Big scare story

I have seen a number of water spouts, and they were all white to grey.
Never seen a tornado, though.
Dust devils may suck up whatever loose material they pass over (dirt,
grass, etc), and may be invisible if there is nothing to pick up. Once
I saw one that picked up & shredded a wagon load of newspapers that a
paperboy had left in a parking lot (while delivering down a side
street). It scattered the pieces all over the neighborhood.

David Johnson

In article ,
Eduardo K. wrote:

moon night when I saw a dark stop on the road. I narrowly missed a huge cow,
passing inches from a Bus coming in the other direction...

dark spot... I meant

interesting typo. :-)

--
Bob Noel
New NHL? what a joke

Roger wrote:

Ever hear of a "Pilot relief tube"?

The toilet comes to visit you.
I read/heard a story once about a Beech. That it seemed to the owner, it
was the only part that hadn't been repaired or replaced...

Beech 18?

Baron, not sure which one...

I figure I've been on borrowed time since then.

Or living in an alternate reality. Some times I wonder.

Me, too!

Too many "Twilight Zone" episodes as a child will do that to you...

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Not scary, more of a "Fright" story...

Ok, my turn.

I was flying the VOR-A in an old Aztec, in and out of the cumulous in
the approach quadrant. Procedure turn inbound, solid IMC, I broke out of the
clouds for an instant, then back in. 2 miles later, I broke out, a sky diver
went past my left wingtip about 50 feet away, and I went solid again. He was
6' 1", wearing a white jumpsuit with 2 blue stripes down the side, white
beat up helmet. He had a full beard, blue shades, and grubby tennis shoes. 2
days later, I approached one of my instrument students, who is also a sky
diver, and as I approached he said, "Oh Wow, was that you in the Aztec?"
This guy and I had been out flying the same approach a week earlier. He
monitors approach control during the jump run. He knows that the drop zone
is underlying the approach, just inside the procedure turn. He knows about
jumping between cumulous less than a 1/2 mile apart. He is now an instrument
instructor.

Al

"Al"
a sky diver
went past my left wingtip about 50 feet away,
He is now an instrument instructor.

An instrument instructor with a death wish... now that is scary!

:-)

Dallas

"Dallas" wrote in message
nk.net...

"Al"
a sky diver
went past my left wingtip about 50 feet away,
He is now an instrument instructor.

An instrument instructor with a death wish... now that is scary!

:-)

Dallas


That does sound like it breaks one of the rules of flying, Never fly with
someone braver than you are.

On 2005-11-29, Dallas wrote:

An instrument instructor with a death wish... now that is scary!

I do remember a moment in my instrument training after a long flight,
at night, in actual IMC, being vectored for an approach, completing the
approach briefing, descending to lose a few thousand feet, and ATC asks
me to "reduce speed to 150 knots" for a Cessna ahead. I almost busted
out laughing thinking that I could REALLY use a break right about then
and if I could reduce my workload by reducing to 150kt that would be a
GREAT idea! If only I could make it happen! Then it occured to me that
it must really be killing my CFII sitting next to me to just sit there
and ride along while a green instrument student barely holds it
together... Death wish indeed!

--
Ben Jackson

http://www.ben.com/

Morgans wrote:


...the first rule of formation flying is
to have your wingman in sight, at all times, right?

Wrong: your LEADER in sight, when you are in close. A looser formation
will allow a wingman to also do some scanning for other traffic,
hazards, threats, opportunities, etc.

The leader occasionally looks at the wingman, if he has nothing better
to do.


Jack

nrp wrote:

Doing a 180 and landing on 9R with a 172H after having an engine
failure taking off 27R at FCM (Flying Cloud Minneapolis) on a bitterly
cold day. I don't think I left the airport boundary & the tower said
the wing tips were within a few feet of the 9R snowbank maneuvering
with full flaps in a near-vertical bank. They were reaching for the
fire button expecting me to cartwheel, but I got it stopped OK.

Accumulated ice crystals in the fuel from the previous user blocked the
gascolator screen. In hindsight I shoulda stuffed it straight in (not
a real friendly area) but I thought I'd at least see how far around I
could get. My passenger never flew with me again.........

I now use a little RED can Heet in the winter and don't fly in below
zero (F) temps.

And would you still use FULL FLAPS prior to being established on final,
when altitude was not excessive?


Jack