# ice cream **URL:** \ **Category:** Guest Discussion\ **Created:** [February 12, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.cirruspilots.org/t/ice-cream/61842 "2012-02-12T16:40:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bessmago](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/copa/user_avatar/forum.cirruspilots.org/bessmago/32/158_2.png) [@bessmago](https://forum.cirruspilots.org/u/bessmago)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.cirruspilots.org/t/ice-cream/61842/1 "2012-02-12T16:40:30Z")
Where was I? Yes…all’s well that end’s well. ![6787.IMG_0006.JPG](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/copa/original/2X/2/286fe4b1ea9f32da6df2bbe16654e8c72b96711e.jpeg) I returned the stethoscopes to Dr Gonzalez- the elderly get so cranky. A little briny, but he won’t notice. ![3666.IMG_0010.JPG](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/copa/original/2X/f/ff71dc6e9e265732f58c608823177958bab4f7b1.jpeg) And I was completely scared to fly. Went with my instructor partner, Bruce Brown, whose PLB never beeped, and when he pulled the power on takeoff, I had a panic attack, even though you can land that 172 at 40 or so. But notoriety breeds generosity: The Olympus guys came through with 12 scopes! And I had a lot of cleaning solutions, blue gallon jugs of gluteraldehyde and proteozymes that American Airlines felt were Hazmats, and I guess they are. ![8015.IMG_0012.JPG](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/copa/original/2X/b/bc4ec183108f1a06a577de3f85ffe69ca178a9ba.jpeg) ![5314.IMG_0013.JPG](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/copa/original/2X/4/46480b1fd7f0066188d793b1f27317986cf75765.jpeg) And all kinds of other stuff. The lab runs month to month, and last month’s supplies were 86’d. So I needed a plane. I flew an Aztec, and it looked wheezy, climbed like a dog, handled like a truck, and the avionics involved sun dials, I think. So I impulsively bought a well used G2, flew it to Ft Lauderdale, missing that R9 a bit, bought a new raft (smaller- sorry), and a new PLB. I saw the original raft on display at Banyan- sure enough, it says it’s a 4-6 seater. Tied the PLB to my belt- learn something new everyday, put lanyards on my specs, put my passport/money bag INSIDE my shirt where I won’t be able to rip it off with the headset/seatbelts, took a deep breath, and flew to Port au Prince, a non event, though that last couple hundred miles is lonely. The plane looked sharp on the ramp. ![5488.IMG_0021.jpg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/copa/original/2X/0/0de1e3eb0723293db96972a031fd0c60a947507c.jpeg) Arrived in time for a Sunday tradition: Rick and Wynn and Conan take a truckload of neighborhood kids for ice cream. They put 20 in the back of the truck, and everybody sits pretty still for young kids (not very). ![4721.IMG_0023.jpg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/copa/original/2X/4/4ab5abaa81074e478b83ac6c90013aed8c5cef2b.jpeg) Rick gets a head count, and we bring back 30 pints, just to be sure- they squirm around a good bit and it’s hard to get an accurate count. ![2148.IMG_0027.jpg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/copa/original/2X/d/d8776536cfeb20ee56daafb69c65d9cb70989356.jpeg) The kids eat nicely, and Wynn rides herd. ![0820.IMG_0029.jpg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/copa/original/2X/0/06d7425343884e5b129ae73a8fcde16484f328c3.jpeg) Damn, it’s good to be back. ---
**Author:** ![civester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/copa/user_avatar/forum.cirruspilots.org/civester/32/146762_2.png) [@civester](https://forum.cirruspilots.org/u/civester)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.cirruspilots.org/t/ice-cream/61842/2 "2012-02-12T16:43:10Z")
Welcome back Dick. ---
**Author:** ![Tyler\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Tyler\_Wheeler](https://forum.cirruspilots.org/u/Tyler_Wheeler)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.cirruspilots.org/t/ice-cream/61842/3 "2012-02-12T17:17:57Z")
Glad to see you back in the saddle and doing great things for others. Im glad you kept with a Cirrus rather than a yucky Aztec! ---
**Author:** ![bryanh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/copa/user_avatar/forum.cirruspilots.org/bryanh/32/208885_2.png) [@bryanh](https://forum.cirruspilots.org/u/bryanh)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://forum.cirruspilots.org/t/ice-cream/61842/4 "2012-02-12T17:32:27Z")
Welcome back!!! Thank you for all that you do. ---
**Author:** ![Ross\_Robillard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/copa/user_avatar/forum.cirruspilots.org/ross_robillard/32/147816_2.png) [@Ross\_Robillard](https://forum.cirruspilots.org/u/Ross_Robillard)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.cirruspilots.org/t/ice-cream/61842/5 "2012-02-12T18:50:12Z")
Is that your new airplane in the pic? It looks suspiciously like 134AJ. ---
**Author:** ![danielpace](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/copa/user_avatar/forum.cirruspilots.org/danielpace/32/339_2.png) [@danielpace](https://forum.cirruspilots.org/u/danielpace)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.cirruspilots.org/t/ice-cream/61842/6 "2012-02-12T19:05:24Z")
Good to see you back on your horse, riding the range Doc. ---
**Author:** ![wjlong](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/copa/user_avatar/forum.cirruspilots.org/wjlong/32/174131_2.png) [@wjlong](https://forum.cirruspilots.org/u/wjlong)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.cirruspilots.org/t/ice-cream/61842/7 "2012-02-12T20:23:22Z")
Well, just when I think I could not admire you more, you go and do something like this…well done my virtual friend. JL ---
**Author:** ![Giuseppe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/copa/user_avatar/forum.cirruspilots.org/giuseppe/32/249853_2.png) [@Giuseppe](https://forum.cirruspilots.org/u/Giuseppe)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.cirruspilots.org/t/ice-cream/61842/8 "2012-02-12T21:40:09Z")
Thank you Doc!