One clear December Morning in 2000 I was flying at 500 AGL south of JFK over the ocean when I encountered a flock of seagulls. When I turned on my landing lights, which I’m told is to help the birds see the plane, all but one missed me. Apparently, no one told him why my… Continue reading Bird Strike
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Lobsters in the Cockpit, a tail
Dark. Turbulent. Rain. In the clouds. Changes in my route clearance from La Guardia Approach Control as fast as I could write them down and faster than I could execute them. This was single pilot instrument flying at its busy-as-a-one-arm-paper-hanger worst. There was only the dim red glow of the cockpit lights to give me… Continue reading Lobsters in the Cockpit, a tail