H. Adam Stevens
August 19th 03, 03:13 AM
"> When I got back to shore, I called the State Police to see if there were
any
> searches or overdue aircraft reports. They were totally uninterested."
Our tax dollars at work
H.
N502TB
"Roger Long" m> wrote in
message .. .
> Our summer cottage is on Queechy Lake which is near the 26 runway
extension
> of PSF (Pittsfield, MA) and close enough that planes are often climbing or
> transitioning to pattern entry speeds when they go over. The lake is
> picturesque so low level buzz jobs are not uncommon.
>
> I was napping last Friday afternoon when the sound of a plane, a Lycoming
> O-320 by the sound of it, brought me into semi-consciousness. It was
> circling low and throttling up as it climbed out of low passes. Suddenly,
> the engine went silent. It was at fairly high RPM and stopped with what
> sounded like a faint "chunk". That brought me bolt upright and wide
awake.
> I threw on my shoes and ran the couple hundred yards down to the lake
> expecting to find that a plane had ditched. No one had seen or heard
> anything. I decided that I must have been dreaming.
>
> I was sitting with some other people about three hours later and I asked
if
> anyone had seen a plane flying low over the lake. It turned out that one
> person had. It was circling low over the other end of the lake and
waggling
> its wings. The person who saw it said that the engine suddenly quit and
it
> disappeared over the hill just after the engine went silent. That spooked
> me.
>
> When I got back to shore, I called the State Police to see if there were
any
> searches or overdue aircraft reports. They were totally uninterested.
>
> Thinking about it later, I wish I had been more aggressive. Pulling the
> throttle back suddenly wouldn't make the engine on my 172 sound like that.
> The transition from power to silence was instant. Flying into trees
during
> a botched pull up from a buzz job is the best explanation for what I
heard.
> Then again, I was asleep. Presumably, if they were buzzing and waving
wings
> at someone on the ground, people were watching.
>
> If anyone sees anything about a missing plane on the MA/NY border that I
> missed, please let me know.
>
> --
> Roger Long
>
>
any
> searches or overdue aircraft reports. They were totally uninterested."
Our tax dollars at work
H.
N502TB
"Roger Long" m> wrote in
message .. .
> Our summer cottage is on Queechy Lake which is near the 26 runway
extension
> of PSF (Pittsfield, MA) and close enough that planes are often climbing or
> transitioning to pattern entry speeds when they go over. The lake is
> picturesque so low level buzz jobs are not uncommon.
>
> I was napping last Friday afternoon when the sound of a plane, a Lycoming
> O-320 by the sound of it, brought me into semi-consciousness. It was
> circling low and throttling up as it climbed out of low passes. Suddenly,
> the engine went silent. It was at fairly high RPM and stopped with what
> sounded like a faint "chunk". That brought me bolt upright and wide
awake.
> I threw on my shoes and ran the couple hundred yards down to the lake
> expecting to find that a plane had ditched. No one had seen or heard
> anything. I decided that I must have been dreaming.
>
> I was sitting with some other people about three hours later and I asked
if
> anyone had seen a plane flying low over the lake. It turned out that one
> person had. It was circling low over the other end of the lake and
waggling
> its wings. The person who saw it said that the engine suddenly quit and
it
> disappeared over the hill just after the engine went silent. That spooked
> me.
>
> When I got back to shore, I called the State Police to see if there were
any
> searches or overdue aircraft reports. They were totally uninterested.
>
> Thinking about it later, I wish I had been more aggressive. Pulling the
> throttle back suddenly wouldn't make the engine on my 172 sound like that.
> The transition from power to silence was instant. Flying into trees
during
> a botched pull up from a buzz job is the best explanation for what I
heard.
> Then again, I was asleep. Presumably, if they were buzzing and waving
wings
> at someone on the ground, people were watching.
>
> If anyone sees anything about a missing plane on the MA/NY border that I
> missed, please let me know.
>
> --
> Roger Long
>
>