@rekoil: Yes, he is. You probably saw it in the City Pages story.
@merebito: No cup, but I do wear a dance belt now. I discuss the whole business in this LJ entry.
@lutton: The 496 serves three purposes: XM satellite weather, invaluable to a VFR pilot doing a cross-country; XM satellite radio, great for listening to in between talking to ATC; and backup GPS. You can never have too many backups.
@jeembomb: You can...but not this plane. The reserve is higher than that.
@deathbychichi: If I hadn't been restricted to a light sport aircraft, I'd have gone looking for a nice Tiger. My Zodiac is more capable than most Tigers because of the panel, but it doesn't have the speed or useful load. The good news is that it burns a little more than half the fuel per hour.
@msisaac: Unfortunately, I am limited by medical issues to flying in the light sport category, and there's no such thing as a light sport helicopter. Besides, priced a JetRanger lately?
@Jim Topoleski: Me too, jim. Me too. Then again, I am an old fart, by the standards of the net...
Hmph. I don't recall ever eating in the airplane, though it does get warm under that canopy in the summer. Still, the dominant aroma in the cabin is leather and avgas, like most airplanes.
I'll definitely agree that Wendy Carlos should be doing the music. I don't know if she's still actively composing, though.
@downwithdebbie: The closest I can come to that is some of the pictures of the making of my General Xinchub costume.
@DustbinCarbonara: Here, twist my arm.
@Sanriostar: I'd love to do it, but so far, they haven't asked me.
I only wish that was me...
Yes, I love it. no they haven't yet asked me to appear. Yes, if they ask, I'll be there.
If Fallon wants to interview me, I'm game...
@iameleveneight: Actually, it wouldn't work on the unitard, for two reasons: first, as they point out, the wire is significantly stiffer than the spandex, and would tend to break, and second, it wouldn't survive being washed. (Yes, doubters, I do was the unitard after wearing it.)
@txpunk: Actually, the gren color was custom made to match the paint I used on the costume. PPG made up a batch special for this aircraft.
@EBone: I was nominated for a Bravo A-List Award...and they didn't even broadcast the category when the show was aired. The category was "cewebrity" (and will someone please shoot whoever coined that word? Argh!), and Perez Hilton won.
@powerball: Bazillionaire? I wish. No, I'm paying for it the same way most folks would, one month at a time.
@newgalactic: I kept it fairly low-key because I'm going to have to look at the plane for years, and I wanted to make sure I could do so. If I went hog wild on the graphics, it would have gotten old really fast.
@perun99: no one is aching to be with Tron Guy
With all due respect, sir or ma'am: How do you know who does or does not want to be with me?
@Metropolis: I know I really dont need to see the Tron Guy in person.
I'm sorry you feel that way; from the reactions I got, and the comments I've seen online, you'd be in the distinct minority at ROFLcon.
Matthew: No, not usually.
Daveed: They didn't pay me, they didn't warn me, and they got my voice rather badly wrong.
(Yes, I'm Jay Maynard, the Tron Guy.)
