[Chris McKeon]

OK I do need: A little help from My Friends. For Pilot-X just might be doing well enough to drive me either a Training hill in Berkeley. or to the coast where i will set-up that Super-Sized WW 330 Condor. I will Pre-Flight that Glider, Doi a through Pre-Flight, Hook-In. Adjust pitch and Yaw. Call Clear, then i will stride that great Big bird into the Air. it will be Hands down , the Most Flying experience that I have ever had.


You know how rhart Cartoon Character Buzz Lightyear says; "To Infinity and Beyond!" I say; Infinity is a Good starting Point!". {FEELINGS} I feel that it is in My Bones. My drive to be able to Fly again runs through My Blood, My Core essence is of a Pilot who Yearns to Fly again. I have not Flown in Twelve Years. I see this forced sebatticale as long enough , to not Fly.

[Frank Colver]

Two pilots need help!

Which is worse? To not fly because of physical injury or to be able to fly any day but be insurance banned from all of the good flying sites where you live, like BobK ?. Chris, in my judgement you are in the best position.

Frank

[Chris McKeon]

Well Frank The Time might very well might come when Bob Will not need to deal with his employes gone amok. yes the site i am talking about is up in the sierra mountains. wolf's peak is quite close to Sonora Pass. Get thus; None of us have ever seen one of our paid employes up there. That is because there are no Public Servants to be had up at Wolf's Peak. No I have never heard of a situation where one of our Paid employes; Public Servants have ever showed their faces' up there. The Sierra Mountains are as I am sure that You know frank are our Hang-Gliding Paradise.

POSIBLE TRAUMA FOR BOB:

But foe Bob there will be a very Real Potential Trauma for Bob. Bob will have to adapt to a change as to where He simply loves to do. That is Bob just loves to have all His landings upon Sand. It makes Him feel Better. For Bob has said that landing on the Beach at Torrey Pines or Docweiler is safer. But Bob will do fine once He has made the Adjustment to Landing upon Dirt.

The Suerra Mountain range is an Aviation, Free-Flight Paradise. I am looking forward to going back up there.

[Chris McKeon]

First off I hope that by My Posting on this Forum. I hope that I am not Violating some sort of Forum ethicacy code regarding where and what I say on the Hawks Forum. Bob if You do not feel that where I have Posted, or what I will say is offensive, fee Free to Move My Post. Or Heck You may also just delete what I will Say.

The only Reason that I am not Flying today is that My friend Pilot-X has been AWOL regarding His Driving Me to a Flying Site. Well it has been twelve Years. What's another Day, or another Week or Two. The way i see it at this Post - Pound time. I will get High with as Little Help from My Friend.

OK I want to get this straight. I see Flying for what it is. You have a Pilot who wearing His Harness Hooks into a Glider Launches into the Air, and Flys. The Glider has absolutely no idea that it is being Flown through Air that is directly above the Ground that is Hers or His Home site. Neither is the Flying in said Air any More safe above His Home Site, than the Air above the Ground Ten Twenty Thirty, Forty, Fifty or more Miles away from where said Pilot had Launched from. It really is like what others have said to Me; "I just love to Fly", "I know that I suck as a Pilot, but I simply just Love to Fly" That was said to Me by K - M. By the way KM was a very good Friend of Mine. Km was also a very Good Pilot. We lost KM Due to a Mid - Air. While KM was not flying XC He was simply soaring the Ridge at His Home sikte. Boy do I wish KM had decided to head out on a General Standard XC Flight. Where He would have had an enjoyable safe XC Flight.

eck the reason that I Fly xc is not so that I can go around crowing about how I fly further than other Pilots. No there are Two primary reasons, no Make that three reasons that from Time to time. First of I just love to Fly. Second: I am always trying to extend Myself to Fly. Third; I fly hands down the Greatest King Posted Glider: My Altair Predator 158.

Please take note simply Just loving to Fly, coupled with My Flying My Beloved Predator 158. Allows Me to stay in the Game when if I were Flying another Manufactures King-Posted Glider, or even Mighty Topless Glider. I would be on the Ground, as all of us know, wHeN And if You are on The Ground short of Goal. Your Day is Over!

PREDATOR THOUGHTS, AND THANKS:

You know everytime I fly My Predator, after I land in My Mind I give Thanks to John for first designing the Predator, Then building My Awesome Bird.

THANK YOU JOHN.

[Chris McKeon]

So Heck check these thoughts out of Mine; I am one truly busted up predator pilot. But that day March 28th 2010, a Day that will go down in infamy for me. Well that day was really only one Day in twenty Years of Flying. Granted that Day was a really bad Day regarding My Flying. It was only one Day. I have known OPIlots who hit the ground far worse than I did. But they suffered far worse injuries. In fact as time goes on I find Myself feeling more and More like My old abnormal Self. Check this out; My Abnormal is My normal, but it is all Mine!

I used to Fly fairly well. But for Me the first time when I am standing on launch I will be just like a Virgin on the Verge. Will I still have the Flight Skills that I had Twelve Years ago? Will I be able to launch well, will I Soar? I guess flying that Condor. I will not be soaring. But if all goes well My next venture up into the Sky will be when I Fly John's T-2. Then I hope to once again fly My Beloved Predator 158. I am so looking forward to once again Flying My 158 Predator. I hope that I will once again be quite low or rough terrain. Miles from the nearest road. I will kick in that sense of; "Just Loving to Fly" Yes I will need to get into the Get-Up or Die Mentally. Scratch-Scratch-Scratch My way back up Home, Home being 3000 Feet MSL.

