Flying from Washington state to Canada

And "eh" at the end of every sentence.

Mike
MU-2


"Philip Sondericker" wrote in message
...
in article . net, Mike
Rapoport at wrote on 6/22/04 9:05 PM:

The only difference seems to be that they say "radar identified" instead
of
"radar contact".

They also say "aboot" instead of "about".

I don't think it is a much a marksmanship problem as simple timing. If you
are shooting in self defense, the bear is close and getting closer at 35mph.
Even if you hit the bear in a vital area it is still going to take some time
for it to die. It isn't likely to die before it reaches you and gives you a
swat and a bite. Even if you shoot a bear with a .338, the bear doesn't
just fall right over.

The bears usually run from pepperspray, it doesn't incapacitate them.

Mike
MU-2

"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message
news

"Mike Rapoport" wrote in message
link.net...
Good points! She actually did some research into this and since the
griz
is
an endangered species there is data. I suppose that there could be
unreported attacks/shootings. The basic problem is that you are talking
about trying to kill a large charging animal and if it doesn't die in
about
two seconds then you are going to get mauled. The guides in AK carry
12ga
slug guns.

See my remarks about they guy who took one on with a .38.

The people familiar with the bears will tell you to carry the
pepper spray.

Pepper spray is only good within about 15 feet and then only upwind.

We have Grizzleys here in N. Idaho but I have never seen one
at close range and the ones that I have seen in AK have all been from a
vehicle. I can tell you there is nothing spookier than coming upon a
steaming pile of poop and 16" tracks where there isn't a person for 15
miles! Much scarier than a thunderstorm anyway.

Considering peoples poor marksmanship when confronting bad guys (human) I
can see where their skills would deteriorate confronting something much
bigger and much badder.

"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message ...
"Andrew Sarangan" wrote in message

I believe the penalty for arriving early is having to wait in your plane
with the doors closed until the Customs Agent arrives. Also, IIUC, you can
contact the FBO by Unicom and have them update the agent on your arrival

Actually arriving early is suppose to be a $10,000 fine but I've never
heard of it being used. You can arrive 30 minutes late. You can also
update your time enroute without 30 minutes. So you can arrive with
only 30 minutes notice if you previously notified them of the hour.

Also, if you choose to use the ADVCUS on your flight plan (rather than
actually call them) understand that simply FILING the flight plane
causes the customs guy to drive out to the airport. They don't know
about opening. This often is a problem in Mexico were we file our
return flight plans weeks in advance since working phones are so rare
in Mexico.

wrote in message
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[...]
I have always found the U.S. Customs agents to be professional, polite,
and
respectful in their demeanor. Please extend them the same courtesy.

I agree that one should be very careful when dealing with US Customs.

I disagree that they are uniformly "professional, polite, and respectful in
their demeanor". I have a wide variety of experiences with US Customs,
mostly negative:
* I had the guy who slept through his appointment with me; I had to have
FSS phone him to get him over to the airport, while we sat in the airplane
on the ground (remember, not allowed to leave the airport until Customs
shows up) for over an hour. We were in the airplane with the engine off
longer than we'd been in it with the engine on.
* I had the creepy guy who, while never really overtly crossing the line
of respectful behavior, asked a bunch of questions of me and the woman I was
with that had nothing to do with our immigration status. We left wondering
if he was going to wind up stalking us later, or worse.
* And then I had the woman who took the trouble to call me back four
days after I'd been trying to reach her to yell at me and tell me I better
not have made the flight I was trying to make, since I hadn't heard from her
first (I had been phoning her office for the two days prior to the flight to
make arrangements for my return flight, which was on a Saturday and not
during normal Customs business hours at my home airport, without being able
to reach a live person once). When I say "yell", that's what I mean...her
phone call was not a friendly one.

For that last case, I wound up clearing through Friday Harbor Customs, where
I found an overworked and VERY friendly and respectful fellow. He was
responsible for both dealing with Customs at the airport as well as down at
the marina, and in spite of him having to drive back and forth all day, he
was in a good mood when I saw him and stayed that way throughout my entire
processing.

Another memorably good experience was at West Palm Beach, coming back from
the Bahamas. I wouldn't call the officer "friendly" exactly, but he was
very professional and business-like and appeared to take his job seriously.

Customs isn't all bad, as some of my experiences have proven to me. But
they sure aren't all good either, and so far, the bad has outnumbered the
good.

By the way, I have *never* had more than one Customs agent to process my
return to the US. Maybe you've had better experiences because you've always
had two, and they always are looking over the other's shoulder.

Pete