59, And Counting: (Now, 64 years, in aviation) All kinds of stories about what
I have seen and done in those years: Have you ever gone under high lines when
on a simulated forced landing, and landed in a grass field while on a check ride;
Did your instructor ever turn the fuel off on you in pre-solo training or and make
you land with a dead engine; Did your Instructor ever refuse to let you correct a
low approach with power, but made you bounce over a fence in order to complete a
landing? Did your instructor ever takeoff in an aerobatic biplane, come back and
perform a 360 degree rolling turn around the hanger below the roof line? And that
was all pre-solo! Did you ever run into instrument conditions where you could not
remain within 5,000 feet either above or below an assigned altitude? This book
covers things that have happened in 64 years, and more than 21,000 hours in Single
and multi engine land and sea planes, gliders, helicopters, single engine of 1,200
hp and multi engine of 4,000 hp, multi engine jets! Bunches of tales - all true,
interesting and some very exciting!
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