Faith in your instruments definitely required ........

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Faith in your instruments definitely required ........

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...... for this kind of landing. :-O

Note autopilot disconnected halfway down the runway.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV_vWtAJIow
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Peter Macleland did that in a Trident when these pilots were a glint in their daddy's eye... eyes
B)smk ..

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Well, Joe,
My Dad wasn't even a pilot, and he had to land a rolled up wet newspaper in worse weather than that, and he was blindfolded. The only instrument he had was his analogue watch. blah blah......

John, you are scaring me lately, :worried: :worried: are you working up to video of some of your flying feats?

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I had to dig the papers out of the snow before i folded them.. and then I would have to strain my eyes looking for the north star, through blizzard conditions, to navigate my delivery route..
.. total white out ..
In the Dark!


And if I gave my dad any blah blah about it.
He would kill me and dance upon my grave singing hallelujah

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airboatr wrote:
30 Mar 2019, 03:55
I had to dig the papers out of the snow before i folded them.. and then I would have to strain my eyes looking for the north star, through blizzard conditions, to navigate my delivery route..
.. total white out ..
In the Dark!


And if I gave my dad any blah blah about it.
He would kill me and dance upon my grave singing hallelujah

:)
You think that was bad? My Dad................................
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:lol: You fellas!

So who can work in t'hole in t'road?
It's not a 'bird', it's an aeroplane or an aircraft :rant:

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Airspeed wrote:
30 Mar 2019, 02:14
John, you are scaring me lately, :worried: :worried: are you working up to video of some of your flying feats?
No Mike, at my age, all I can do is marvel at other people's exploits.
Reminds me I have to read Fate is the Hunter again.
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An excellent read that and well worth buying.

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Blimey! That's how they got 'em in Die Hard 2 :thumbsup:

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