PHOENIX NEWS:

Pilot-X just called Me. We talked about My Flying possibly the Coast this Weekend, either on saturday or on Sunday. This is so darn cool! Things are definitely looking up for Me.

So by Hook, or By Crook. This weekend on either on Saturday or on Sunday. It will be {LIGHTS, CAMERA, CONDOR} Stand by Video will be Posted .

[Bob Kuczewski]

PHOENIX NEWS:

Pilot-X just called Me. We talked about My Flying possibly the Coast this Weekend, either on saturday or on Sunday. This is so darn cool! Things are definitely looking up for Me.

So by Hook, or By Crook. This weekend on either on Saturday or on Sunday. It will be {LIGHTS, CAMERA, CONDOR} Stand by Video will be Posted .

That's great news. You will be posting a video of one of the most anticipated events in the history of hang gliding!!

[Chris McKeon]

{Aero Thoughts, Mine}


You know since I did that dreadful thing: I pounded. I injured my brain The best response to My queries regarding recovering My Brain has been a couple of Coments from Doctors that were while not enlightening, or inspirational. At least they were Kind and in an way helpful. I had one comment regarding how they, Doctors look at working on the Brain. Doctor Louie called it "The Muddy Science" Well even though I would have like to hear something like: We today after have made Great Progress regarding repairing and injured Brain. I had one Physical Therapist say to Me regarding my question regarding; How will I know when I am 100 percent recovered? Chris said; only you will be able to say when You are 100 percent recovered.

Any ways; I flew Hang Gliders for over two decades. I had just one Bad Day, Yes one Very Bad landing event. But when pound, really do Pound.

ANYWAYS, HERE AND NOW: I am really hoping to fly that jumbo sized Condor next weekend. Yes; "I will get High with a little Help from My Friend.

[Chris McKeon]

You know for Me to be sitting here typing this Message. A Message where I talk about the very real Possibility that I just might be Flying this weekend is for Me anyways an ultra Un-Real Experience. I fully realize that My "Flight" will be on the surface. My Flight will be a nothing Flight. Possibly only Who knows; A flight that very well Might have Me Flyin g from a Training Hill, or a Beach dune. A flight that will most likely last mere seconds. But the flight will for Me anyways will be the Most stunning event of My twenty Pluss years of flying. i believe that The Flight will be Epic.

So stand by for a Post Phoenix Guy in the Sky Flight report. Also I hope to have video of my Most Momentous flight.

Good By, Chris.

[Chris McKeon]

Well Guys, I know that I am a little Bit of a bother. For here I am a Predator Pilot. Granted I am a Predator Pilot who Hit the ground so hard That the inital doctors who worked on my Near-Death Body. They felt in their supreme knowledge regarding One's Ability to recover. They Told My friend Pilot-X that I would not survive. I mean they really did say that, Charlotins, all of them. You injure Yourself Bad enough and they really will Simply write You Off.

but that was 12 Years 4 months Ago. I am on the cusp of Flying again. But i have some other obligations that May impede My efforts to regain My place in the Sky. But alas, there is still the possibility that I may Fly off as Training Hill here in Brentwood, that ids Northern California Brentwood.

[Chris McKeon]

Check this Thought out; The only reason that I am even aware of what Glucose Number that I have is, is because when I pounded Twelve Years ago, in the Hospital my blood Glucose was a Sky rocket High of 851 on one reading. For those who are like I was ignorant regarding My Blood Glucose numbers. But after My Pounding it was thought that My bodies organs went through such a shock. That My numbers in the range where a Person might need to have a foot cut off. Well Doctors used Drugs such as McForman, and Glipizide to Force My Glucose number down So when i got Home using Food as a means of controlling My blood Glucose.
Yes I do exercise, but I do not exercise enough to be the Major Fact. But as time goes by more and More I have learned how to avoid Foods that cause My Body Grief.

Look I realise that I have gone off the Rails regarding How to control One's Blood Glucose. This is after All A Site By HG Pilots, and for Hang Glider Pilots. But please Pardon Me When I say that the Sole reason that I am even aware of My Glucose numbers, is because Twelve Years ago I Pounded way too hard. Heck after all I am only on this Quest because of My Flying. So I do not feel that this so way off Topic. Are any of You up to Speed regarding one's Glucose?

In Closing I see a Glucose Number average that is taken over a Seven Day run, An 85 Seven Day average of 85, would be optimal. IT IS LIKE flying, where a Predator is the finest HG ever made. That is simply a fact, it's just the Way things are. Hang Glider appeal are not like a Ginger Mary Ann Deal. For the appeal of a HG is based upon it's ability to Perform. It is not just Me that Feels that an 85 is THE NUMBER! My Doctor also thinks that.

One last PREDATOR Thought; The 158 Predator based on how well it has been able to Perform, has while Flying the same Rout as Wills-Wing Topless, Laminar Top-Less Glides. My Predator has out Distanced these Topless Super-Ships. So if You have not guessed, I just Love My Predator. Thank You John.

By the Way I Love my