Lost stories here

nmg175 wrote:
Here is my second lost story:

. Man did I feel stupid.

Danny Deger

"Feel"?


Man, you're not going to get much true confession around here if you bust their
balls. Confession is good for the soul. Busted balls are.... different.



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Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com

"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com wrote in message
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nmg175 wrote:
Here is my second lost story:

. Man did I feel stupid.

Danny Deger

"Feel"?


Man, you're not going to get much true confession around here if you bust
their balls. Confession is good for the soul. Busted balls are....
different.

Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com

Okay, here's mine-

Flying out of Flushing Field, New York, in a Waco UPF-7, I wandered over to
CT.

The gen then, was in case of confusion, dive down and read the name of the
Town painted on the Water Tower. Re-orient and go home.

Dove down, over this CT Town, no name on the Water Tower!

At the road intersection, in the center of Town, there was painted on the
surface, the name of the Town, I thought.

Being too young to drive a car, 18 in NY, I was completely ignorant of road
signs.

Climbed up and spent 3 or 4 circles, looking on my Sectional for the CT Town
of GOSLOW.

Eventually the light came on, realized what it meant, flew to next Town,
identified it from their Water Tower and safely returned to Speeds Flying
Service.

That was 66 years ago, but can still hear the guys laughing when I recounted
the story.

"nmg175" wrote in message
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Okay, here's mine-

Flying out of Flushing Field, New York, in a Waco UPF-7, I wandered over
to CT.

The gen then, was in case of confusion, dive down and read the name of the
Town painted on the Water Tower. Re-orient and go home.

Dove down, over this CT Town, no name on the Water Tower!

At the road intersection, in the center of Town, there was painted on the
surface, the name of the Town, I thought.

Being too young to drive a car, 18 in NY, I was completely ignorant of
road signs.

Climbed up and spent 3 or 4 circles, looking on my Sectional for the CT
Town of GOSLOW.

Eventually the light came on, realized what it meant, flew to next Town,
identified it from their Water Tower and safely returned to Speeds Flying
Service.

That was 66 years ago, but can still hear the guys laughing when I
recounted the story.

And 66 years later as well!!

Thanks for the chuckle,


--
Matt
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Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO (MTJ)

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"Danny Deger" wrote in message
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"Danny Deger" wrote in message
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Post your lost story here, so we can all laugh at them.


Here is my second lost story:

. Man did I feel stupid.

Danny Deger

"Feel"?


OK. Let's be nice :-)

Danny Deger

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Danny Deger wrote:
Post your lost story here, so we can all laugh at them.


On my long cross country (Aertz (Lafayette, IN) to Springfield, IL
to Lawerenceville, IN), on the Springfield to Lawerenceville leg,
I applied the magentic variation wrong. It should have been +3
and I did -3 (or something like that, it has been 15 years).
Since I was close to on course, I made my first few checkpoints,
but after awhile, the few landmarks that exist in that area weren't
matching up with the charts. I happened to fly over an airport
with multiple runways, and comparing the layout to airports on the
chart, was able to figure out where I was.

And then on the Lawernceville to Aertz leg, I had a NMAC with a
bizjet at 10,500ft. Lots of learning on that one flight.

John
--
John Clear - http://www.clear-prop.org/

"John Clear" wrote in message
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In article ,
Danny Deger wrote:
Post your lost story here, so we can all laugh at them.


On my long cross country (Aertz (Lafayette, IN) to Springfield, IL
to Lawerenceville, IN), on the Springfield to Lawerenceville leg,
I applied the magentic variation wrong. It should have been +3
and I did -3 (or something like that, it has been 15 years).
Since I was close to on course, I made my first few checkpoints,
but after awhile, the few landmarks that exist in that area weren't
matching up with the charts. I happened to fly over an airport
with multiple runways, and comparing the layout to airports on the
chart, was able to figure out where I was.

And then on the Lawernceville to Aertz leg, I had a NMAC with a
bizjet at 10,500ft. Lots of learning on that one flight.

John
--
John Clear - http://www.clear-prop.org/


Lost story of a somewhat more serious nature. In 1981 a Cessna 210 with 5
POB was lost in bad weather over land ( thick forest) in Australia, never
to be seen again, despite regular searches to this day. I believe it is
the only aircraft lost on land in Aus never to be found. There was another
case of an aircraft lost for 30 odd years and found by a forest worker on
the side of a mountain. I know several aircraft have gone missing without
trace in New Zealand. What about the USA? any dissapeared definately over
land without trace? It is hard to imagine in this day and age that this can
still happen. Over water i can understantd
terry
ppl downunder

Danny Deger wrote:
Post your lost story here, so we can all laugh at them.

what's annoying is that rec.aviation.stories is (almost) completely
empty because of moderation...

mad8 wrote:

what's annoying is that rec.aviation.stories is (almost) completely
empty because of moderation...

Is this before or after Larry's recent appointment?

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On 9 Jan 2007 06:30:57 -0800, "mad8" wrote in
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what's annoying is that rec.aviation.stories is (almost) completely
empty because of moderation...

What lead you to that conclusion?

Have you considered submitting your literary works? Try it; you may
be surprised.

"mad8" wrote in message
ps.com...

Danny Deger wrote:
Post your lost story here, so we can all laugh at them.

what's annoying is that rec.aviation.stories is (almost) completely
empty because of moderation...


It was empty for a long time for lack of a moderator. But, that problem has
been recently rectified. I was thinking myself that that is where this
thread should have been.

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