Taking off in the face of an approaching Hurricane

Every so often when it's either wicked windy or disgusting low scud I
get a call from Hal. "Wanna go do some approaches? It's raining like
hell out here."

Yep, that sounds just like ol' Bob. He did things like:

1. Demonstrate a take-off in 200 foot ceilings, with zero visibility in the
clouds.
2. Followed by a 180 degree blind turn-around, with an immediate landing
back on the opposite runway.
3. Demonstrate that it IS possible to drag the tie-down hook on the
runway -- but you have to be at an extreme angle to do it.
4. Demonstrate how to land in fog by "plowing" an opening in the fog with
repeated passes down the approximate location of the runway.

....and so on.

He's moved to Florida in retirement -- I hope he's weathered the hurricanes
okay.

(And to think all he had to deal with in Wisconsin was blizzards, bitter
cold, and tornados... ;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
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