More Ayre less Hazzard

There is a time for driving but better for flying.I had the opportunity Tuesday to do something that I have been relishing for months and I fully enjoyed it.

Early Tuesday I caught the buzz over my air radio of a fellow Wolf-Pack member who invited me to take a short hop with him to Jackson Hole. Few pilots will turn down a chance to fly, so I met my pal up at the Uinta County airport and off we went in his Jet Ranger Helo. We did a touch and go there at Montpelier then I took the controls. Ah it felt great. There is something to be said and for all those that are landlocked will never understand, but feeling your body lift from the ground and hitting 10,000 feet or higher at 275 mph, the real beauty of what God creates is very apparent and it’s a time of reverence. So we got to Jackson Hole, Mark went and delivered his load at the hospital, and I stayed at the airport , slurping some 100 mile tea, with some other aviators and I started getting the old bugs again.

Now I’m all for being online blogging of two wheels, and 18wheels and of course the rebel confederacy and Hazzard County, but sadly and maybe there’s something to this, but the AyreWolvez are gaining more altitude in the measure of success, but sadly ignored, by me on the blogs and of course on air. Which by our deadline of June 1st should be live on air again. Okay then, the thing being the Wolf-Pack is as much the Knytes as any air crew could be, and then some. There’s much to say here so if I go on tangents here bare with me. It was the Wolf-Pack aka the AyreWolvez that saved the Knytes from going into total oblivion, and perhaps disbanding. Back in early 2000 just after 9/11 I had just moved to Jerome from Goon’s Ferry, At this point the Foundation was still intact, but I needed to get working to bring my second love of towing together. The thing was I was sitting in my front room at some adult apartment complex there watching BlackSheep Squadron on TV on the History Channel when they ran the series. When overhead and I thought I was dreaming I heard the sounds of Whistling Death or two Corsairs flying overhead. Thinking it was just the TV up too loud, I turned it down and sure as I eat pizza, here they circled again. There’s just something about that Pratt and Whitney 3800 radial engine, that will make a aviators blood churn. So I took out of the driveway, up to catch some coffee, when I heard over my air radio in the WolfPup, that they were landing at Jerome’s airport. So I went in found the birds in a hangar with not just one, not two but 4 F4U’s in there. Got to chatting with the owner of a joint called the Airpower Museum. So got a job sweeping and wrenching on aircraft. It was about the fifth day working there that I got a slight shiver and thought, since the then Hazzard Knytes had conquered everything on land that burned fuel, why not get into the air. By this time the Hazzard Knytes only had 2 main subsidiaries, the Rode Knytes Truckers Association, and the Deere Dazzlerz. But what about aircraft. To make this short, when I found out how much John at Airpower was making refurbishing and restoring these old warbirds, I thought, hey rather than tool on hot rods, lets build aircraft. Shortly after that, came the concept of a warbird enthusiasts club, as a part of the Hazzard Knytes(aka, Knytes-of-Anarchy) . We figited around some names for it but finally the idea of The BlackSheep Vintage Aviation Association came into mind, however while the 214 of which I proudly am still part of was okay with the name, the USMC and DoD wasn’t. However the club lived as the BlackSheep for 3 years after that. Now understand and I’ll get to the rest in a few microns here, but hear me out. One afternoon, Kathy my then fiancé Knyte member Terry Junkert and I went to a Knytes meeting in Blackfoot Idaho at Rupe’s Burgers. Over the course of the meeting, I was disgusted and thought maybe the BlackSheep ought to be the parent organization over the Knytes rather than the other way around. So I met with most of the officers and all of both groups, in Jerome the following week, and it was decided it’d be the Wolf Pack over the Knytes. With that done, events came where there was a call by both the USMC, and Deere and Company about going truck racing in the fresh then NASCAR truck series. So Jerry Westlake and his brother and I went to RMR in Salt Lake City. I decided to move down to Utah. Jerry chickened out of course, but Living just outside of a major air force base with f-16’s overhead and all your heart is in the air not on the ground, and in 2003 just before the Foundation collapsed, a hangar was procured and AyreWolf Aviation Restoration was born. In late 2004 the news came that the funds of the Foundation was froze and the court battle between the Foundation and Summit Securities to recover our invested money in Summit began. So at this point I moved in with Cuzzin Bud, in Bountiful, where shortly after Cuzzin Gordon came by, and over the few weeks later with just under the last $400,000.00 in liquid of the Foundation, AyreWolf Aviation was born at an old restored hangar there at Woods Cross, Utah as a agricultural aviation company. As well as a warbird including helicopters restoration company. But how do you gain business? And with DoD hammering down our necks, the BlackSheep name was swapped out for the AyreWolvez, and the rest as they say is history.

