant to infer.

And they probably have no idea how to.

A friend is trading in his 800 horse power Yenko Silverado for a 1150 horse power Yenko Camaro. Well at least the headlights are electric. I can't wait for a ride.

They could use Paul McCartney to get 70 year olds to vote for, I don't know who, Ringo?

A friend and I were just talking about Gift of Wings Skydiving Center. We were trying to find it on google earth. I typed in a search and found this https://www.ebay.com/itm/134322991142 and finally found the old Java Airpark here https://www.google.com/maps/place/Arcade,+NY/@42.6451461,-78.4156223,418m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x89d24c9e5f0f2713:0xe45f2b718da16f11!8m2!3d42.566526!4d-78.4069732!16zL20vMDFtaGJf?entry=ttu The pole barn just left of center was the hangar. If you look to the right of the dirt pile, you can barely see the outline of the former east west runway. If you look just right of center between the old runway and the dirt drive, you can see where the old pea gravel target was. Their clubhouse was a modular building which is no longer there. I jumped there a few times in the late 70's. 6 miles down the road was Wyoming County Parachute Club. I jumper there a few times also. My home DZ was Seneca Sport Parachute Club located at the Seneca Falls Airport.

All the chocolates melted then I had a chocolate glob when they cooled/

I am surrounded by Amish. They manufacture their own horsepower and there is an Amish buggy shop one mile from me. The buggies have torsion bar suspension, fiberglass wheels, hydraulic disc brakes, head lights, tail lights, turn signals and rear view mirrors. Some of them have heaters.