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To: DesertRhino

“Someone brave enough to fly a 182 there should be celebrated, not arrested. “

Stupidity should stop being rewarded.


13 posted on 07/04/2025 6:58:17 AM PDT by CodeToad
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To: CodeToad
“Someone brave enough to fly a 182 there should be celebrated, not arrested. “

Stupidity should stop being rewarded.

In 1982, I went out as an additional crew member in a Coast Guard H-3 over the Prince William Sound to search for dead bodies that resulted from a different H-3 going down trying to rescue a fisherman. On the way out, the pilot told me, "There are old pilots and there are bold pilots but there are no old. bold pilots."

Driving rain, 40 knot winds, and ceilings of 200 ft. helped me understand what he was getting at.

18 posted on 07/04/2025 7:15:57 AM PDT by johniegrad
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