Author Topic: Lightning (Read 16576 times)

lightning · « **on:** May 08, 2007, 09:48:43 PM »

Time to start a thread here for myself...since I'm going to be here a while! I'll start off with a few pics and fill in bio stuff later...

Me and my fianc?e at San Diego

Lightning

Velvet "BucketHead" Anatolian Shepherd Dog

Lightning

lightning · « **Reply #1 on:** May 08, 2007, 09:58:06 PM »

Coming back from Sedona, Arizona

Lightning

lightning · « **Reply #2 on:** May 08, 2007, 10:28:05 PM »

Pics from the USS Midway in San Diego -- for those who haven't been, there's a rather large collection of full-scale full-motion flight simulators on board, as well as tourable cockpits of various aircraft and a decent collection of vintage ejection seats (no ACES-IIs, though)...plus all kinds of other touristy goodies. You could spend many hours on board and not feel like you've seen enough.

Lightning

Killn · « **Reply #3 on:** May 08, 2007, 10:52:00 PM »

David, cool post!

Cheers,
Jason

Boomer · « **Reply #4 on:** May 08, 2007, 11:58:44 PM »

Nice Pics, Thanks David!!!

Boomer

101-douxx · « **Reply #5 on:** May 09, 2007, 12:59:18 AM »

Great!
Nice to meet you!

Hope to see you somewhere in Montreal and/or Tremblant.

Nice pics, thanks!
Stephane.

Nikolas_A · « **Reply #6 on:** May 09, 2007, 01:50:34 PM »

Quote from: "lightning"

Velvet "BucketHead" Anatolian Shepherd Dog

Lightning

Whatever you do, don't let her out in the rain

Welcome aboard

Cheers,
Nikolas

lightning · « **Reply #7 on:** May 09, 2007, 01:55:40 PM »

Good thing we don't get much rain in Arizona!

AiRdAncE · « **Reply #8 on:** May 09, 2007, 02:00:27 PM »

Welcome aboutd, Lightning. Nice doggie... gooood doggie... doggie wanna cracker ? (Or was that in another context ?)

lightning · « **Reply #9 on:** May 09, 2007, 03:05:30 PM »

Thanks, Kim! I hear ya... the mailman's been delivering a lot of parts packages to me lately, and trust me, he doesn't stick around to see if the 110-pound dog is going to take a liking to him...He pretty much drops the package, rings the doorbell, runs like h3ll back to his truck. I tried to tell him that Velvet doesn't eat postal employees, only missionaries...but he was already halfway down the driveway.

lightning · « **Reply #10 on:** May 12, 2007, 07:23:37 AM »

Thought I'd post a little background on how I wound up in this nuthouse to begin with...

The story begins back in childhood. Back when I was in grade school! (1st grade), American public schools began to acquire desktop computers, thanks in large part to a campaign run by Campbell's Soup and Apple Computer. How it worked was that students collected Campell's Soup proofs-of-purchase labels, which schools were then able to redeem for rather steep discounts on Apple Computers.

Campbell's sold a lot of soup, and Apple got a virtual monopoly on school computers (and hence, the hearts and minds of students who would later grow up to become software developers and PC consumers), virtually overnight. In addition to schools, public libraries were also able to obtain computers this way. A few of Apple's competitors (mainly, Commodore, Laser, Atari, and IBM) caught on to this campaign too late, but managed to sneak enough free gear into schools and libraries to ensure that their brands would be represented in future markets. Federal, state, and local governments also heavily subsidized educational/library PC purchases during this era.

As a result, I had access to computers from early childhood, though not at home, since PCs were still quite expensive for families to own at the time. Since I was a newbie to computers at the time, I did as much reading as possible to figure out how they worked and how to make them do what I wanted.

In a short time, I taught myself to program in Applesoft BASIC from reading back issues of "3-2-1 Contact" magazine, and later learned Microsoft GW-BASIC (a clone of IBM BASIC, and the predecessor to Visual Basic). As my teachers quickly discovered that I had these skills, my services were highly in demand...and opportunities for learning new skills were plentiful. All through grade school, then, I became the go-to guy for anything PC related.

