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You remind me of the time I got lost in the Bayuda desert in Egypt
while ferrying an Ag Husky (cessna) from Cairo to Khartoum. It was 10 hours into the flight and I had missed a checkpoint. No navaids except an ONC chart. anyway, I got caught in a sandstorm and was forced down to about 500' adl (above desert level..gg) when I came up on the Nile. I elected to stay with it since my fuel state was now down to an hour and I had 2 hours to Khartoum. If I was going down I wanted to stick close to water. then I popped out of the storm and decided to land in the nearest flat piece I could see. Way out in the distance I saw what appeared toa be a road and headed for the landing. Lo and behold it was a dirt strip! I landed and taxied in to the parking area. didn't even have time for the engine to cool down when the sand storm hit. I tried to get out but the wind and sand was just too fierce. Then the temps in the cockpit drove me out and I hunkered down under the tail on the downwind side. Then it began to rain mud drops and I got out in it to wash down some of the sweat. The rain became clear and the wind died down. water was about ankle deep by then. I saw one of my tires had gone flat so I just got out the half gallon of Scotch I was taking to the guys in Khartoum and poured a stiff one, sat down and started to relax. Yahoooo Rocky |
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