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Timothy Ettridge: May 2011
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Occasional tales of adventure and travel. Saturday, May 21, 2011. It doesn't cost $100 anymore, however. New to airplane ownership, it wasn't until today that I finally took the opportunity to fly to another airport simply because I could. Two other popular flying destinations in this part of Florida are Chalet Suzanne. To the south or Cedar Key. I set in three airports as waypoints to give me a gentle curve to the east that avoided Tampa's airspace. First up was an airport across the street from Que...
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Timothy Ettridge: March 2010
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Occasional tales of adventure and travel. Monday, March 22, 2010. Money is a renewable resource, time isn't. I'm home, arriving this morning in Orlando at 5:30 am, where Jamie picked me up. You've just got to love a friend who will rise at 4:30 am to pick you up at a place an hour from their home and then drive you to a place yet another hour beyond. Jamie hung out as long as I could stay awake (until 2:00 pm) then made the two hour drive back to her home on the coast just below Cape Canaveral. I launche...
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Timothy Ettridge: March 2009
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Occasional tales of adventure and travel. Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Returning to the Past. I lived in Iceland from April of '80 to April of '81, during my last of four years in the Air Force. I had a remarkable experience in that year, unlike most other military personnel stationed there who seemed to be simply waiting to go home. I'd always wanted to go back. Last Summer my English friend and former " Saga Insurance. Boy, do I love my life. With friends like this, how could I ever be bored. I took a pict...
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Timothy Ettridge: April 2009
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Occasional tales of adventure and travel. Wednesday, April 29, 2009. Through the Eyes of Another. Zhenya flew into Orlando on April 12th. It's her first trip to the States. She's here for almost a full month; ten days of preparation and two separate week-long hang gliding competitions. We are in the middle of the first, on the edge of Lake Okeechobee, Florida. Even if you don't speak Russian, her spirit is still evident in her blog. Last winter while conversing online, I mentioned that the way her hair f...
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Timothy Ettridge: November 2009
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Occasional tales of adventure and travel. Sunday, November 29, 2009. Timmy's in the Oz Report. I just bought a new glider. The full story is in the Oz Report. This new one like a beach cruiser; as simple as a glider gets because sometimes simplicity is an advantage. Davis Straub's Oz Report. I've long been submitting pictures for Davis, as I'm usually free to photograph what most pilots are too busy being involved in to record. Oh, yes. So you're. Tim Ettridge. I've heard of you.". My only plausible expl...
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Timothy Ettridge: February 2010
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Occasional tales of adventure and travel. Sunday, February 21, 2010. Being a bit too involved in the competition to take photos myself, every picture here and in the slide show below, excepting one (its identity will become obvious) was taken by my driver,. Once below me, Thor made the wise suggestion of deploying my parachute over the nearest major branch I could reach to ensure that, if the branch holding me gave way, I would not fall completely to the ground. Before I let the parachute go complete...
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Timothy Ettridge: May 2010
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Occasional tales of adventure and travel. Sunday, May 23, 2010. At least I, for one, had fun. The 2010 World Championships never happened. Out of 14 days scheduled for competition, not a single one provided weather good enough for a flyable task. For 80 of the world's best pilots pilots who traveled from around the globe, it was a bitter disappointment. For me, however, it was still a great time. With so many of my best friends in the world all in one place, what's to complain about? I'm here to drive fo...
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Timothy Ettridge: December 2008
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Occasional tales of adventure and travel. Tuesday, December 30, 2008. Aussie friend Chris, who works for the U.N., found herself on a short assignment in Haiti just just a few weeks before I'd moved into my trailer in Florida in mid December. Suddenly she was not only not half way around the world, she was just a short flight away. The opportunity to spend Christmas together seemed obvious. I also joined her co-workers (of every nationality imaginable, including one country in Africa I'd never heard of b...
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Timothy Ettridge: July 2010
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Occasional tales of adventure and travel. Sunday, July 25, 2010. So instead, once it was fixed, I opted take the time to slowly limp to Laragne, France ("B" below), gauging the car's health at every gas stop. Laragne is a place I'd thought I'd said goodbye to last July, after the 2009 World Championships (part of last summers string of adventures so full that I've never gotten around. In the morning, the proprietor greeted me like an old friend. Are stationary, forming on their leading edge as fast as th...
