Shots fired

I have a friend who is a cropduster by trade. Every other year they are shot
at.

It happens. While flying an Air Tractor AT-301 in Georgia, I had some guy shoot
at me from his back porch while I was turning to head back into a field for a
spray run. Interesting.


-John
*You are nothing until you have flown a Douglas, Lockheed, Grumman or North
American*

In article . net,
"Tony Cox" wrote:

"Dan Luke" wrote in message
...

Last night I canceled a flight for a (for me) unique reason: the tower
was warning departing aircraft that FBO personnel had heard several
bursts of gunfire coinciding with departing flights passing over the
neighborhood off rwy 14.


I did a pre-purchase on a 182 a few years back that had had
a bullet hole on the horizontal stabilizer repaired. It'd lived most of its
life in southern CA. I wonder how many other 'shot-up' planes there
are out there?

Reid-Hillview, in San Jose, CA has problems every New Years Eve, with
the local Hispanic population liking to fire their guns into the air.
The cops take cover under viaducts from about 11:45 till 12:15AM, as the
place is like Baghdad on the opening night of Desert Storm.

I used to know people who collected bottles full of spent bullets on the
ramp. I also knew a few who had their planes holed from bullets dropping
out of the sky -- including one that penetrated the hangar roof and then
went on through the flap skins of a Cessna L-19.

I was recently flying with a buddy of mine in East TX in his C140. I made a
comment on all of the deer blinds below us, and he said, only half joking
"its about that time of year when you want to stay above about 2,000AGL". He
said he landed once and had a bullet hole in his vertical stabilizer.

Steve

"Dan Luke" wrote in message
...
Last night I canceled a flight for a (for me) unique reason: the tower
was warning departing aircraft that FBO personnel had heard several
bursts of gunfire coinciding with departing flights passing over the
neighborhood off rwy 14.

The tower called the police but, as of late last night, no perp's had
been located.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

News1

Let me parse this for those not from TX..

Deer season.

Drunken hunter(s) in blinds awaiting deer.

Stupid airplane comes over and circles the deer lease (round and
round).

Deer stays away.

Deer hunter(s) (at least here in TX) would probably take a shot

Only way bird could get a hole in vertical stab would to be in a steep
turn.

Bottom line.

Don't circle low over a deer lease here in Texas when hunt is going on

Big John.


On Sat, 1 Nov 2003 01:44:45 -0600, "News1"
wrote:

I was recently flying with a buddy of mine in East TX in his C140. I made a
comment on all of the deer blinds below us, and he said, only half joking
"its about that time of year when you want to stay above about 2,000AGL". He
said he landed once and had a bullet hole in his vertical stabilizer.

Steve

"Dan Luke" wrote in message
...
Last night I canceled a flight for a (for me) unique reason: the tower
was warning departing aircraft that FBO personnel had heard several
bursts of gunfire coinciding with departing flights passing over the
neighborhood off rwy 14.

The tower called the police but, as of late last night, no perp's had
been located.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

Big John wrote in message . ..
News1

Let me parse this for those not from TX..

Deer season.

Drunken hunter(s) in blinds awaiting deer.

Stupid airplane comes over and circles the deer lease (round and
round).

Deer stays away.

Deer hunter(s) (at least here in TX) would probably take a shot

Only way bird could get a hole in vertical stab would to be in a steep
turn.

Bottom line.

Don't circle low over a deer lease here in Texas when hunt is going on

Big John.
Big John
Does that mean that hunters and pilots in Texas are all stupid or
drunks? I've been shot at and hit on several occasions and not in
Texas. Perhaps its a good idea to stay away from there? Nah...I often
flew into Cotulla where my boss had a ranch.
I did crop dusting for over 30 years around the world and was shot at
nearly everywhere. I'm not sure what it was that attracts the bullets!
Some of the time it was during a civil war or insurrection, some of
the time it was a nut case with organic farm, and even got rocks
thrown at me in Egypt while spraying cotton. I was warned off by
hunters while spraying cotton that coincided with squirrel or deer
season in Louisiana, and have been warned off by hunters during
pheasant season in Colorado and Nebraska.
But, let me state EMPHATICALLY, I am a life member of the NRA and a
hard core conservative as well as a solid pro gun advocate. I am an
anti-stupidity radical and any time someone shoots at me, I will take
all possible means to resolve the issue and eliminate the threat.
Funny how the dump handle seems to malfunction when over areas that
have stupid people in it.
Ol Shy & not so Bashful


On Sat, 1 Nov 2003 01:44:45 -0600, "News1"
wrote:

I was recently flying with a buddy of mine in East TX in his C140. I made a
comment on all of the deer blinds below us, and he said, only half joking
"its about that time of year when you want to stay above about 2,000AGL". He
said he landed once and had a bullet hole in his vertical stabilizer.

Steve

"Dan Luke" wrote in message
...
Last night I canceled a flight for a (for me) unique reason: the tower
was warning departing aircraft that FBO personnel had heard several
bursts of gunfire coinciding with departing flights passing over the
neighborhood off rwy 14.

The tower called the police but, as of late last night, no perp's had
been located.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM