That "no-GUMP" Scratching Sound

In a previous article, "Jay Honeck" said:
[Saving the plane instead of saving themselves]
From what the "gray heads" have told me, stopping the engine, bumping
the prop till it's horizontal, and landing on the grass, gear-up, all
fall into this category. Doing stuff that might save the paint, at
the risk of catapulting you end-over-end, or doing anything that takes
your attention away from flying the plane (in what is, after all, a
VERY unusual situation) can cause (for example) an inadvertent
stall.

Add to that list "flying low over the runway while some idiot in a car or
truck attempts to pull your landing gear out while risking having the prop
turn them into hamburger". It seems like there's one of those about once
a year, and every time the guy is treated like some sort of hero instead
of an idiot willing to risk several lives to save an insurance claim.


--
Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/
If killing them all to a man is not an option then you are better off to
simply leave them to slowly self destruct under their own incompetance.
-- Dag