Around the time I started 7th grade, IBM-compatible computers began to saturate the home PC market, replacing Apple and Commodore on many desks. Commodore struck back with the Amiga (home of Falcon 1.0), and flight sims as we know them came into vogue. I began my simming experience on the original Commodore 64, but flight sims in general were very primitive at the time and not much fun at all -- still, the promise remained that one day they would mature into something that convincingly resembled the real thing.

In the process of learning how to run games on IBM-compatible PCs, I wound up learning about pretty much all aspects of the IBM/Intel PC architecture, including networking and more advanced programming. I'd already had experience in assembler programming by this time thanks to Commodore and Apple essentially requiring assembly programming whenever any non-trivial operation was desired (graphics, sound, communications, etc.)

By the time I got to high school, I'd aquired enough knowledge of PC and network infrastructure to be able to act as the systems engineer, network engineer, and all around I.T. guy for my high school, which was quite small and which didn't have the money to pay high consultant rates. The deal wound up being that I got out of attending a lot of classes I would have otherwise been bored to tears with, and they got free I.T. services.

Even still, I did not even own a PC of my own until I inherited one in 1995 (a Kaypro 286), since as a student, I had no money...Up till then, and for a lot longer, I wrote all my software on scrap legal paper, and later keyed it into a system when someone would let me take their computer home to fix it overnight. I'd taken up a number of hobbies to fill my free time over the summer breaks between classes and in the evenings, but of all the various hobbies, music quickly became my main interest. Since I had a lot of free time on my hands (as do most teenagers over their summer breaks) I used that time to teach myself to play guitar and saxophone.

Along with my newfound musical interest came the desire to meet other musicians. Around this time, the 9600-baud modem was becoming affordable, and since I'd just inherited my first PC, I was finally in a position to combine my musical interests with my computer interests.

Here's how: My parents ran several businesses out of their house, and as a result, we had about 12 phone lines coming into the house, of which only about 3 to 5 were in use at any given time. I decided to use my inherited computer and a few of the spare phone lines to set up a bulletin board system that would help musicians locate other musicians (sort of the first BackPage.com, but pre-Internet era). The idea was that I would use my own service to find other people to jam with and learn from.

As a new sysop, I published my bulletin-board system's phone numbers in the Computer Shopper magazine (a widely-read Ziff Davis publication at the time, which provided free listings to BBS operators). I was soon deluged with inbound modem calls from musicians and other sysops. One of these sysops turned out to be a retired Navy SEAL who happened to live close by. He also happened to be a private pilot, and an entrepreneur who owned his own computer consulting business.

He quickly discovered that my I.T. skills would benefit his company, and he gave me my first professional I.T. job. Not only did I get an hourly rate that was excellent by comparison to the minimum-wage slave job I had at the time, but the added perk was that my new boss, as an airplane owner, volunteered to teach me to fly. He'd fly into the airport on my side of town, and I'd take the bus from my house to meet him at the airport. I'd fly the plane on the way to his side of town, do work for his clients, and then in the evening, he'd let me fly the plane on the way back to my side of town as well. He'd then fly home by himself, and we'd repeat the process the next day. Summer didn't last long and I soon had to return to school, but my love of flying became permanent.

Sometime later, I met Bill "Cowboy" Wilson at a local coffeehouse jam session. Bill and I quickly became friends, and our jam sessions started taking place at his apartment, as he had a lot of space available and a lot of gear, too. I soon realized that Bill and I shared a lot of interests -- computers, aviation, music, and others. Bill was particularily active in the flight simulation community, having written many of the popular macro files for the original Thrustmaster FLCS/TQS and F22-Pro setups. Bill also had a private PC repair business going on, and I helped him solve a lot of problems for his clients. Eventually, Bill and I formed a business together to do IT consulting. Bill's sales and client-service experience, and my technical skills, made a solid team. In the evenings after working together all day, Bill and I would get a break from the day's stresses by flying flight sims -- European Air War, Israeli Air Force, and of course Falcon 4.0, equipped of course with our F22-Pro's, TQS's, and Elite Rudders.