That being said, as it was Tuesday, in the spring as the weather warms up and clears out for a few short(Really short in Wyoming) months an aviators heart does not turn to romance, he(or she) wants to fly. However there’s more here. The AyreWolvez true to our name and mission is not just to restore the aircraft, but to honor the men (and women) who have flown and still fly for the defense of this nation. To those we created AyreWolfFM,(www.livestream.com/ayrewolffm) To report the news and information to military aviators of DoD and VA benefits and so on. As such, for many reasons , I’ve decided to put more oomph into the Wolf-Pack as well as here on the blog and on air, of the AyreWolvez, rather than so much Hazzard. Summary, its time to get back into and on the air.

Keep it Wyngz Level

 

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Copy from one, it's plagiarism; copy from two, it's research.
--Wilson Mizner

Romans 1:20“For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.” Brought to you by BibleGateway.com. Copyright (C) . All Rights Reserved.

There are just some things that are disgusting and wrong.

I decided to take a break just a click ago, and saw this guys posting on Facebook, one who poses he is one of us, which he is not. It was a pic of some tubby women with 44 D’s that I nearly was at a stage of hurling. There are just some things your not wanting or desiring to see on Facebook. A fair looking gal sure, but near nude, no . Its just disgusting and insulting. God created all equally or so the Bible says, but just like an assembly line, every once in awhile a gem is produced. Likewise there are just some women that should remain, not in public eye and those to be held in high esteem, and admired. Not worshiped like an idol, but just admired , like a beautiful sunset or sunrise. Some will say “ well friend your pics of leggy women is just as bad. I say your wrong, I’d rather see a fine looking gal with drop dead legs, in stockings and a nice but flattering skirt, than just a bunch of tubbies there with their big jugs hanging out. More over, never , ever will I shoot pics of nudes or serious sexual situations. Sure kissing their toes for our tow truck ads is a bit on the edge, but I’d never produce all out porn. Racy yes, hey I like spice, but I’ll never produce images, of sheer sluttiness.

Okay, in the afternoon, sign a lease on a new place to rent that’s $100.00 cheaper, than what I’m paying for now, which leaves me some extra budget room, for the T1 from CenturyLink for the office, and expanded channels on cable, plus the office itself. Again sure I could boogey but I’m leaning on more of a plan of finding an outside job say at Wal-Mart, pay off some bills, then relocate in September back to Idaho, with someone trained to do the radio ops, here in Evanston. Hey Hazzard folks don’t run we don’t retreat, we stay and fight. After all if I’m looking into the jaws of slow Internet here out at the Wentworth , or that area, others might be, too. Why not bring in the trunk, and resell it ourselves, as a communications vendor? Just like I heard once from Uncle Jessie Duke, whilest at the edge of Hazzard Creek, as we baited our Russian Olive tree fishing poles, safety pins and string, he said don’t bitch elect to fix. Bishop said about the same thing last Sunday, Don’t complain, do something about it. See ya’ll in the AM Wednesday.

TTYLY

Quote of the Day:
keep it real/keep it clean/keep it simple
--rdude

John 10:28-30“I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.”” Brought to you by BibleGateway.com. Copyright (C) . All Rights Reserved.

When Hazzard County Pride overrides Yankee Common Sense

There are times when Hazzard County Pride and tenacity must override Yankee or just plain common sense.

