Sort of aviation, kind of, mostly about cats

[bcg]

So this is only maybe sort of related to aviation and if everyone wants to yell at me to take it down, I will.  The aviation part, I fly cats for Pilots-N-Paws with my co-pilot, GJ the Adventure Kitty, he's a good Pilot Monitoring.  They do surprisingly well, I've had them as high as 9500' and they were still awake and alert.  The only time I've had any complaints from them is during a descent that's too fast, if I keep it at 400FPM or less, they do really well.

Now, the cat part...  Flying cats around and seeing all the feral cats around my area motivated me to start my own nonprofit to spay and release stray and feral cats to help cut down on the population last month.  In the last 3 weeks, we've done 20 cats, mostly out of my own pocket, and I've raised enough money to do another 14 next week from some very generous people, some of them fellow Mooney pilots.  I recently managed to convince a local business to hook me up with a Stihl MS251 Wood Boss Chainsaw to raffle off so, if you're interested in winning a nice chainsaw, you can get tickets here - https://bcrt.betterworld.org/giveaways/sstihl-ms-251-chainsaw.  It's all virtual and if someone not close to me wins, I'll ship you the saw, or fly it to you.

If you've got any interest in learning more about what I'm doing, you can check it out on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61573024811324) or https://banderacatrescue.org.  There's a lot more information on the FB page.

Sorry to SPAM but, it's a chance to get a nice saw for free and help out a good cause and fellow Mooney guy. 

[N201MKTurbo]

I always flew my cats like you do. On my lap. If they get bored they curl up in the copilots wheel well.

I think they are calm because the whole plane is purring.

[IvanP]

37 minutes ago, N201MKTurbo said:

I always flew my cats like you do. On my lap. If they get bored they curl up in the copilots wheel well.

I think they are calm because the whole plane is purring.

Love cats and pups who fly. Not sure about the "purring" of the plane. It is more like a roar in my plane. Purring Mooney would be nice  .

[dkkim73]

Loved the photos. Have memories of driving a U Haul with a cat on my shoulder 21 yrs ago. Freaked my elderly dad out when she crawled up on him, but it all worked out. No aviation experience yet. 

Stihl chainsaws are awesome (lived in a frequent-fall area in the pacific NW a while ago), so definitely worth an entry! I have 2 already. 

Good on you for doing this work. Thx again for the cool post. 

 

[bcg]

36 minutes ago, dkkim73 said:

Loved the photos. Have memories of driving a U Haul with a cat on my shoulder 21 yrs ago. Freaked my elderly dad out when she crawled up on him, but it all worked out. No aviation experience yet. 

Stihl chainsaws are awesome (lived in a frequent-fall area in the pacific NW a while ago), so definitely worth an entry! I have 2 already. 

Good on you for doing this work. Thx again for the cool post. 

 

No reason you can't have 3.  Or, sell it if you win.  A $400 saw for $10 wouldn't be a bad deal.

[DCarlton]

Appreciate what you're doing.  I've thought through this scenario and I've always been concerned about noise levels.  My M20F is so loud without headsets I've wondered how animals would react.  Figured I would throw a heavy blanket over the cages.  

[bcg]

Appreciate what you're doing.  I've thought through this scenario and I've always been concerned about noise levels.  My M20F is so loud without headsets I've wondered how animals would react.  Figured I would throw a heavy blanket over the cages.  

My C isn't any quieter than your F. I think we worry about stuff more than the animals do.

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[dkkim73]

1 hour ago, bcg said:

No reason you can't have 3.  Or, sell it if you win.  A $400 saw for $10 wouldn't be a bad deal.

Doh. You are entirely correct sir. Didn't realize it was such a modest entry price.. i will get a few. 

Plus I need some work on my saws, spending as couple years in a subdivision. 

No brainer to enter and support the cause

[dkkim73]

1 hour ago, bcg said:

My C isn't any quieter than your F. I think we worry about stuff more than the animals do.

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True. I can barely hear the chainsaw during takeoff. 

I keed.. I keed....