This was the start of my cockpit-building adventures. Since gaming at a desk was not so fun, we mounted our sticks to the side of our desk chairs, strapped on some big speakers to the back of the chair for bass effect, and enjoyed the (limited) added realism that such a setup provided. Of course, at the time, we both shared the dream of building out a full replica cockpit, but there was no ViperPit.org at the time (that we knew of! -- only Frugal's, SimHQ, and a few other similar sites), and there weren't many cockpit builders with home pages then either, so there was little to base our work on...plus, neither of us really had the time or the financial resources, let alone the tools, to attempt such a project.

Sadly, I only got to know Bill for a very short time. Bill's death in 1999 left me not only with the loss of my best friend, but as Bill was also my business partner, and since I was hardly qualified to run the business on my own, I found myself without an income. Fortunately, one of our clients offered me a job. In this job, I learned Web programming and all about databases, but due to crazy work hours (it was a startup dot-com company), I found myself with little time for flying or simming. I was advancing in my software knowledge, though, and this was a new challenge for me that was also financially rewarding.

Eventually I saved up enough money to finance a relocation to New York from Arizona. I did not plan this trip very well, and soon discovered that upstate New York was a lousy place to find an I.T. job in the aftermath of 9/11...Fortunately I was able to live off my savings for quite some time (about 9 months), during which time I focused my attention not only on finding a job, but on getting back in touch with my personal interests that had taken a back seat for a couple of years. Since I could not afford to fly then, I focused on music and flight simming.

I quickly grew frustrated with my F-22 Pro/TQS setup, and the limitations of the Thrustmaster programming language, and decided to do something to improve on the situation. I could not afford to buy the newly-released HOTAS Cougar, but I wanted the added functionality that the Cougar provided. So, I set out to implement that functionality purely in software. In doing so, I wanted to honor the memory of Bill Wilson by continuing in his footsteps and contributing to the flight sim community.

With Ulf "DonULFonso" Muckel as my chief idea-man, I wrote a complete in-software clone of the Cougar macro language, which would work with any joystick. I called this project "ThrustMagic", which I felt pretty much summed up the concept. Ulf and I had come up with so many new features that the Cougar couldn't even dream of, we eventually wound up with an entirely different animal altogether. After writing the new language, compiler, editor, and various related tools, I was quite sure it would not be long before I would be able to release this software to the public.

However, I ran into one major problem -- I didn't have a way to get "virtual" axis data from the software into the sim, since the sim software was looking for a physical device. To emulate a physical device, I needed to write a custom Windows device driver, and that proved to be too challenging for me, given my technical abilities at the time, combined with the very arcane Windows 95/98/ME/NT device driver model, and the fact that I only had one PC to work with. This limitation eventually killed the ThrustMagic project for the time being. I did manage to keep all the ThustMagic code archived, in case I decided to try to resurrect the project in the future.

Fast-forward to today -- after a long financial recovery from the impacts of the post-9/11 economic disaster that affected all of the U.S. information technology industry, I'm finally in a position to continue pursuing my dream of building a Viper pit, and in the process, I'll be attempting to resurrect the ThrustMagic software, since I've learned how to work around the limitations I encountered previously that put a stop to that project.

lightning · « **Reply #11 on:** May 12, 2007, 09:17:28 AM »

Today is starting out to be a very difficult day. I just received word that one of my few best friends in this world passed away Thursday night. We'd known each other for nearly six years. I am in complete shock. He was very young -- just a few years my senior. He'd recently lost his father to cancer, and he has two young children, both boys, that have now lost their grandfather and now their father both within a very short time period. Your prayers for peace and comfort for his family and friends are greatly needed and appreciated. Nathan, you are loved and missed so much, buddy!

Flareless · « **Reply #12 on:** May 12, 2007, 09:32:05 AM »

Terrible to hear about the loss of your friend David. Thoughts and prayers go out to all.

Ka-Bar03 · « **Reply #13 on:** May 12, 2007, 09:33:44 AM »

Sad news

lightning · « **Reply #14 on:** May 12, 2007, 09:43:23 AM »

Thank you so much for your words of comfort, Rich. We're all just totally stricken right now. It is just so eerie that I was just writing about one friend lost, and I look up to read my email, and find another has gone.

