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On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 06:58:22 GMT, "Dallas"
wrote: My guess is that all of the high time pilots have at least one "big scare story" they might share... How about it, what was your scariest moment? Falling asleep over the panhandle of Texas while heading northwest at 12,500. Woke up about 10 minutes short of hitting a 14,000 peak along the front range of the Rockies in Colorado. Not only did it give me the shakes, but later I realized it might have been years before they found the wreckage. My wife would not only be a widow, but may not have known what happened. Matt --------------------- Matthew W. Barrow Site-Fill Homes, LLC. Montrose, CO |
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("Dave" wrote)
There was a class in college asked to write a short story, using as few words as possible.. But it had to contain.. 1- Religion 2- Sexuality 3- Mystery The winner,top marks.. ![]() "Good God, I'm pregnant. Wonder who did it? " "The Virgin Mary named her child Jesus." ...7 words. I win. When in doubt, go with ...The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) g Montblack 'o-o' "Jesus blows up balloons all day Sits on the porch swing watching them fly" |
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![]() "Morgans" wrote in message ... "Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:5u7ff.580371$xm3.76315@attbi_s21... When he regained control we were at 1500 ft. Whoa! A "clear air tornado"? Quite a story. (If it was April 1st, I wouldn't have believed it!) It sounds like to me that it was a giant dust-devil, caused by a very strong thermal. I have seen them pick up enough dirt that they looked like a tornado. I say a video taken at a baseball game, and one at a campground, that had good sized tents blowing around and around, and other large things blowing, too. That is my best guess, as to what he was talking about. -- Jim in NC That us exactly as I would describe it. Not something you want to fly to close to especially in an R22. |
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![]() "Dallas" wrote in message ink.net... "Gig 601XL Builder" Whoa! A "clear air tornado"? Surprised the hell out of me as well. I did some research own it years ago and it seems to be related to a better known clear air micro burst. Just a guess here, but tornados take on the color of the ground they are crossing over... black topsoil - black tornado, yellow dirt - yellow tornado, water - white tornado. My guess would be a clear one wouldn't be on the ground? Dallas The tornado wasn't clear. It was dark. The sky was clear. |
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![]() "Morgans" wrote in message ... "Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:5u7ff.580371$xm3.76315@attbi_s21... When he regained control we were at 1500 ft. Whoa! A "clear air tornado"? Quite a story. (If it was April 1st, I wouldn't have believed it!) It sounds like to me that it was a giant dust-devil, caused by a very strong thermal. I have seen them pick up enough dirt that they looked like a tornado. I say a video taken at a baseball game, and one at a campground, that had good sized tents blowing around and around, and other large things blowing, too. That is my best guess, as to what he was talking about. -- Jim in NC Check these out! http://images.google.com/images?q=du...=Search+Images ---------------------------------------- DW |
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![]() "Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:hR0ff.579197$xm3.577227@attbi_s21... Yeah, people have this vision of running any kind of rentals -- apartments, hotels, motels, B&Bs, rooming houses -- as just sitting in a rocking chair, collecting money. They don't see all the time spent snaking bottles of shampoo out of toilets, or re-attaching towel bars... With *our* place, (and this is partially my fault for perpetuating the "Bob Newhart" myth in a well-known magazine), I'm actually occasionally asked what I do with "the rest of my time" -- the implication being that SURELY running this little place isn't a full-time job. Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" Gee Jay, I thought you sat in a chair,collected money while posting here, then bought AVgas with it! ;-) Seriously, I tried the rental thing at Lake O' the Ozarks and couldn't stand it. My hat is off to those that can hack the clients, hours of work & stress- AND earn a living doing it. Marty |
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One time driving through southwest Texas I saw a dust devil traveling
across the ground and it looked like the timing would be that it would cross the road the same time I went buy. A dust devil, that cannot be much and this will be fun. I was surprised how much energy is in a dust devil. I wouldn't go near one in a plane. ------------- Regards, Ross C-172F 180HP KSWI Gig 601XL Builder wrote: "Morgans" wrote in message ... "Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:5u7ff.580371$xm3.76315@attbi_s21... When he regained control we were at 1500 ft. Whoa! A "clear air tornado"? Quite a story. (If it was April 1st, I wouldn't have believed it!) It sounds like to me that it was a giant dust-devil, caused by a very strong thermal. I have seen them pick up enough dirt that they looked like a tornado. I say a video taken at a baseball game, and one at a campground, that had good sized tents blowing around and around, and other large things blowing, too. That is my best guess, as to what he was talking about. -- Jim in NC That us exactly as I would describe it. Not something you want to fly to close to especially in an R22. |
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![]() "Ross Richardson" wrote I was surprised how much energy is in a dust devil. I wouldn't go near one in a plane. I had one experience with a dust devil, up close and personal, but it was nowhere near as intense as the can be, I realize. I was at a RC field one day, and there was a little break in the flying, and there were no motors running. We suddenly heard a noise that didn't make sense. It sounded like rain, very heavy, and nearby. We were all looking around, and one of us saw the source of the noise. 3 or 4 hundred yards from us, the tops of some trees looked like they were about to break off. The trees stopped on the far side, then we saw some tall grass next to the trees starting to blow around, heading right for us. We all finally realized what was happening, and it was all hands on deck; we were all trying to get all (3 or 4 planes each) of the planes held down. The wind came upon us, and there were paper towels, and plastic bags blowing around, and lifting up, high into the air. Most of the planes were saved, but a few did get some damage. I would estimate that there were 60 to 70 MPH winds, for a period of the longest 30 seconds that any of us had ever experienced. As quickly as it came, it moved on. There was no bare dirt, so the event just had a small amount of dirt, leaves and grass blowing around. We watched a plastic bag lifting into the sky, until it was out of sight. Strange, indeed! -- Jim in NC |
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![]() "Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATcox.net wrote http://www.byz.org/~aether/bman01/dust-devil.jpg This one is the closest to what we saw. But it was 2500-3000 ft high and darker. The soil it was over was darker so that explains that. The one I was in was much larger around; perhaps 75 to 100 feet in diameter. There was not enough dirt to give it a clearly defined form. -- Jim in NC |
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I had an engine out once in a R22 on my way back from Hagerstown to
Frederick, MD in a round about kind of a way. I full autoed it onto 10+ inches of snow on someones farm near Camp David. My first real emergency, and I somehow executed a smooth flare that my CFI would have been really proud of. I never did get it that good w/ the CFI onboard, and there was never a full down auto. I didn't perceive it as an emergency at the time, neither did my passenger. He thought that the first couple of seconds of the auto was a little startling, but did reallize it was an auto. He thought that it supposed to be quiet when you land and only wondered why we landed in the field. I explained to him that the engine went out on its own. He too didn't reallize the danger at the time. I checked out the engine, started it up again and it ran smoothly. I concluded that it was carburator icing. Instead of hiking a couple of miles to the farm house in deep snow to call the FBO, We took the easy way out. We flew the chopper back to Frederick, MD. I told Bill at Advanced Helicopters about the engine out and that I may have oversped the rotors doing the auto. He said he would have it looked at. In retrospect, I should have walked to the farm house and had someone at Advanced Heli with more experience come get the chopper. I was real stupid to have flown it again that day. Anything could have been wrong with it. The bearings could have been shot from the overspeed. I could have been back in the air when it failed. Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone |
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