RE: Salutations Sodomites!
December 23, 2016 at 1:45 am
(This post was last modified: December 23, 2016 at 1:50 am by Whateverist.)
Hello and welcome. C_L (or the nick I came up with that didn't catch on, Cath-y) has been a great forum participant. (As you know) she is funny, open and generous. It is rare that we get a theist of any stripe through here that doesn't want to convert us or justify themselves. She obviously has it bad for you, you lucky guy. Then again, I have my own Ms Whateverist so more power to you.
My youngest brother became a pilot right out of high school. He took me on a flight in a single prop/2 seater from the SF bay area to south of LA. Kind of nice to see the scenery go by at that height and at that rate of speed. When we went by LAX the city was encased in fog. He knew how far out from shore and at what height to fly to be clear of airport traffic. But it was still unnerving to see those big old jet liners bomb out of that soup above us. We even had an adventure.
Coming back, he stopped at a small airport halfway between LA and SF. When we took off it was odd that the runway led us to take off directly over the town. Worse, as we were taking off we experienced some bad wind shear which prevented us from taking off normally. In spite of keeping it low and level an alarm rang signaling an imminent stall. I honestly thought we might not clear all the telephone wires and there was a big silo thing in our path we had to go around. But he kept his cool and eventually got us directed into some air that would give us lift. Just as he was letting out his breath and I was no longer looking for emergency landing opportunities we heard a very loud knocking sound, seemingly coming from the motor outside. We finally traced it to my extra long seat belt flap which, while fastened, was still sticking out the closed door. Whew. I imagine a less under-powered aircraft might have had less trouble but I don't know enough about it to really say. Got any close calls to share that won't get your post redacted?
My youngest brother became a pilot right out of high school. He took me on a flight in a single prop/2 seater from the SF bay area to south of LA. Kind of nice to see the scenery go by at that height and at that rate of speed. When we went by LAX the city was encased in fog. He knew how far out from shore and at what height to fly to be clear of airport traffic. But it was still unnerving to see those big old jet liners bomb out of that soup above us. We even had an adventure.
Coming back, he stopped at a small airport halfway between LA and SF. When we took off it was odd that the runway led us to take off directly over the town. Worse, as we were taking off we experienced some bad wind shear which prevented us from taking off normally. In spite of keeping it low and level an alarm rang signaling an imminent stall. I honestly thought we might not clear all the telephone wires and there was a big silo thing in our path we had to go around. But he kept his cool and eventually got us directed into some air that would give us lift. Just as he was letting out his breath and I was no longer looking for emergency landing opportunities we heard a very loud knocking sound, seemingly coming from the motor outside. We finally traced it to my extra long seat belt flap which, while fastened, was still sticking out the closed door. Whew. I imagine a less under-powered aircraft might have had less trouble but I don't know enough about it to really say. Got any close calls to share that won't get your post redacted?