AiRdAncE · « **Reply #15 on:** May 12, 2007, 09:59:51 AM »

My sincere condolences, David. My thoughts are with you and with his family.

101-douxx · « **Reply #16 on:** May 12, 2007, 10:01:38 AM »

My condolences to the family in this terrible time!

Ka-Bar03 · « **Reply #17 on:** May 12, 2007, 10:03:38 AM »

Nice Pics of the Midway. We were in SD the last week of April, our schedule was tight, so we couldn't make the ship. Next trip out there, it's top of the list.

We have done the Intrepid tour in NYC several times and it's great!

lightning · « **Reply #18 on:** May 12, 2007, 10:13:28 AM »

Mike, St?phane, Kim, Rich, everyone, thank you all for being here for me in this time of need and sadness. The sense of community within ViperPit is so strong, and I am so fortunate to have you all as friends. Hopefully one day if I am fortunate I will get the chance to meet each of you in person.

lightning · « **Reply #19 on:** May 12, 2007, 10:18:30 AM »

Quote from: "Kabar03"

We were in SD the last week of April, our schedule was tight, so we couldn't make the ship.

Really? Those pics were taken the weekend of April 21! Missed ya by a week!

lightning · « **Reply #20 on:** July 11, 2007, 10:48:42 PM »

Well, I'm back from Montreal and getting back to work on the pit.

I finally got to meet Stephane and Leo, along with a whole slew of other Viper enthusiasts, and all in all, I had a great time.

Thanks a million, guys, for making the time to meet up w/me. It meant a lot to me! Stephane, if anyone got photos, can you send 'em to me? I was having too much fun and forgot to drag back some photos for memories...plus I was distracted by the bachelorette party singers that stopped by

Too bad the fun couldn't continue forever -- seems like my luck ran out bigtime on the way home.

Had a nightmare trip back to Phoenix including a 3-hour wait at the border, idling with an empty fuel tank. Nearly got attacked by two other drivers (they were pissed we didn't wait in the idiot-line at the border with 'em). Next, we had a 2-hour unplanned trip across the entire state of Vermont [whoops, wrong border crossing!], followed by an emergency room visit for Krista, followed by getting pulled over by a cop for nothing (for *yielding* the right of way to him!) Got to our hotel finally, and nearly became the "victim" of an intentional vehicular assault by some crazy bitch in the hotel parking lot , then watched in shock and amusement while 6 cops attempted to search the entire hotel grounds for some unknown suspect in an unrelated event...

After all that, we got stranded at the airport in Burlington and got stuck on standby for the entire day, got searched 13 times (not kidding!) by airport security, and somehow, made it back in one piece. At least I had a good view of the Green Mountain Boys/Vermont Air National Guard hangar and got to see a lot of Viper touch-and-go's out the window from the Burlington terminal.

Lightning

AiRdAncE · « **Reply #21 on:** July 12, 2007, 01:37:21 AM »

Quote from: "lightning"

Well, I'm back from Montreal and getting back to work on the pit.

I finally got to meet Stephane and Leo, along with a whole slew of other Viper enthusiasts, and all in all, I had a great time.

Thanks a million, guys, for making the time to meet up w/me. It meant a lot to me! Stephane, if anyone got photos, can you send 'em to me? I was having too much fun and forgot to drag back some photos for memories...plus I was distracted by the bachelorette party singers that stopped by

Too bad the fun couldn't continue forever -- seems like my luck ran out bigtime on the way home.

Had a nightmare trip back to Phoenix including a 3-hour wait at the border, idling with an empty fuel tank. Nearly got attacked by two other drivers (they were pissed we didn't wait in the idiot-line at the border with 'em). Next, we had a 2-hour unplanned trip across the entire state of Vermont [whoops, wrong border crossing!], followed by an emergency room visit for Krista, followed by getting pulled over by a cop for nothing (for *yielding* the right of way to him!) Got to our hotel finally, and nearly became the "victim" of an intentional vehicular assault by some crazy biatch in the hotel parking lot , then watched in shock and amusement while 6 cops attempted to search the entire hotel grounds for some unknown suspect in an unrelated event...

