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I'd play it safe, but I'm conservative like that

they could run out of booze while in quarantine

I would be fine stuck on the ship actually if I have Internet and a gym.  I do a lot of reading anyway.  We'll stay with our September plans unless something dramatic changes for the worse.  We went on a long walk today after brunch, it's nice outside, and a lot of people were out and about.  I noticed the Connector was frozen up around noon, probably an accident.  That is I-75/85 through town, it's nearly always a mess.  I can remember when it was three lanes on each side and lacked any acceleration ramps.

We stopped in to see a brand new Hampton Inn, it has the lobby on the 20th floor and some very nice views from the outdoor dining area, there is a restaurant by the lobby with a firepit outside, it looked nice, checked the menu.  Rooms start at $175 right now, it just opened.  WE're going to try the bar/restaurant when the weather warms up a bit.  I took some photos with my news lens (18-400 mm, seems pretty nice).

It was not separated from the lobby and seating appeared to be where they'd offer breakfast.  I looked over the menu, it looked decent.

Here are some views from the lobby/restaurant/deck area.  This is looking NE towards Buckhead in the distance (about 6 miles).

Magnolias are blooming and leaves are just starting to sprout.

i like doing stuff like that... glad you liked. ..... by the way, that's Sapele, with purple heart wood- braced by white ash... somewhat symbolic.

i did these two as well- one for a family into horses, kinda obviously, and the other who restores planes and flies them all over the great white north (which is what i call it, but it isn't always 'white'- it's the UP of Michigan where I have property/cabin, and they take care of it for me because i'm rarely there.. this was a 'thanks')...

[img width=500 height=495.98]https://www.drewswoodcraft.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/osterlund.jpg[/img]

[img width=497.983 height=500]https://www.drewswoodcraft.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/gervae-1.jpg[/img]

the pony is inset an inch and three quarters deep into a bowl... the plane was a PITA, but... i got close enough i think... the inset is an inch and three quarters and the tip of the tail is flush with the overall piece... i did it from this pic which is his actual bird (a restored military training bird, and i think they flew them as late as Vietnam as spotter/observation birds too) :

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That's beautiful work, Drew.

The airplane appears to be a Piper J-3 Cub, which served--with slight modification--in the U.S. Army as first an O-59 then (starting in 1942) the L-4 "Grasshopper."  The Navy version was the NE.  Its service in the Army was the official beginning of U.S. Army Aviation (as opposed to the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps, the Air Corps, or the U.S. Army Air Forces, the ancestors of the USAF), which is now as you know its own branch.  Per the Font of All Wisdom and Knowledge, "The L-4 was used extensively in World War II for reconnaissance, transporting supplies, artillery spotting duties and medical evacuation of wounded soldiers."  I don't think it was used as a trainer.
It served again in much the same roles in Korea, although I don't think it was used there in a Medevac role, that having been taken over by Bell H-13s of MASH fame.
To the best of my knowledge, it did not serve in Vietnam, having been replaced by the Cessna 170-based L-19/O-1 "Bird Dog," which was in the Air Force and Marines in addition to the Army.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_O-1_Bird_Dog

that's the one!!!

i think the color of his is significant- perhaps it was the way the trainers were painted?  he posted pictures on facebook of some sort of rally in Wisconsin for these things, and there must have been a hundred of them- and i'm only slightly exaggerating.  I was giggling that any one of them could have flown away with anyone else's bird and hardly noticed!!!

Yep.  That's an L-19/O-1.  The designation changed in 1962 when the DoD standardized aircraft designations across all the services.  L was for "liaison"; O for "observation."

The Army generally uses orange to indicate aircraft used in a training role.  When I went through flight school, the primary trainer was the TH-55A, painted all-orange.


And the next thing we learned to fly was the UH-1H Huey, with the cargo/passenger doors painted orange.
[img width=500 height=333.977]https://cdn10.picryl.com/photo/1990/01/01/accompanied-by-an-instructor-an-undergraduate-helicopter-training-student-pilots-f35d7b-1600.jpg[/img]

BUT, just guessing, it could be that the L-19 was painted that way so that it would be visible to aircraft at higher altitudes.