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26 • TWIN & TURBINE AUGUST 2012JetPROP Turbine ConversionsPerformance, Economy, Safety265 ktas @ 33 gph (8 nm/gallon)child support, IRS fines, and alimony to wife #1 & #2. Doing the sim instructor thing again.Sixty-two years old. Wife #3 (sexy model) says you’re too damn old and no fun. She leaves and takes most of your assets. You retire to chase higher pay at a “unique opportunity” outfit.Sixty-three years old. Captain on a non-scheduled South American 727 freighter. Living in a non- air-conditioned studio apartment directly beneath the departure path for Miami 9L. Owner tells you a story about MD-80 turbine parts raining down on his building 20 years ago.Sixty-five years old. Lose medical over tequila-induced liver disorder. Get job as part 141 sim instruc- tor (again).Sixty-seven years old. Hotel alarm clock set by previous (young) Fed-Ex crewmember goes off at 1:15 AM. Have heart attack and die...so you thought. Wake to realize you’re not dead, just old.Sixty-eight years old. Quit the flying business; sit on the porch swing for the rest of your days, looking skyward at every airplane noise.... longing to be up there.Moral of the Story?Perhaps now you’re not quite so disappointed that you didn’t get to fly an airliner or a fighter. Just as technical analysts may label a chartist’s research techniques as “windmills of the mind”, so is it true of this fate-forecasting-formula. Still, even if your journal of life is not aligned with this individual, can we learn from others and is there a moral to this tale of woe?If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of our trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month.Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President- TeddyFlying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.JetPROP AVIDYNE GLASS JetPROP LLCSpokane Felts Field 509-535-6445 www.jetprop.comModified by Rocket Engineering