Ever stuck your neck out too far? And got away with it?

"HiM" wrote in message ...
I don't even bother thinking of the many times when I landed with
either a helicopter or airplane on fumes and sweating it out the whole
way. Stupid? Nope... just a professional working the best way I can
under trying conditions.
Doing what the rest work from after we push the envelope and see how


buddy you sound like a daredevil thrill seeking idiot
you may get a buzz trying to be a man flying aboout on near empty tanks ...
intelligent people know better

I don't think you fly for a living do you? One of the most daredevil
thrillseeking pilots I know of came from your part of the world. We
called him "Dave the Brave" and watched him take off while the rest of
us waited for the fog to lift above 200'in Egypt. Dave was killed in
Cambodia or someplace like that when a blade came off the russian
helicopter he was flying. The reposts I got were that 3 died in that
accident.
Do you suppose the books are or were written by people who never got
above 40mph in an automobile? As I recall there were those who said
going that fast would suck the air right out of your lungs and you'd
die. No, I am not an idiot and resent the implication. I don't get a
buzz flying on near empty tanks. Frankly it scares the crap out of me
but I'm not restricted to flying from concrete from point A-B and
having someone wipe my nose at each stop.
I don't think my ratings and experience indicate a lack of
intelligence, but the opposite.
Ol Shy & Bashful