After all that, we got stranded at the airport in Burlington and got stuck on standby for the entire day, got searched 13 times (not kidding!) by airport security, and somehow, made it back in one piece. At least I had a good view of the Green Mountain Boys/Vermont Air National Guard hangar and got to see a lot of Viper touch-and-go's out the window from the Burlington terminal.

Dude !

Sounds like you had heaps of fun !!

Sjeez... really... how can one person attract so much bad luck ?!

lightning · « **Reply #22 on:** July 12, 2007, 01:54:52 AM »

Quote from: "AiRdAncE"

Sjeez... really... how can one person attract so much bad luck ?!

I have no idea, man! It was like the StayPuff Marshmallow Man scene in Ghostbusters -- we were scared to even think how things could possibly get worse because it kept happening!

There's more -- my washing machine at home broke while I was gone and filled up the laundry room (which is right next to the 'pit garage) with 3 inches of water...fortunately there was someone at the house at the time to deal w/that situation.

kdittyr · « **Reply #23 on:** July 12, 2007, 12:04:08 PM »

Well, sounds like you had an experience that you will remember for the rest of your life. Glad to hear that you made it home safely, though.

lightning · « **Reply #24 on:** July 12, 2007, 12:36:28 PM »

Quote from: "kdittyr"

Well, sounds like you had an experience that you will remember for the rest of your life. Glad to hear that you made it home safely, though.

Definately a good memory despite all the mishaps. Next time, we'll fly direct...couldn't this time because my fiancee's Canadian passport had expired, and the current wait time for a new one (including waiting for the new Canadian birth certificate which replaces the old baptismal birth certificates that Quebec used to accept) would have taken too long. You can still travel across the border by land or by sea till '08 with just a birth certificate, but unless you're an American citizen and have already applied for a US passport, you can't fly across the border...hence the long waits by car, and the clogged border-town airports.

Gunner · « **Reply #25 on:** July 13, 2007, 10:54:18 AM »

Quote from: "lightning"

Definately a good memory despite all the mishaps. Next time, we'll fly direct...couldn't this time because my fiancee's Canadian passport had expired, and the current wait time for a new one (including waiting for the new Canadian birth certificate which replaces the old baptismal birth certificates that Quebec used to accept) would have taken too long. You can still travel across the border by land or by sea till '08 with just a birth certificate, but unless you're an American citizen and have already applied for a US passport, you can't fly across the border...hence the long waits by car, and the clogged border-town airports.

Our southern border is so much easier - just have to take a little stroll thru the desert. :wink:
Seriously though...if this is the kind of luck you have, I'm scared sh*tless to meet you now! :wink:

You think it will rub off?...We do need to meet up soon, I have GOT to get over & see all this cool stuff you have acquired!

lightning · « **Reply #26 on:** July 13, 2007, 12:49:58 PM »

Quote from: "Gunner"

Our southern border is so much easier - just have to take a little stroll thru the desert. :wink:

No kidding, huh? Or just float across the Rio Grande on a car tire. Probably faster too.

Quote from: "Gunner"

Seriously though...if this is the kind of luck you have, I'm scared sh*tless to meet you now! :wink: You think it will rub off?

You know what, I'm generally a lucky bastard, so maybe this levels the game a little bit...

Quote from: "Gunner"

We do need to meet up soon, I have GOT to get over & see all this cool stuff you have acquired!

Yea we do!

lightning · « **Reply #27 on:** August 10, 2007, 05:43:47 PM »

Just found out my older brother's moving to Burlington, VT, and my fiancee's dad is moving back to Quebec, so next time we go, most likely, it'll be through Burlington again. So much for flying direct

Speaking of fiancee, we're coming up on 2 years together in a couple days, and she wanted to get me something nice. Check this out -- she researched my flight helmet and mask, on her own, and found a bunch of artists that quoted her on painting it with my Lightning logo. By the time she was done researching, she knew all the details about the HGU-55/P, as well as the MBU-12/P, MBU-20/P, and HALP masks. I am still shocked! She was not sure I would be happy though...so I found out early. The biggest problem, as it turns out? She couldn't smuggle my helmet out of the house without me noticing! Now *that's* quite a woman, wouldn't you say?

