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1 posted on 10/21/2007 4:59:35 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin
In a sort of related news, American Bald Eagles are soaring above the Arkansas River near the Keystone Lake Dam again.

You could've knocked me over with a feather when I spotted one go by the 20th floor windows of The University Club Tower in Tulsa.

He looked majestic at about eight feet across!

2 posted on 10/21/2007 5:16:55 PM PDT by battlegearboat
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My kids have flown with Young Eagles twice this year. What a great program! I’m jealous since I’ve never been up in a small plane. The flights are usually about 30 minutes. One of my brothers students has a cool Young Eagles story. He asked the pilot if he could call in to the tower before takeoff. Reluctantly, she let him. He called in perfectly using all the correct terminology. The pilot asked him where he learned all that. He said it was from his flight simulator computer game. She let him take the controls on the runway and he lifted off, (which in a Cessna is apparently foolproof) flew the entire flight and landed the aircraft. The pilot never touched the yoke.


4 posted on 10/22/2007 5:31:39 AM PDT by cyclotic (Support Scouting-Raising boys to be men, and politically incorrect at the same time.)
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