A friend of mine was a pilot for the State of Illinois.
They were flying the governor to Washington, DC in the King
Air [about 20 years ago]. Somewhere near Cleveland [I
think] they saw a flicker and then had a DC 9 at their
altitude pass right to left a few hundred feet in front.
Turned out the sector controller had forgotten to issue the
higher altitude to the DC 9. The Governor did get a
personal phone call from the Sec DOT ad the Admin at the FAA
with an apology.

The form the pilot filled out had this question, "What the
PICs first action after the near mid-air?"

The pilot wrote down, "Changed shorts"




"Stubby" wrote in
message . ..
|
|
| Jim Macklin wrote:
| ...
| You can also use the flaps to "jump over" a fence or
ditch
| that you see at the last moment before a forced landing
if
| they are up for the glide.
| ...
| Yes and that's one lesson I'll never forget. The
instructor had me do a
| power-off "short approach" and told me I was *not* allowed
to apply
| power no matter how bad I thought it was! The pucker
factor increased
| enormously and I could see the edge of the hill under the
runway
| looming. Certain that we were going to crash into it, I
was begging to
| add power. The instructor calmly demonstrated how to use
flaps just to
| get a few more feet and complete the landing. It was a
good lesson but
| I think he owes me some new underwear.