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Occasionally,
for unexplained reasons, people like us are allowed to have some form of
control of an actual aircraft. Here are accounts of some of those and
other bizarre occurrences.
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Contributor: Bill Smith
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TooMuchFlying!
Travels
with Bill Smith
Off
on a whirlwind book signing tour (That's his story, anyway...), our
intrepid author recounts his tales of 747's & Triple 7's.
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Contributor: Kevin Danke
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it here
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If
you think our blunders are good ones,
check out this collection of real-world goofs.
(requires
Microsoft Power Point or PP
viewer
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Contributor: Kevin Danke
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it here
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See
what happens when a couple of "can do" Navy pilots fly through
a hail storm.
(requires
Microsoft Power Point or PP
viewer
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Contributor: Bill Smith
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Langley
Park fly-in: Commemorating 100 years of Aviation.
(A.K.A.
" A Morning with Dame Edna")
Our
resident psychopath reports from the scene of the crime.
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Contributor: Alejandro Irausquin
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You
might want to think twice the next time you fly on the Chinese
airlines. A pilot for the Chinese carrier requested permission and
landed at FRA (Frankfurt, Germany) for an unscheduled refueling stop.
The reason soon became apparent...
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Contributor: Bill Smith
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Last year I e-mailed a friend in the USA and
told him the story of the time that I went along for the ride on a real
life navigation exercise.
As it turned out, it came very close to being my last day on earth!
(I never even told my wife about it).
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Contributor: Tony Radmilovich
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What
happens when you combine a Flightsimmer, a retired B-29
commander/airline pilot, another airline pilot with a Pitts
Special and a sunny spring Saturday? Here is the result.
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