Andy Borgman said in the OP...I'll still be writing on here some, but probably not as much as I did in the past. Partially because I have lost some of my zeal and passion for this particular area of my life.

Sorry to hear that. I have enjoyed most of your blogs.

Andy Borgman said in a tweet...
Allen's throwing me and my dating life under the bus AGAIN for the sake of the show. I wonder though if this means I can write-off my dates?

What did he do this time?

Andrew! This blog made me smile! Although I had been wondering why you weren't blogging, I am so glad to read that you are living! Funny thing about living is that I have been toying with writing about blog about just that topic but have been too busy to get to it! Maybe I will make the time - anyways, I'm so glad you are flying. I would love to hear more about what you talked to Dick about, I'll have to call you :)

You've got to be the biggest jerk I have ever heard. You do a lot of damage with you inflammatory garbage. If this country fails it will be because of people like you.

Bill Davis said in comment # 3...You've got to be the biggest jerk I have ever heard. You do a lot of damage with you inflammatory garbage. If this country fails it will be because of people like you.

He must mean Allen.

Sir, you banned me once for using a long latin name but had the decency to leave my critical posting of your life up.

I have returned and see you have now almost got a life, .....I hope you soon find work where your skills will be better used and away from the hypycryte Allen Hunt.

The biggest faith based story now that is unfolding AGAIN in the catholic church pervertions and he devotes no time on the question when I was growing up in Scotland the priests were at it and being protected by the highest in the catholic church ........ and seems still it goes on, priest rapes boys, priest gets reported ... vatican steps in priest gets moved to another "target zone"

I suggest you cut your losses, get your girlfriend and fly/drive/walk round the world in stages while you still can enjoy it and see real life and get away from that awful hypocryte Allen Hunt ...... he needs you more than you need him.

What is his catch phrase?

not left and right but right and wrong.

Why yes "Justice", I believe the catch phrase is indeed right and wrong, not left and right.

Justice, we are trying to discern between God's Law and Man's Law, integrity.

I have Methodist pastors totaling six (6). I am a Baptist, a Southern Baptist, in fact Billy Graham joined my church because of a fundamental disagreement with his then church in Texas. Mr. Graham left the church in Texas based on man's law trumping God's Law, (same sex marriage). ***The effeminate male WILL NOT, per God's Law enter into the Kingdom of Heaven*** Look it up for yourself.

My current minister is from South Africa, a former Tank Commander, Dr. Don Wilton. He was following orders in everything he did during that horrible time of Apartheid. He is strong, believe me, but is leaning more towards God's Grace, the continual cleansing of our sins through the blood of Christ.

So, you go on with the right/left crap and Allen attempts to show us the Light which is the difference between right and wrong...I'll do you both one better, the word is CORRECT. Christ Jesus is the CORRECT WAY and the ONLY WAY for we have all sinned.

Good Day

Andy....Glad you finally pulled the trigger and did it. I've been thinking of starting to fly again and going back for the instrument rating. I remember you rambling on Sunday mornings wanting to get the license.

And you're right about the landings. Worst landing I ever made was on my FAA checkride with an FAA examiner sitting co-pilot . Simulated short field landing with an obstruction at the end of runway...landing in Huntsville. I hit so hard I must have bounced the plane 100 feet in the air. Examiner looked over and just said, "Well, that wasn't quite what I was looking for. Let's try that one again." Better next time or I would have flunked.

Good luck on it. Spring flying is great...other than the thunderstorms.

Have fun....Craig

Mr.  Denis, you seemed to have read into my posting something that is not there. It primarily was addressed to Mr. Borgmann (as it is his “blog”) whom in my opinion, at a previous time of my writing, was losing his youth, his social life and missing out on many opportunities to go see and do much more.

Mr. Borgmann and I had a disagreement on and offline and the outcome he banned me for a short time, but as you will see I gave him credit for not censoring me.

The point therefore, of my posting, was to congratulate him on his new found freedoms,  his achievement on mastering avionics, his standing up to the regime of Mr. Hunt and I was encouraging him further to take his new found skill and his girlfriend and see the world.

I was blessed to be able to travel the world extensively for 35 years. I do not regret a single minute of those lengthy sojourns even when some were to places such as the beautiful country from whence came Dr. Wilton and along with said beauty I witnessed firsthand the regime you talk of. It was bad but not the worst I came across by any stretch of the imagination.

