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Old 26th Dec 2017, 00:43
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SASless
 
Join Date: May 2002
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My flying sounds very boring compared to yours.....thank goodness!

There were two periods of time that was not so but those are yarns for telling over lots of Beer. There were a several occasions I thought the Army was going to send me Mum its regards and a Cheque paying off on my Life Insurance.

My civil flying was quite tame in comparison.

One engine failure in a 500D coming off Mount Neuheauser near Tok Junctiion in Alaska....landed with no damage.

One single engine landing in a 212 after shutting one down.

One Tail Rotor Failure while hovering in a Huey....as a Passenger in the left front seat....the other guy needed help in rolling the Throttle then goofed up the landing bending the aft Cross Tube somewhat.

Other than that....just a bunch of chip lights, and the odd Governor failure....all to the low side.

I discount the Near Miss I had with an Elephant... although upon reflection I wonder how I would have explained that to the local Authorities had it not been a a miss.
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