Re: OT stuff (was: VOIP SOLUTION)

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"Robert L Bass" <robertlbass@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Robert L Bass wrote:
Karl Magnus wrote:

ROBERT L BASS :  STARRING IN  :  'Mayday-Mayday'

"On my first cross country ride I asked my CFI if my son could come
along for the ride.  He said that would be fine.  I asked the instructor
not to pull any emergency practice because I didn't want to scare my
son.  It was agreed and we made an uneventful ride to a small airport in
NY state.  We had lunch there and then headed for home.  On the return
leg there were some low hanging scattered clouds -- nothing big or
nasty, just a few wisps hanging down.  I said I thought I should go
lower and the CFI agreed.

I pushed the yoke forward a bit, eased up on the throttle to maintain
airspeed and began a descent.  Neither the CFI nor I noticed that the
tach had drifted just below the green arc... uh-oh.

Within less than a minute the engine coughed a few times and quit.  I
thought at first that the CFI had done something and I was really
annoyed with him for it.  I went through the engine restart routine as
he had taught me... nothing?!?

Meanwhile, my son thought the CFI and I were playing a
joke so he said nothing.

I pushed forward a little to get us into best
glide, set for full throttle and carb heat...  nothing????
I was still thinking the CFI had pulled something when I turned and
asked, "What now?" He said, "I don't know." I asked, "Is this a test?"
"No, this is real."  [yikes]

Up to now my son still thought we were playing a joke.  I had already
begun a slow turn toward a golf course we had just passed before the
engine failure.

I asked if he wanted to take over.  He said, "Not yet but have you
forgotten something?"

I said, "Oh, yeah," tuned to 121.5 and keyed the button on the yoke.
"Mayday, Mayday, Mayday... [etc] ...I have three souls on board.""


==== Sure....we believe you. You should write a book about that
experience and have Oprah push it. (Although, you DO resemble Dr. Phil)




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