To try to understand where your posting is coming from is difficult, with the greatest respect I do not follow the text e.g. what does it mean when you have a sentence that reads “I have Methodist pastors totaling six (6). “?

You also state that “in fact Billy Graham joined my church” …….. is that the church you are a member of or one you own?

Now to Mr. Hunt, I have to state categorically that I agree Mr.  Hunt can run his programme in any way he wishes. He can voice his views as vocally and passionately as he wishes, all I ask is a place where I can with equal voracity argue my thoughts. I refuse to fall into what I call the Radio Chat Trap where the person with the on off button controls free speech thus my penchant for writing on “blogs”

I can get my view over and either be ignored or censored, maybe even ridiculed.

To put into some very short sentences my main gripes with Mr. Hunt I say they would be encompassed by the following

·       I do not like the Catholic Church or its teachings.

·       I disagree with Mr. Hunt as to the punishment due to Mr. Polanski.

·       I disagree with Mr. Hunts view last evening that the Nazi who is @88 years old should be not punished farther.

·       I disagree that Mr. Hunt chooses not to debate the sordid ongoing vile revelations about proven and continuously expanding numbers of mainly boys abused by Catholic priests, who were then protected by the Vatican and not sent for criminal trial by those who had knowledge of the said abuse.

·       I fear Mr. Hunt will use his “time elapsed since the crime” based argument for the Nazi and Mr. Polanski and apply the same ideology that these crimes against children by the Catholic Church’s inactions happened so long ago they need not be pursued.

·       I feel Mr. Hunt Flip-Flops on programme content as was evidenced by his initial hands off Mr. Woods affairs to Mr. Woods being an ongoing programme topic.

I know I will not change Mr. Hunts views, but I do wish to put another side

What I take from his views are that we forgive and move on. Well the laws of man in my opinion must be obeyed as well as those of God.

Justice said in comment # 5...Sir, you banned me once for using a long latin name but had the decency to leave my critical posting of your life up.

Welcome back. Glad to see you're here.

Craig said in comment # 7...Andy....Glad you finally pulled the trigger and did it. I've been thinking of starting to fly again and going back for the instrument rating. I remember you rambling on Sunday mornings wanting to get the license.

Thanks Craig. I hope you are doing well. I flew over to Pell City, AL the other day and it made me think of you when I flew over Anniston per a previous conversation.

Justice said in comment # 8...at a previous time of my writing, was losing his youth, his social life and missing out on many opportunities to go see and do much more.

Just for the record. By the age of 27 I have visited over 20 countries and 47 states. I have had a blessed and full life and if I died at 27, I don't think anyone could argue that I didn't live life to the fullest. Is it true that 2009 was a bit of a hard year for me? Sure. But a full life is not with out it's valleys.

P.S. Allen's not as bad as you think :)

Andy Borgmann said in comment # 9...

Just for the record. By the age of 27 I have visited over 20 countries and 47 states. I have had a blessed and full life and if I died at 27, I don't think anyone could argue that I didn't live life to the fullest. Is it true that 2009 was a bit of a hard year for me? Sure. But a full life is not with out it's valleys.

Wait till you have children, .... not a single second of your first 27 years will mean a whit :-)

Andy Borgmann said in comment # 9...P.S. Allen's not as bad as you think :)

True. He is much much worse.

Justice said in comment # 10...Wait till you have children, .... not a single second of your first 27 years will mean a whit :-)

You know, I have only ONE other person in my life that says that to me on a regular basis? You wanna take a stab at who that is? I'll give you a hint... He's short, bald, and is a host of a nationally syndicated talk radio show. See, at least there is something you two can agree on :)

You know Andy, for a guy who goes on and on how having ridiculously many children is the best thing since sliced bread, it is pretty hypocritical he only has two. And don't give me his lame excuse about his wife having had miscarriages. There are Biblical ways to deal with Yahwe God closing his wife's womb shut. Like marrying her sister and taking their two maidservants as concubines as well. But if he is not man enough for the rivalry, pressure to, shall we say, "perform", mandrake-trading and working an additional 7 years for his father-in-law he could always try the more modern alternative of adoption.