These ant autobahns function much the same as human highways to speed transport of goods and to reduce bumps and potholes in the path.

John flew coach to Vienna, but first-class back home.

Two weeks ago I was ferrying my Grumman Tiger from Detroit to Wash DC area to show it to a prospective buyer. Hard IFR......2000 foot ceiling, tops to 10,000, and a 40 knot headwind with a lot of bumps. After an hour of slogging along through moderate rainshowers, I was thinking: gee......this really isnt much fun ! Just then the #2 cylinder swallowed an intake valve, causing a drastic loss of power and shaking the whole plane as if part of the prop had come off. Now my thinking changes to : Oh F##K! I declared an emergency.....and the controller at Toledo told me that Metcalf airport was five miles behind me. He did a great job of helping me get turned around and down.....and when I came out of the clouds, there were three very pretty runways to choose from. I managed to get the plane on the ground in one piece. (By the way....the guy in Virginia bought it anyway....he's putting a new engine on now)

It seemed to Chip that Julia was leaving him because The Academy Purple had too many breast references and a draggy opening, […]