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Pilot Fights Black Snake Stowaway on Plane
Fox News ^
| Friday , June 02, 2006
| Associated Press
Posted on 06/04/2006 1:45:47 PM PDT by patton
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Monty Coles was 3,000 feet in the air when he discovered a stowaway peeking out at him from the plane's instrument panel — a 4 1/2-foot black snake. Coles had left Charleston earlier for a leisurely flight over the West Virginia countryside last Saturday in his Piper Cherokee and was preparing to land in Gallipolis, Ohio, when the snake revealed itself. "Nothing in any of the manuals ever described anything like this," the 62-year-old Cross Lanes resident said. But the advice given 25 years earlier from his flight instructor immediately came to mind: "No matter what happens, fly the plane." An attempt to swat the snake only resulted in it falling to Coles' feet under the rudder pedals. It then darted to the other side of the cockpit.
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Yikes.
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posted on
06/04/2006 1:45:50 PM PDT
by
patton
To: leda
2
posted on
06/04/2006 1:46:21 PM PDT
by
patton
(What the heck just happened, here?)
To: patton
Snakes on a plane. Where's Samuel L. Jackson when you need him?
Just wanted to be first :)
To: patton
4
posted on
06/04/2006 1:48:08 PM PDT
by
NautiNurse
(Hurricane Season 2006 - Be prepared and have a plan)
To: NautiNurse
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posted on
06/04/2006 1:49:10 PM PDT
by
patton
(What the heck just happened, here?)
To: patton
"They came back and asked what my problem was. I told them
I had one hand full of snake and the other hand full of plane.
They cleared me in."
yeesh! just let the guy land!
6
posted on
06/04/2006 1:49:15 PM PDT
by
leda
(Life is always what you make it!)
To: patton
Snakes...
...on a plane.
7
posted on
06/04/2006 1:49:34 PM PDT
by
AmishDude
(Everybody loves AmishDude)
To: NautiNurse
It's not clear, but I think Killer might be the dog.
To: patton
Ah Ha! Killer, the dachshund.
9
posted on
06/04/2006 1:50:05 PM PDT
by
NautiNurse
(Hurricane Season 2006 - Be prepared and have a plan)
To: NautiNurse; patton
his wife, maybe? ... or the dog... :)
10
posted on
06/04/2006 1:50:18 PM PDT
by
leda
(Life is always what you make it!)
To: NautiNurse
Or maybe "Killer" is his nickname for his wife, who knows? ;)
To: AmishDude
everybody loves mathematicians, dude.
12
posted on
06/04/2006 1:50:45 PM PDT
by
patton
(What the heck just happened, here?)
To: Senator Bedfellow
Wife named Killer is not compatible with life...
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posted on
06/04/2006 1:51:50 PM PDT
by
NautiNurse
(Hurricane Season 2006 - Be prepared and have a plan)
To: NautiNurse
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posted on
06/04/2006 1:54:22 PM PDT
by
patton
(What the heck just happened, here?)
To: patton
To: NautiNurse
I've met his wife. Six-four, 240, built like a Mack truck. It's the tattoos that really throw you off, though - I think she got them in the pen, after she drew a stretch in state for strangling a man with her bare hands during a bar fight. I once saw her eat an ashtray with lit cigarettes in it, that's how mean she was. Believe me, I doubt snakes are a problem after you've been married to "Killer"...
:^)
To: patton
"No matter what happens, fly the plane."Reminds me of what I told my kids when I taught them how to drive: "I don't care if a bee lands on you, you spill hot coffee in your lap, a wasp is buzzing around or you drop a lit cigarette DRIVE RIGHT, DRIVE STRAIGHT and come to a stop SLOWLY and ONLY in an appropriate side-of-the road parking place; take the pain if you have to, just stay smart and stay alive.
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posted on
06/04/2006 1:56:15 PM PDT
by
FreeKeys
(GRAVITY - IT'S NOT JUST A GOOD IDEA. IT'S THE LAW!)
To: patton
a wide array of cutlery, in fact ;)
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posted on
06/04/2006 1:56:32 PM PDT
by
leda
(Life is always what you make it!)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
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posted on
06/04/2006 1:57:12 PM PDT
by
patton
(What the heck just happened, here?)
To: FreeKeys; patton
hmmmm, reminds me of something involving deer... ;)
20
posted on
06/04/2006 1:59:35 PM PDT
by
leda
(Life is always what you make it!)
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