McRib is back, or what is the most ridiculous excuse you made to go flying

[Ibra]

Took 2 friends for a 30min UV session overhead the airport at 5000ft while under it was 800ft overcast grey dark day

[skydvrboy]

Every month I drive 20 minutes west to my hangar, get in the plane, and fly 20 minutes east to go to our aviator's association meeting instead of just driving the 20 minutes to the other airport.  It's just an excuse to fly.

[steingar]

When I won my Cherokee my then chair flew me to Oshkosh in his Skylane to pick it up.  Said he, "a really good excuse to fly, and how often does one of my pals win an airplane?"

[vorlon1]

21 hours ago, Yetti said:

Somewhere maybe one of the grocery stores in houston, they had the smaller bottles.

"Back in the day" some swore that the smaller bottles tasted better...

Just sayin' 

[DonMuncy]

To drift the thread a little further, how many remember Grapette in 6 oz bottles.

[jaylw314]

47 minutes ago, DonMuncy said:

To drift the thread a little further, how many remember Grapette in 6 oz bottles.

I do!  Oh crap, I think I just dated myself   My family and I lived for a year in Taiwan in the mid 70's, and it was pretty popular there

[DonMuncy]

1 minute ago, jaylw314 said:

I do!  Oh crap, I think I just dated myself   My family and I lived for a year in Taiwan in the mid 70's, and it was pretty popular there

Mid 70's? We drank Grapette in the mid 40s. 

[Parker_Woodruff]

26 minutes ago, DonMuncy said:

Mid 70's? We drank Grapette in the mid 40s. 

My mom bought it in 12 oz bottles from Sam's in the 90s...

[RobertGary1]

32 minutes ago, Parker_Woodruff said:

My mom bought it in 12 oz bottles from Sam's in the 90s...

My kids used to fill those up on long flights. At one point we ran out of extras over Mexico and I had to overboard the contents out the pilot window.

-Robert

[INA201]

We are fortunate to have Triple Tree nearby. When there is a fly in there we drive the 20 minutes(every airport seems to be 20 minutes)to the airport to get the plane.  Flying the "arrival procedures,' etc takes a good thirty more minutes.  We could drive there in thirty but the Mooney would be disappointed if we left her in the hangar.  

[animalmover]

45 min flight to Buc-ee’s for a Frito pie burrito and I’d do it again. 

[67 m20F chump]

I have the opposite story.  When I was young CFI one of my students got his hands on his bosses T34.  I was young and stupid and dating a smoken hot blonde.   The choice was T34 or a night of low moral standards.   It’s been over 20 years and I have never had the chance to get inside a T34 again.  I dated the blonde for 5 years but I still think about the T34.

[ohdub]

When I need an excuse to fly, I'll fly to an airport with cheaper gas that is a 1/2 hour away and fill up. 

I also will fly 15 minutes to Aircraft Spruce's Canadian location just to "save" the shipping charges.

[RLCarter]

2 hours ago, animalmover said:

45 min flight to Buc-ee’s for a Frito pie burrito and I’d do it again. 

I want a Frito pie......What Buc-ee's has a runway? 

[animalmover]

Terrell (TRL) courtesy car and a 5-10 drive to exit 498 (can’t miss a Buc-ee’s). 

Edited November 3, 2019 by animalmover

[RLCarter]

20 minutes ago, animalmover said:

Terrell (TRL) courtesy car and a 5-10 drive to exit 498 (can’t miss a Buc-ee’s). 

400 nm for a Frito pie? Hell, why not....

[bill98]

On 10/26/2019 at 10:13 AM, thinwing said:

On 10/26/2019 at 8:14 PM, N201MKTurbo said:

You must be able to get it around here, most of the taco shops have it. 

I think there is an underground supply chain that caters to taco shops and such...

Fiesta 

[bill98]

Just now, bill98 said:

 

Not sure why it double quoted. 
 

also Walmart - Rotisserie chickens are actually quite good.