To: algore
Flying across a mountain ridge in my plane one night and I hit an updraft I trimmed the plane for. Eventually I ran out of trim and reduced power settings to hold my assigned attitude. I wasn't thinking. I crossed the ridge (updraft side) to the other side and had my head smashed into the cockpit ductwork. My wife and kids were glued to the ceiling in the back. We dropped 3000' in about fifteen seconds.
After that I always wear my lap belt.
12 posted on
12/18/2022 5:41:29 PM PST by
blackdog
(The head, hands, and heart, serve even further than the purse. )
To: blackdog
16 posted on
12/18/2022 5:48:04 PM PST by
Salamander
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To: blackdog
I did mountain wave soaring in my Tri-Pacer once. It wasn’t about to come down until I (slowly) flew out of it.
41 posted on
12/18/2022 8:01:20 PM PST by
steve86
(Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
To: blackdog
> My wife and kids were glued to the ceiling in the back.
I still enjoy my toddler memories of flying in west Texas in back of the Cessna, bouncing all over while hanging onto the straps. My mom would yell at us to keep our hands away from the doors when they popped open. Then she’d look back and see me with my feet on the headliner and warn me we might have to skip Dairy Queen afterwards if I didn’t get back in my seatbelt Right Now Damnit!
47 posted on
12/18/2022 8:28:45 PM PST by
no-s
(Jabonera, urna, jurado, cartucho ... ya sabes cómo va...)
To: blackdog
That’s FUBAR. You should have your license revoked.
60 posted on
12/18/2022 11:30:11 PM PST by
Cobra64
(Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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