RJD gone...

[Hoss]

Many remember him from his Black Sabbath days; I liked him better as a solo artist.

RIP Ronnie...sure makes me feel a lot older today.

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-ronnie-james-dio-20100517,0,6407628.story

[Townsend]

Tenacious D - "Dio"

Dio has rocked (echo: rocked) for a long, long time,
Now it's time for him to pass the torch.
He has songs of wilderbeasts and angels,
He has soared on the wings of a demon.

It's time to pass the torch,
You're too old to rock, no more rockin' for you.
We're takin' you to a home,
But we will sing a song about you.

And we will make sure that you're very well taken care of.
You'll tell us secrets that you've learned. Woah!
Your sauce will mix with ours,
And we'll make a good goulash baby.
Dio, time to go!
You must give your cape and scepter to me.
And a smaller one for KG.
Go! Go! Dio! Dio!

[Hoss]

Tenacious D - "Dio"

Jack Black!  I have that album.  Never got a chance to see the movie though.

[DolfanBob]

Yesterday morning. 67 years old. Stomach Cancer.
I loved his solo career also. I wish I would have had the chance to see him.
The one thing that amazed me was when I found out how short he was. Huge voice in that tiny frame. Gonna miss ya RJD.

[Hoss]

Yesterday morning. 67 years old. Stomach Cancer.
I loved his solo career also. I wish I would have had the chance to see him.
The one thing that amazed me was when I found out how short he was. Huge voice in that tiny frame. Gonna miss ya RJD.

Yeah, a lot like Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden) in that regard (physical size vs hugeness of voice).

[Conan71]

Yeah, a lot like Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden) in that regard (physical size vs hugeness of voice).

I hear that name and immediately think of this:



Was anyone else aware that THE Bruce Dickinson also has his type rating to fly as a captain on Boeing 757's and he flies as a charter pilot?  Great cocktail party trivia.

[Hoss]

I hear that name and immediately think of this:



Was anyone else aware that THE Bruce Dickinson also has his type rating to fly as a captain on Boeing 757's and he flies as a charter pilot?  Great cocktail party trivia.

Not surprsing.

Chris Degarmo (former lead guitarist for Queensryche) holds an ATP cert (for non aviation geeks, that's Air Transport Pilot) for a Hawker HS125 and Learjet.  He flies as a charter pilot.

Has anyone ever seen the home in Florida that John Travolta lives in?  The neighborhood is full of pilots, with a full on private airfield in the middle of it all.  He flys a 707 that he parks up to his home.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=jumbolair,+fl&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=45.332616,79.013672&ie=UTF8&hq=jumbolair,&hnear=Florida&ll=29.278389,-82.116258&spn=0.012259,0.01929&t=h&z=16

[Conan71]

Not surprsing.

Chris Degarmo (former lead guitarist for Queensryche) holds an ATP cert (for non aviation geeks, that's Air Transport Pilot) for a Hawker HS125 and Learjet.  He flies as a charter pilot.

Has anyone ever seen the home in Florida that John Travolta lives in?  The neighborhood is full of pilots, with a full on private airfield in the middle of it all.  He flys a 707 that he parks up to his home.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=jumbolair,+fl&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=45.332616,79.013672&ie=UTF8&hq=jumbolair,&hnear=Florida&ll=29.278389,-82.116258&spn=0.012259,0.01929&t=h&z=16

Threshold to threshold, approx 3800 feet on that runway using Google Earth ruler...major pucker time, a little over 7000 feet including the run-off areas.  How much you want to bet Travolta paid for the extensions?

[Hoss]

Threshold to threshold, approx 3800 feet on that runway using Google Earth ruler...major pucker time, a little over 7000 feet including the run-off areas.  How much you want to bet Travolta paid for the extensions?

I'd lose.  Even with that thing bled off of fuel, during landing he's full on reversers and feet-thru-the-floor brakes I'm betting.

[Conan71]

I'd lose.  Even with that thing bled off of fuel, during landing he's full on reversers and feet-thru-the-floor brakes I'm betting.

Top that off with the high density altitude on a July day. Nucking futs!

[dbacks fan]

Not surprsing.

Chris Degarmo (former lead guitarist for Queensryche) holds an ATP cert (for non aviation geeks, that's Air Transport Pilot) for a Hawker HS125 and Learjet.  He flies as a charter pilot.

Has anyone ever seen the home in Florida that John Travolta lives in?  The neighborhood is full of pilots, with a full on private airfield in the middle of it all.  He flys a 707 that he parks up to his home.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=jumbolair,+fl&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=45.332616,79.013672&ie=UTF8&hq=jumbolair,&hnear=Florida&ll=29.278389,-82.116258&spn=0.012259,0.01929&t=h&z=16

Travolta flew his 707 into Deer Valley Airport in north Phoenix last year, and managed to tick off alot of people. The runway is long enough but the outboard enginges hung over the edges of the runway and blew debris all over the place. They had to clos the runway for three hours to clean and inspect it. I'll look tonight and see if I have any pics of it.

[Conan71]

Travolta flew his 707 into Deer Valley Airport in north Phoenix last year, and managed to tick off alot of people. The runway is long enough but the outboard enginges hung over the edges of the runway and blew debris all over the place. They had to clos the runway for three hours to clean and inspect it. I'll look tonight and see if I have any pics of it.

Not very environmentally friendly.  I bet he could have gotten by with the lowly G-5 that weekend.

[dbacks fan]

Not very environmentally friendly.  I bet he could have gotten by with the lowly G-5 that weekend.

It really stood out. You could see the tail from almost a mile away. As i was driving towards the airport I saw it and then saw the Qantas logo and had to pull in and check it out.

Not my blog by the way.

http://northphoenixblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/john-travoltas-airplane-spotted-at-deer.html

Normaly the biggest planes there are an old C134, a Grumman Albatross and G-4 G-5's. There's a large collection of WWI and WWII and Viet Nam era aircraft incuding a couple of F-8's.

[dbacks fan]

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He was one of the best in heavey metal from the 70's, he will be missed.

[bmuscotty]

Was anyone else aware that THE Bruce Dickinson also has his type rating to fly as a captain on Boeing 757's and he flies as a charter pilot?

He also flies their jet when the band is on tour.