In article et,
Dallas wrote:
I was reading some of the older posts of this group and was highly
entertained by NW_Pilot's carburetor icing thread.

My guess is that all of the high time pilots have at least one "big scare
story" they might share... How about it, what was your scariest moment?


Before soloing, after adding a quart of oil to the PA-18, just after takeoff.

I heard myself say: "erm... we have smoke on the cockpit. your plane"

I had left the oil filler cap loose...



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