Having my camera with me the day I landed on 4R at EWR in the Archer nearly
caused a bad day. On short final approaching the numbers, I couldn't resist
snapping a pic of that runway disappearing into the perspective. I grabbed
the camera off the right seat, flipped off the lens cap and got a great shot
through the prop:
http://www.geocities.com/viewptmd/EWR4RShortFinal.JPG.
Unfortunately, the camera strap got tangled up in the yoke. I had approval
to land long, which was a good thing because after finally getting the strap
free, I realized I had ballooned up 100 feet or so. Fly the airplane! The
tower didn't say anything, and I set it down right where I had originally
wanted to, but it could have been bad, and/or embarrassing.
--
Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)