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Old April 19th 07, 01:37 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
Jim Logajan
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Margy Natalie wrote:
Morgans wrote:

"Maxwell" wrote

I'm think'en just hang the Long Tom out the side window of a cub.

But all jokes aside, I bet ya a nickle it's been done before.



Remember the story of the drunk flyer, that shot his own plane, while
hunting from the air?

Shot himself right out of the sky, as I remember.

'Course, that could just be another urban legend. g

Not an urban legend. There was a write up of it some aviation book and
the NTSB apparently said something like, if that one guy hadn't lived a
few days and told us what happened we would have NEVER imagined this!

Margy


I think this may be the NTSB report for the incident in question:

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...28X00418&key=1

Or maybe it was this one:

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...17X04558&key=1

Other hunts gone bad:

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...17X00803&key=1
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...08X06815&key=1
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...08X06971&key=1
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...11X09702&key=1
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...12X18740&key=1
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...12X20690&key=1