Ever stuck your neck out too far? And got away with it?

On 30 Dec 2003 20:48:24 GMT, Del Rawlins
wrote:

On 30 Dec 2003 09:49 AM, HiM posted the
following:


I don't even bother thinking of the many times when I landed with
either a helicopter or airplane on fumes and sweating it out the
whole way. Stupid? Nope... just a professional working the best way I
can under trying conditions. Doing what the rest work from after we
push the envelope and see how


buddy you sound like a daredevil thrill seeking idiot
you may get a buzz trying to be a man flying aboout on near empty
tanks ... intelligent people know better

Your email address says it all.

It's a rare pilot who hasn't had the weather change unexpectedly, or
something fail at a very inopportune time if they've been flying for a
while. I'm paranoid about fuel so it's unlikely I'll ever run out,
but OTOH **** happens. I carry enough gas to make a 300 to 400 mile
detour is necessary.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair?)
www.rogerhalstead.com



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