For example the plight I’m in right now trying to decide if in fact it’d be better and more cost effective to just cut the losses and get the Wolf-Pack outta Evanston, or remain long enough to see to conclusion of bringing the radio station and eventually TV station to fruition. Common sense says scram, Hazzard Pride, says stay, don’t run, and show the doubting Thomas’ and detractors that we infact held tight, and despite odds got-r-done. Looking over it all, and all I have been through it’d be a shame if I just flew outta here. I have frozen, been froze , truck dang near blew up, went hungry, and near suicide level, because I4 in Utah could not wait a few days after December 1st for me to find living quarters elsewhere. Of course I never thought a bunch of things through, and getting some relief from being smelly and not with a shower for a month, no bed just a cot, got me thinking its time for a change from the environment that I was in there in Woods Cross. I4 of course never did right with us completely. Oh yes they were nice to hold onto the gear, worked out a two month payment plan to get the gear back and all, but here’s the trigger on that. They said I had abandoned the gear and office space there. Which was right on their behalf. Had they just allowed me to pay the back rent, and expenses and stayed all would have been right with us towards them. Of course the thing on I4 designing the website. They bid it out at $3k, when Infogenix out of Orem bid it at $1,500.00 expensive yes, but reachable. That immediately called into question I4, from the club. There are many factors involved there, but while its good now to say it’s good to be rid of I4, still , as far as I’m concerned I’d have liked a bit more time to find a elsewhere set of quarters for HazzardAyre Radio, more over, more time to find a place to bed down, but in all cases it was a thing of greed of green. There has been all too much disappointment over the last 5 months, that to shoot in the head HazzardAyre now, would be stupid, too much effort has gone to just quit now. While there are other places that could harness and house the operation, I’d much rather just keep plugging along, besides with my rides, and my Bishop’s refusal to help with May’s Rent so I could pay to get my truck repaired, I can’t just up and leave now if I wanted too. There’s something and for damn sure I can’t figure it out, why Heavenly Father demands that I remain here. So I’m here and in the intrum I’m going to raise the spirit of Dixie here in Wyoming, if it kills me, especially HazzardAyre Radio.

One more month of helping with my rent here at the Wentworth would not have killed the Church’ cash stash. The idea of those funds is to help people to get on their feet, so they can earn their own. Without transportation, I can’t or couldn’t even go look for an outside job so I can pay for my car/truck to be repaired. If my Bishop did pray on it, which he did I am figuring, still the answer he got was, not the one Heavenly Father sent. But whatever I truck along.

So the idea of a June or July departure is not realistic, more like August or September 2015 is. Maybe its me through the Wolf-Pack and/or the Knytes to help save this miserable town and its lost sheep of people. Maybe I can get some sort of thing going to have a Hazzard County days here. Stranger things have happened.

TTYLY

Quote of the Day:
We're lucky poodles migrate south.
--Al

John 10:28-30“I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.”” Brought to you by BibleGateway.com. Copyright (C) . All Rights Reserved.

GOD BLESS  DIXIE

Might a bit longer but not by much

It was once said by someone much smarter than I, “ That not all seeds or crops can be grown everywhere” If one is a farmer you understand this.

Some crops can be grown in one location in America, but will not yield or germinate in others. Considering that if one is to grow say Watermelons you can grow them in Idaho, but not in Wyoming. In that light you can grow cotton in Texas, but not in Utah or Idaho. The environment is different, growing seasons are different.

With that in mind, such things as a media company can grow in the east southeast or even California and/or Utah, but not so much in Idaho and certainly not Wyoming. Of course some things can be germinated in all areas as there is the common growing seasons. Such as a towing service can be created and survive in just about all states, or even a Harley shop, but a radio station, modeling agency, film production firm will not take root as easy in more or small rural areas. There just is not the infrastructure, nor the human resources.

Yesterday I sort of got the last piece to the question of whether to relocate or not. As far as the radio/TV station, still thinking, but reality is pretty sure that will get relocated to while still rural, more turtle soil. Likewise the towing service. It’s just not able nor am I able or willing to waste more money in a place that can be gained in return on that investment.

Let’s face it, the decision, to relocate to Wyoming, at least Evanston was a bad one, stemming from a rather strong push and foot in the butt from executives from I4. If I had been gave at least another week I might have been able to gain a better solution, but I came here. Have lost too much money, and lost a lot of respect from the club. So I’m making arrangements to get the radio station, and the tow service moved. I’ll be outta here just after July 1st.

As far as the apartment here at the Wentworth , that’s gone as far soon as June 1st. In the intrum, get the office at the Wells Fargo building here, locate the media werx there, and get a place in Montpelier or immediate area of Idaho.

I was all for not going to go to church yesterday, as the fellowship there has became well a bit too much of a cold and getting colder shoulder. The only reason I went was to meet with the Bishop to arrange with him, not just the escalation of my Priesthood status, but to get help with rent on the Wentworth, here so I could pay for repairs on my truck. But Bishop said, I’d been too many times to the Well, so no go. Since I have to pay for everything myself again, I came to the conclusion I can’t afford to live or do business in Evanston, unless I’m able to find something for much, much less money a month. It’s not just the rent it’s the power, gas or heat bill , cable, Internet all of that. There’s just not enough money coming in, so I gotta look at where expenses don’t exceed income, and I can begin to breathe again. That dictates either Metro Utah, or back in Idaho, so that’s the plan. Maybe I just don’t need that fellowship of the Church so much, and maybe lean towards the club much more.

