Gene Buckle writes: > > > > status, if you also notice a big plume of something that looks a lot > > > > like smoke coming off one or both wings, land and check your fuel tank > > > > covers. (And extinguish your cigarettes.) :-) > > > > > > Ye gods. That's why you pre-flight _after_ you've fueled up. Gas it, > > > park it and then check it _all_. I'm amazed you made it back. It doesn't > > > take long to suck those wing tanks dry. > > > > That was when I was young and stupid. The pilot fueled back up, > > screwed on the fuel caps, and off we went again. I should have used > > that opportunity to exit the plane, but was too excited about the rare > > chance to go flying ... it was a wild ride though ... we flew up to > > northern AZ and were buzzing some poor rancher's cattle, or would that > > be "some rancher's poor cattle." Anyway we were occasionally pretty > > close to 90 degree bank about 50' above the ground. > > > Heheh. Was he an ex-fighter or crop duster pilot? :)
Errr, high school choir director ... > > In retrospect, yes, lucky to have made it back from both flights that > > day. That was the last time I went flying with that particular pilot. > > Smart choice. :) I don't know his current status, but I've heard he's subsequently brought in a few the hard way, which can be especially tough in AZ. Curt. -- Curtis Olson IVLab / HumanFIRST Program FlightGear Project Twin Cities [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota http://www.menet.umn.edu/~curt http://www.flightgear.org _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
