Jim Logajan wrote in
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James Sleeman wrote:
On Feb 5, 4:17*am, Ron Wanttaja wrote:

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Thanks but, I don't think it was that one I was thinking of :-/


I know you also don't mean the pilot "Rosie" played by Brian Dennehy
in the film "Never Cry Wolf" but there was a memorable scene in that
movie where the engine of Rosie's plane starts to falter and...

Rosie: Take the stick... Aaaaaaah!
Tyler: What's wrong?
Rosie: Boredom, Tyler. Boredom - that's what's wrong. And how do you
beat boredom, Tyler?... Adventure. Adventure, Tyler.
Tyler: Where are you going, Rosie? Rosie, what are you doing? I can't
fly this thing! What do I do?

...and Rosie has grabbed a tool (a wrench?), opens the door of the
plane in flight and steps onto the wing struts to fix the problem.

Wish I knew what plane he flew in that scene - it was a real patchwork
of ugly repairs.



That was Never Cry wolf, wasn't it? I saw it a loooong time ago. I can't
remember but I think it was a Twin Beech.

For an even more gripping real life adventure like that, see if you can
find an account of Kingsfor Smith's second crossing of the Tasmin Sea in
the Southern Cross.. The lost one engine due to a busted prop and were
losing oil out of another. The only thing to do was transfer oil from
oned engine to the other manually by climbing out on the landing gear
struts, ripping open the cowling with a screwdriver, draining the oil
from ( the left, I think) into his leather briefcase, the only vessel
capable of holding oil on board, then climbing out the other side and
pouring it into the running right engine. The guy who did this is one of
the fathers of long distance navigation. Can't remember his first name,
but his last name was Taylor.



Bertie