I drove IFR to a business meeting yesterday. Thick fog, could almost see the hood star. Came up to what I thought might be a stop light at 20 mph, and it turned out to be the trailer of an 18-wheeler leaving a fuel stop.
I stopped in time, but just barely. I said the "f-word" -- "disappointed" the two females sitting in the back seat. On 3/22/07, LarryT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Back when I flew - in the 70s - I used to fly IFR (I Follow Roads) - a road map, altimeter and binoculars. And a watch was handy - ;-) Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs Porsche Road Test http://members.rennlist.com/roadtest/ . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 5:50 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Sunrise in the east > My ground school instructor ferried B-17s during WWII, to South American > to Africa then to Europe. He would leave Florida, fly south, take a > left at land, and find the airfield. Then he would fly east, hit land, > take a nav shot then turn right or left to the airfield. He said he > always landed withing 15 minutes of the guys who spent their whole > flight obsessing about their navigation, and played cards, napped, and > had a good time while flying. > > --R > > LT Don wrote: >> A one mile wide grease pencil on the nav charts I used, I might add. >> >> On 3/22/07, wilton strickland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> B-52 navigators used to say, "We measure it with calipers, mark >>> it with a grease pencil and chop it with an ax." >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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