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When I was learning to fly in 1969 in a 415G, my sometimes instructor, who happened to be a cute college girl, had me using the hood with the canopy open. She told me to remove the hood. Instead of allowing me to remove it, she reached up and yanked it off my head and the wind caught it and it was gone. Being the gentleman that I was I did not tell the FBO/owner of the hood exactly who lost it. So, I got the !%*!#&@ chewing. I guess it could have been worse, as my eye glasses could have left with the hood. This is why I don't fly with the canopy open. I would rather bake!!!! Scott 5458F --- Sheryl Getchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm > before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > Chuck, > Yep, lost a nice hat doing step turns over a > large corn field in > Westport, Mass. I was flying my 1946 415-C, N2569H, > which had a bubble > windshield. It was a great summer day, windows > down, and I was turning > left, looking almost at my eight o'clock position > when I stuck my head > out a little too far. As others stated before, the > wind caught my hat, > tore it off my head with my David Clarks following > it. Thankfully, the > wire saved my head set but my new hat made the > 1,000' decent to the > middle of the corn field. I always wonder what the > owner of the property > thought. "How did this hat get out here in the > middle of my field"? And > again, as others have stated, I've made the same > mistake several times > again. Sir, I'm an idiot Sir! I've only lost the > one hat though. Hang > on to those covers boys!! > > Bryce L. Getchell > Former Owner of N2569H > Dartmouth, Massachusetts > ============================================================================== > To leave this forum go to: > http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ============================================================================== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
