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So about a month or two ago, Asquared passed through Fairbanks, Alaska, USA and (naturally) we met over a couple of cold frothy beverages.
Now I've known Asquared since the old ProPilot days, about 1998 or so. He was down in Puerto Rico flying some aerial recon over Cuba or some such madness and I was just cutting my teeth in the engineer's seat of the DC6.
We exchanged a few emails and when he got back to Anchorage we met...um...over a couple...uh...cold...frothy...beverages.
At any rate, time marches on, and beverages wait to be drunk and since then I've met a few others from the virtual aviation community.
I've met '500 and 2'.
I've known 'dogg' for awhile.
Anybody remember 'Akutan Bandit'?
I run into 'Otter FO' every now and then.
'Singlecoil' is an acquaintance of mine.
There must be more. I'll edit them in as I remember them.
Every single one a true gentleman--except Akutan Bandit who is a frickin' god among mortals if you ask me.
He doesn't even fly anymore, let alone frequent this board, so I ain't givin' nothing away when I tell you this man deadsticked a Navajo down on a beach on the peninsula in 50 knots of wind.
Yeah? So? you say?
Let me tell you, this wasn't some velvety black sand beach three miles long. No sir. This beach was rocky, short and had logs washed up.
Get this: He told me after the second engine quit the first thing he did (after feathering the engine) was put his seat belt on.
Next he proceeded to head for a tiny beach where he touched down but didn't want to hit a log laying crosswise. So he puts the left main gear in the *water* to avoid the log and then swerves back out of the water.
There's absolutely, positively NO DAMAGE to the airplane!
He's got pictures of the Navajo, the water and the log to prove it. Incredible!
But where was I?
Oh yeah, small world.
Who have you met from flightinfo and more importantly: Who told you the best story?
'Cause flying ain't about the money--it's barely about the chicks--it's mostly about the stories.
Now I've known Asquared since the old ProPilot days, about 1998 or so. He was down in Puerto Rico flying some aerial recon over Cuba or some such madness and I was just cutting my teeth in the engineer's seat of the DC6.
We exchanged a few emails and when he got back to Anchorage we met...um...over a couple...uh...cold...frothy...beverages.
At any rate, time marches on, and beverages wait to be drunk and since then I've met a few others from the virtual aviation community.
I've met '500 and 2'.
I've known 'dogg' for awhile.
Anybody remember 'Akutan Bandit'?
I run into 'Otter FO' every now and then.
'Singlecoil' is an acquaintance of mine.
There must be more. I'll edit them in as I remember them.
Every single one a true gentleman--except Akutan Bandit who is a frickin' god among mortals if you ask me.
He doesn't even fly anymore, let alone frequent this board, so I ain't givin' nothing away when I tell you this man deadsticked a Navajo down on a beach on the peninsula in 50 knots of wind.
Yeah? So? you say?
Let me tell you, this wasn't some velvety black sand beach three miles long. No sir. This beach was rocky, short and had logs washed up.
Get this: He told me after the second engine quit the first thing he did (after feathering the engine) was put his seat belt on.
Next he proceeded to head for a tiny beach where he touched down but didn't want to hit a log laying crosswise. So he puts the left main gear in the *water* to avoid the log and then swerves back out of the water.
There's absolutely, positively NO DAMAGE to the airplane!
He's got pictures of the Navajo, the water and the log to prove it. Incredible!
But where was I?
Oh yeah, small world.
Who have you met from flightinfo and more importantly: Who told you the best story?
'Cause flying ain't about the money--it's barely about the chicks--it's mostly about the stories.
