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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

I must be a redneck pilot. I had a bumper sticker on my plane that said, "I'd rather be driving!"


114 posted on 08/03/2004 11:42:08 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (They are where you least expect. Look around and you'll see them too.)
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To: Conspiracy Guy

Going through the list, I was guessing you might have checked off about eleven of them...


116 posted on 08/03/2004 1:58:34 PM PDT by NicknamedBob (When you've forgotten your drink, you've had enough! ... Unless it's coffee -- then you need more!!)
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To: Conspiracy Guy

Speaking of pilots, the one with the little seaplane who was terrorizing the lake for weeks got busted this past weekend, according to the wife of one of the game wardens who is a neighbor. It seems that the pilot was out on the lake playing touch and go among the boats and skiers, so a bunch of the boaters innundated the game wardens' office with cell phone calls at the same time. Since it was a foregone conclusion what airport he flew out of (the only one around here is in a town 26 miles west of here) the wardens' office sent a warden to that airport by road, while one of the wardens on the lake ran by boat to the stretch of water where all the complaint calls had come from-just in time to see the seaplane send a dozen or so boats scurrying for shore as he landed among them, drove over the water for nearly a mile, then took off again, going in the direction of that airport. That warden then docked his patrol boat, jumped in his truck and headed for the airport, where he met the first warden who had detained the pilot as soon as he landed. In the course of citing him for several violations including something that sounded like reckless endangerment, it was discovered that he did not have a permit to land on any area lakes, which, apparently you must have. He will likely not be back soon, as he was reported to the appropriate FAA people as well. With the seaplane out of the picture for awhile, the game wardens are sneaking around all the coves at night looking for the docking spot of the airboat with the loud aircraft engine with no muffler (not allowed) that cruises without running lights at 5 AM bringing everyone who lives on this stretch of the lake jumping out of their beds on weekends.


131 posted on 08/03/2004 2:22:29 PM PDT by Texan5 (You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line...)
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