TTYLY

Quote of the Day:
No great advance has ever been made in science, politics, or religion, without controversy.
--Lyman Beecher

1 Corinthians 15:55-57““Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” Brought to you by BibleGateway.com. Copyright (C) . All Rights Reserved.

Final view from my cockpit

I from further research have came to the conclusion that its not just me that has noticed that women not really caring much about morality are wearing these Yoga pants. Now there’s several things involved here, but the two most important is, wearing yoga pants tells males its game time. The other and this is real important, a woman wearing yoga pants ought to at least have the body and legs to carry out the fashion choice or she’s going to look like an oversized piece of sausage. The look is not going to be good, and reputations will be forthcoming.

Yoga pants for the uninformed here are Spandex pants with albeit not much, but some extra fabric. It’s not bad to wear as leggings or nylons would be say with a dress or skirt, but I see women wearing just these yoga pants and this is supposed to be okay. Now what if the gender roles were reversed? Lets say some guy walks in the local Smiths Food And Drug store, in just yoga pants or his long Johns? You can bet the cops would be called, the guy gave a ticket for obdecent exposure, more than likely hauled to the cross bar motel. But for women they can just walk in wearing these slim legged leggings, and its okay. How can this be okay on one side and not the other? But lets explore this a bit. I saw this touched on, in an old episode of the Big Bang Theory. Penny can walk into the guys apartment any old time she wants to , catching them in all kinds of dress or undress, without knocking and that’s okay. Yet when Leonard walked into Penny’ apartment without being invited in or requesting admission, she shrieks, As Leonard said, guess this is a double standard” . Which is true. Most guys will not say a single thing about some gal just prancing in unannounced. II n a way this stems from the fantasy many men read about in Playboy’s Advisor section about the maid, coming in to clean the room and having coitus with him. We have all wished that and about as often as wishing for that bus full of cheerleaders. Although most men don’t have the long term stamina, to do one or at best two women let alone a bus full. Yet if a guy were to walk into a gals home or dwelling, unannounced it would be screams, statutory rape charges and a whole list of things that are to creepy. There is a definite double standard here.

Of course its not just the yoga pants. I have seen it in so many places that I have forgotten to count. I have seen and been subjected to invites to just have uncontrolled pig sex, you know the kind of sex that you just root around, in. On model auditions, movie castings, remember we produce films as well. Any flyte, thing is on auditions, its okay if she makes a move on me its okay, however if I make the slightest suggestion of any style kind, or attempt of intimacy, I’m called just a dirty old man.

I was recently reminded of these things, on both counts, several weeks ago. One was an intern I was training, who wore threads not exactly modest. This was okay for her to tease me and every other corpuscle there and at the Wolf’s Den, but if I had acted on my impulses it would be me explaining things to a judge. If I get some great if not oh well its SOP, for my life flyte. Another example is what is now deemed Cougars. Older women romancing and seducing younger men. This in societies eyes is okay. Yet if a guy, even hints he’s looking at a younger gal, even just looking, your immediately listed as a perve or worse. Come on now, should not the standards be equal? The sexual playing field is not equal. Nor is the perceived danger zones, between genders. I examined a case file not too long ago, about this situation and it nearly matched the perception, of what I hear anytime there’s a request for a model or similar talent interview here at the Wolf’s Den. It’s always, hey there might be danger, better take the guy pal with me, or at least another human. However there is no reason to believe that a man is anymore safe than she is. Hey guns and knives can be shot , thrown or stabbed by a woman to a man as easily as a man stabbing, shooting etc a woman. Weapons have no care about gender. They kill equally. The other double standard, is if a female teacher and its been in the news a lot lately, but in earlier years, if a kid got a feel or first encounter by a female teacher, not much was said, as in most fathers minds was , hey the kid got lucky, sowed some oats and moved on. Yet if a guy, gets approached by a young teen years girl and a sexual encounter occurs it’s the death penalty for that guy. In many cases it was her that started the affair in the first place. Not always , but its more often than not. It’s why I council the son of our complex manager here at the Wentworth here in Evanston. At all times he has gals, from 15 to 19 coming over. He says he don’t sleep with them or engage in sexual behavior. I believe him , since the youngster is more of leaning to being queer, yet all it would take is one time for one of those gals to get pissed at him for something, and she yells rape, and his dream of going trailer trucking is over.

Yet 9 out of 11 times, its some gal wearing something like tight yoga pants or near panty shorts to tempt a guy and he will not resist very long. Yet it’s always his fault. Bullsbreath.