LeoL · « **Reply #28 on:** August 10, 2007, 06:06:16 PM »

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Now *that's* quite a woman, wouldn't you say?

Sure and in a few years you'll be arguing about who has the most number of kills in Falcon or who's turn it is to use the pit.

lightning · « **Reply #29 on:** August 10, 2007, 06:13:59 PM »

Quote from: LeoL on August 10, 2007, 06:06:16 PM

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Now *that's* quite a woman, wouldn't you say?

Sure and in a few years you'll be arguing about who has the most number of kills in Falcon or who's turn it is to use the pit.

You know, those kinda arguments, I could handle

Right now I think I'd have to beg her to get in the pit when it gets to the point where it's flyable. Then again, she's the one out there helping me paint it in the hot garage on the weekends. And she's the one excited about the "telephone" (ICP) -- she's getting impatient for that to show up

So I don't know...Girls and their "telephones", you know how that works!

Icy Knight · « **Reply #30 on:** August 11, 2007, 10:49:07 PM »

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Girls and their "telephones", you know how that works!

3 girls here.... all in their teens now.

sorry to hear about your *luck*, I know how you feel.

I caught my wife looking over my should the other night, she had to turn away as soon as I started banking. I think if I can get her to actually try flying, I know she'd like it.

(she doesn't want to touch the joy stick shared she'll break it - all puns apply) (of course if she reads that I'll get slapped.

)

lightning · « **Reply #31 on:** December 06, 2007, 02:33:35 PM »

A new addition to the family -- Hunter, the Yellow Labrador.

Lightning

Ka-Bar03 · « **Reply #32 on:** December 06, 2007, 03:44:15 PM »

Good looking pup! Housebreaking time,

lightning · « **Reply #33 on:** December 06, 2007, 03:48:39 PM »

You're not kidding! That was not my biggest worry though -- I was worried more about whether my 115 lb. Anatolian Shepherd would accept another dog in the house. But so far so good! They're running around like old buddies already.

Killratio · « **Reply #34 on:** December 06, 2007, 11:50:57 PM »

Great dog the Lab, I had one from the time I was two until I was 17....damn near killed me to have him put down.

Have fun with the puppy!!!

Darryl

lightning · « **Reply #35 on:** January 04, 2008, 05:45:01 PM »

Since the "Pit Room" topic keeps coming up, I thought I'd post some pics of my original Pit Room from back in the day (2001). Too bad I live on the other side of the country now! But this pit room is still out there waiting for me to return to it

Lightning

Nikolas_A · « **Reply #36 on:** January 04, 2008, 05:50:06 PM »

Why does this bring memories of "Witness" to me?

lightning · « **Reply #37 on:** January 04, 2008, 06:06:07 PM »

Yeah, it was pretty much an Amish-style barn-raising, LOL! That building went up fast, since it was all square cuts, and with the help of a Paslode nail gun, it couldn't have been easier. The worst parts were putting on the roof (you can see I delegated a lot of that!! What are older brothers for, after all?) and putting in the ceiling insulation.

The interior was all tongue-and-groove knotty pine. I'd gotten a deal on a huge pile of boards from the local lumberyard out there, but the catch was, I had to cut the back half of the "groove" off of all of the boards, because they had warped slightly and so they couldn't be used as originally intended -- they just woudn't fit together any other way...an Exacto knife made fairly short work of that (like about 3 hours to trim a few hundred boards).

Wiring was simplicity itself for a 480 square foot box, so was plumbing. Window trim and door trim was a real bitch -- I gained a newfound respect for trim carpenters after doing that project!

lightning · « **Reply #38 on:** January 19, 2008, 03:04:00 PM »

Here's when you know your woman loves you and supports your hobby -- when she commissions something like this for your birthday:

Lightning

Peten · « **Reply #39 on:** January 19, 2008, 03:29:27 PM »

My wife you start read some posts here.
and I want a functional MFD cake

Asi

badboy31 · « **Reply #40 on:** January 19, 2008, 05:35:52 PM »

watch out for a functional cake Peten,there could be boobytraps in it

grtz,

Tom

AiRdAncE · « **Reply #41 on:** January 19, 2008, 05:40:11 PM »

Happy BDay bro !!

