I made it!

[SC]

Hello,

I am glad that I found you! I have a very important flight that is right around the corner.

I have flown for years, more than you can imagine.

But recently, I have worried about many things.

With all the security, increased air traffic, turbulence, and not to mention that global warming deal.

My flight involves several Countries, continents, and regions.

I have been around so long, that I do not understand all the new fangled language that I hear. Hopefully Captain Ray will help me interpret some of this.

Every year at about this time I start worrying about my upcoming flights, but I dare not cancel, as so many will be disappointed.

And of course, every year, I do just fine, but am happy to get home!

So, I WILL fly again this year, and hopefully you will help me!

By the way, you will not be able to track me with the standard tracking sites that Mark has posted. But you can try Norad. They are buddies of mine.

www.noradsanta.org/ (http://www.noradsanta.org/)

http://www.noradsanta.org/images/top-bar.gif

I wish all well, and will post more later!

By the way, What is this? :hamster

[Jeff California]

ahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!
I am watching the end of "Elf" right now! What timing!

SC is coming to town!!!

Jeff

(who needs a new top of the line video card)

[StPeteMark]

I hafta say, SC, that if I had to fly like you do, without the benefit of an enclosed pressurized cabin, there would be some unhappy children on Christmas morning. :cry

We appreciate your dedication and fortitude!!! :hail

PS: I'm still waiting for that Rolex....pleeeeeese, maybe this year?? :hamster

(That little guy is just the kid inside of us. :) )

[CaptainStark]

I remember sitting nuke alert on Christmas eve at my ICBM site in a remote canyon south of Tucson in 1980....

One of the means of receiving launch instructions was from the SAC Airborne Command Post somewhere aloft over the Northwest US. The SAC command and control network was the only outside human voice we heard except via phone. Shortly before midnight on the 25th, the voice that would normally read secret coded alphanumeric launch messages would read "Twas The Night Before Christmas."

I'll never forget the setting --and the feeling I came away with from that day.

Ray:ray

[Passenger Mark]

WOW!!!

How did I miss this??? Sorry SC!

Anyhows... You will be just fine, not to worry.

If you get anxious up there, just think of all the folks tracking you! I bet there are a bunch this year. Also think about all those flights you have made in the past with no problems!

By the way, there is one like the one I want at the Orange County BMW dealer! Red ribbon is optional!

Thanks

Mark

[SC]

Only 19 days left before my big flight... well 18 in some places.

We just purchased a new deicing machine so that should help with takeoff, and we upgraded our traffic avoidance system, I am very happy about that! And for enjoyment a console DVD player up front.

Rudolph and Prancer are in for their annual right now, so within 19 days, they should be ready to go!

By the way... I have not seen many of your lists??? I hope you all have been good.

And Ken... It is MILK and COOKIES not BEER and PRETZELS!

[MadScientist]

SC, you will not find any beer in my house. It's whiskey only! Besides, how do you think Rudolph got that red nose? We go back a long ways. Don't worry Rudy, I'll leave out the good stuff for you my friend.:drunken

[xiknal]

SC,

One winter solstice day I found out that you really do exist, and not only that--you have a long and most colorful (red and white, to be precise) history that few really know about except perhaps the devotees of Odin and the Siberian reindeer herders--so I have decided to honor you and your tradition and will leave a fifth of the finest slivovitz and a set of brandy glasses out on the dining table for you and Rudy and the flying reindeer to enjoy.

Be sure to clean out the pitot tube before you take off, SC!!! :lol

Here's a little song for you (tune: Jingle Bells):

They preflight once a year
At the North Pole FBO;
Little guys with pointy ears
Are dashing to and fro;
SC's in the snow
Underneath his sleigh;
The jolly elf's beside himself!
Just listen to him say...oh

Blitzen kicked the compass out
And we don't have a spare;
My charts and plates, my E-6B,
Can't find 'em anywhere!
I ain't seen Rudolph, dang his hide,
Since can't remember when,
And there's compacted reindeer poop
In the pitot tube again!

But his flight plan has been filed;
He knows it's time to go;
He reaches in his bag,
And rotates from the snow;
He clutches in his hand
The one important thing;
The wise old elf's himself again!
Just listen to him sing...oh

Blitzen kicked the compass out
And all my charts are gone;
There's reindeer poop in the pitot tube,
But Santa's show goes on, yeah!
I don't know where Texas is,
but I won't have to guess,
'Cause I'm gonna punch it in
On my brand new GPS!...oh

Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way!
What fun it is to navigate
The high-tech easy way..oh
Sippin' on my slivovitz
To keep the chill at bay,
Doin' loops and lomcevaks
In an eight-deer open sleigh!

[Passenger Mark]

That's cool Barb!!

Perhaps you can put it on a CD or DVD and SC can play it in his new console player!