Hey honey, if your not going to give it away, don’t advertise. Cover the yoga pants with a skirt.

Early morning, church and all see ya’ll at 20:00 Hours.

TTYLY

Quote of the Day:
Women like silent men. They think they're listening.
--Marcel Archard

1 Corinthians 15:20-22“But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.” Brought to you by BibleGateway.com. Copyright (C) . All Rights Reserved.

No room at the Inn anywhere in Evanston Wyoming

Ever get the idea your trying to hard to just crash? As you know the AyreWolvez have been looking for a 3 corners HQ, the 3 corners of Idaho,Utah,Wyoming. But sadly it would seem no entrance to any or at least available hangar space in any airport in the area. Cokeville Wyoming’s airport full. Montpelier Idaho Airport full at least as far as I know, and the worst Evanston Wyoming Airport, full. Seems as hard as we try, our hangar spaces in Caldwell Idaho, Woods Cross Utah, and Twin Falls Idaho are the only ones we can be in since nothing else is open. The question is not if its worth searching out, the question is can something be found at a reasonable cost? The idea of reasonable cost eludes this subsidiary of the Knytes-of-Anarchy, called the AyreWolvez. While our current locations are good, still again all are in either Utah or Idaho. Did Wyoming just roll up the sidewalk and give up? I deal with this every damn day, and consider as I try to catch slumber, what is the reason I keep pouring my sweat and club money into an area, that even if we pour a billion dollars into Evanston, that is if we had that much, but even if we did, one could pour that much money into the town, would it hurl? Or is it better to concede that its best to just repair rydes, and me and the club to get the flock and Wolf Pack outta here? We gave up the idea for the bar/restaurant called Lotty’s or as we called it the Reaper Club, due to being to much money for a reasonable return on investment. $4k a month, and at least $300k just to bring the facility into operation was just too much, so we located a place in American Falls Idaho, and will build the Reaper there. Again Idaho wins, there went at least 50 potential jobs for Evanston, due to downright greed. Radio station, great idea, but infrastructure including Internet amongst other things is too weak, so what happens? Station gets relocated to Pocatello, and signal microwaved to the tower we already own just outside of Atomic City Idaho. Again , Idaho wins. The list goes on, but if anyone were to name a place to give the world an enema, it’d be Evanston Wyoming, how many potential business’ have to close and relocate due to poor services and ability, before Evanston’ city council, and Uinta County Commissioners say enough, lets fix this thing? That said, maybe this is just why Heavenly Father put me, and the Knytes along with the Wolf-Pack here in Evanston, to fix things, however I’m thinking, maybe its too much for even us to fix.

TTYLY

Quote of the Day:
I detest the man who hides on thing in the depths of his heart and speaks forth another.
--Homer

Romans 10:9-10“If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.” Brought to you by BibleGateway.com. Copyright (C) . All Rights Reserved.

So what about the biker pilot thing?

I want to say something that I might have touched on a few times , but needs to be repeated.

Of all the groups of people that I have attached myself to, the two that have embraced and accepted me as just me, without the need of being of celebrity or certain standards, has been the biker and aviation communities. With the biker community its I can be just me, ride in sit down have a brew and be of a feeling that I belong. Pretty much the same thing with the aviation community. While the Knytes started out as a 4-H truckers program/project, and all that makes that up, very few of that respects me and honors me for just being me, like the biker/aviation communities. You fly in or ryde in and feel  like family, without having to be examined like a bug under a microscope or having to pretend to be something your not just to satisfy some long ago forgotten stereotype. On Saturday’s like today I reflect on the days just 3 years ago, and its not all that long ago, when I’d ryde down to the Hazzard Rest Area, just off US-30 pull in throw out the kickstand, sit on the rocks and park bench, get out just your Bible, hear a good sermon, amongst the ducks, swans, coots and otters. The gentle swoosh of the ponds waters as the gurgle from the Snake River, you become one with nature and Heavenly Father. There’s no piano, no organ, we sing , sometimes off key, and off tone, but sing praise music . I got into that after the disappointment of the River Fellowship of Twin Falls, and few if any of the LDS Wards were throwing out the Welcome Mat. With the Biker community there’s no pretense, you just need to be you.

When it comes to the aviation community, it’s the same.

So that’s why I embrace the biker/aviation community, as much as I do and continue to serve those communities, as much as I do.

TTYLY

Quote of the Day:
If you can't beat your computer at chess, try kickboxing.
--Anonymous

Romans 10:9-10“If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.” Brought to you by BibleGateway.com. Copyright (C) . All Rights Reserved.