The coolest Bday cake I've ever seen, that's for sure. Cherish that wife of yours - she's one out of thousands !!!

Gunner · « **Reply #42 on:** January 19, 2008, 09:06:34 PM »

Happy Birthday David!!

Tell Krista that cake is Awesome!!

101-douxx · « **Reply #43 on:** January 19, 2008, 10:43:39 PM »

Happy birthday David!
Hope to see you again in Montreal sometime!

Bonne f?te!

Stephane.

Cannon · « **Reply #44 on:** January 20, 2008, 10:18:03 AM »

Happy birthday!! tha tis great your wife endures this hobby!

TOR · « **Reply #45 on:** January 20, 2008, 02:03:42 PM »

Happy B-day mate!

... that cake is true LOVE if you ask me - should I ever meet your wife, I?d give her a hug just for that effort

What was underneath, eh?? Brownies... $:-\$

Take care - and please pas on a "Frosty" to your wife from me

Cheers,

GUN

Ka-Bar03 · « **Reply #46 on:** January 20, 2008, 04:23:34 PM »

Love it, Happy belated B-Day!!

Dunk · « **Reply #47 on:** January 20, 2008, 04:27:05 PM »

Lightning,
Next year tell her to get Mike to laser ingrave it.

Happy BirthDay

thebeev · « **Reply #48 on:** January 21, 2008, 10:19:59 AM »

That cake rules! You got one heck of a wife, she defiantly deserves a frosty! Happy B-day by the way!!!

Killn · « **Reply #49 on:** January 21, 2008, 11:25:40 AM »

Alittle late, but Happy Bday David! Tell your wife great job on the cake.

lightning · « **Reply #50 on:** January 21, 2008, 01:56:40 PM »

Thanks, all!

My fiancee didn't make it, she had it custom made! Just like I do with cockpit parts

lightning · « **Reply #51 on:** May 01, 2008, 11:18:45 PM »

Was just uploading new photos and had to post some more of this little guy (not so little anymore!) They grow up so fast

Lightning

lightning · « **Reply #52 on:** November 27, 2008, 10:04:13 PM »

News today, there's a baby on the way here

Krista's 6 weeks along. So I have 7 and a half months of freedom left

101-douxx · « **Reply #53 on:** November 27, 2008, 10:56:03 PM »

Congrats!

Now you better finish that pit fast...

Ka-Bar03 · « **Reply #54 on:** November 27, 2008, 11:21:03 PM »

Nikolas_A · « **Reply #55 on:** November 28, 2008, 02:26:26 AM »

AiRdAncE · « **Reply #56 on:** November 28, 2008, 02:32:49 AM »

Yihaw !!!

idekkers · « **Reply #57 on:** November 28, 2008, 01:33:45 PM »

congrats man

Venom · « **Reply #58 on:** November 28, 2008, 03:29:02 PM »

Congrats!!!

heines · « **Reply #59 on:** November 28, 2008, 03:41:01 PM »

congrats

better build a 2 seater for your little co pilot

jrsteensen · « **Reply #60 on:** November 28, 2008, 05:53:57 PM »

Hey! Congrats man! I'm dating an amazing woman with a little 18 month old girl...kids are pretty awesome.

Goodluck man!

thumper · « **Reply #61 on:** November 28, 2008, 06:27:28 PM »

18 mths a great age so much fun

Dunk · « **Reply #62 on:** November 29, 2008, 12:03:08 AM »

What was that Cuba said in Jerry Maguire?

Just Joking John.

lightning · « **Reply #63 on:** July 31, 2009, 12:35:19 PM »

Couple pics of our new baby girl

McKinley Morgan
Born 7/15/09
9lbs 1.7oz
21 inches

Lightning

AiRdAncE · « **Reply #64 on:** July 31, 2009, 01:09:46 PM »

Wow man, considering her genes she was lucky and surely got the most from mom... otherwise she would have been signed for life for sure ! She's a beauty, bro !
Glad you're joining the Guild of Fatherhood

Cannon · « **Reply #65 on:** July 31, 2009, 02:21:07 PM »

Congrats man!! I'm right behind you next month.

Girls are hard work as we all know!!

ulti · « **Reply #66 on:** July 31, 2009, 02:32:29 PM »

Congrats m8

Nikolas_A · « **Reply #67 on:** July 31, 2009, 02:38:34 PM »

Congratulations!!

Quote from: lightning on July 31, 2009, 12:35:19 PM

4.130Kg
53.34cm

Dunk · « **Reply #68 on:** July 31, 2009, 03:42:39 PM »

Looks Like a Keeper.

Good Looking little girl Dave.

Venom · « **Reply #69 on:** July 31, 2009, 04:05:29 PM »

What a precious little beauty.

Congrats to you and mom.

Reboot · « **Reply #70 on:** July 31, 2009, 04:15:38 PM »

Congratulations!

GunMan · « **Reply #71 on:** July 31, 2009, 05:48:25 PM »

Congrat's to you and your wife mate

jrsteensen · « **Reply #72 on:** July 31, 2009, 07:34:20 PM »

Congrats Bro! I'm anxious/excited about mine on the way.

Gotta make it up that way in the next few months.

Falcas · « **Reply #73 on:** July 31, 2009, 08:20:07 PM »

That is great!!!

Congrats

trashman · « **Reply #74 on:** July 31, 2009, 08:39:36 PM »

Very nicely done! Congratulations!

(although not a dad myself - my younger sister made me an uncle at beginning of June...also a girl....Stella Rose...very cool seeing parents (& grandparents) looks & genes getting passed along...)

Take care,

Dan

Kukki · « **Reply #75 on:** August 01, 2009, 04:17:53 AM »

Hey Lightning!
A BIG Congratulation from me and my family, very WELL done

Kukki

Rayman · « **Reply #76 on:** August 01, 2009, 05:18:13 AM »

Hey Dave,

Congrats to you and your wife with your beautiful girl

enjoy!!
Kids are the greatest blessing in your life!

Raymond

heines · « **Reply #77 on:** August 01, 2009, 10:15:47 AM »

Congrat's to you and your wife

Nigel · « **Reply #78 on:** August 01, 2009, 12:03:46 PM »

Obviously she takes after the mother because she's really cute. Hehehe
Nigel

Strale · « **Reply #79 on:** August 01, 2009, 12:30:42 PM »

My Congrats to all of YOU there !

Helio Estrela · « **Reply #80 on:** August 01, 2009, 12:54:52 PM »

Congrats!
cheers
Helio

Ka-Bar03 · « **Reply #81 on:** August 04, 2009, 09:42:48 PM »

Congrats Lightning, she's a doll

Love the name too!

Sledge · « **Reply #82 on:** August 05, 2009, 08:05:14 PM »

Congrats to y'all Dave! Kids are a blast! There's nothing like being a dad! Warning: They grow up fast!

lightning · « **Reply #83 on:** January 12, 2010, 09:36:56 PM »

Hey guys,

I haven't posted much over the last few months, as I've been very busy, between adjusting to being a dad, celebrating the holidays, travelling with the baby to see her grandparents and now being on the hunt for a new job.

Hopefully I'll be back in the swing of things soon! I do make an effort to keep up with PMs, posts, and emails, but sometimes, stuff slips through the cracks. If I've neglected to respond to your questions or posts, or if you're waiting on me for anything, please feel free to remind me as often as necessary via PM, phone, email, or whatever works for you.

Lightning

Kukki · « **Reply #84 on:** January 13, 2010, 01:00:27 AM »

Wow what a nice little girl you have there, really a good shot, just look at her bandit face.

First things first, and family comes first.

Kukki

BullDog · « **Reply #85 on:** January 13, 2010, 02:47:43 AM »

Congrats on the dad front Lightning and thanks for all your software work

MicaGR · « **Reply #86 on:** January 13, 2010, 04:00:22 AM »

Nice sweet cute face... Best wishes for the new year to you and ur family!...

Dive · « **Reply #87 on:** January 13, 2010, 10:14:28 AM »

Congrats brother!!!

Rocky · « **Reply #88 on:** January 13, 2010, 10:56:35 AM »

Congratulations. Kids are such a blessing, enjoy the ride. Can't believe my son is turning 18 this month. They grow up fast, cherish the moments.

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