FROM ONE WHO HAS WALKED AWAY FROM A JET CRASH (JP LAST YEAR,HOLLAND) IT MADE ME THINK JUST WHAT WE TAKE ON WHEN WE STRAP INTO ONE OF THESE 'OLD LADIES'ALTHOUGH I'M BACK IN THE SADDLE AND HAVE JUST 'REVALIDATED' MY 'DA'.I CONTINIOUSLY CHECK AND RE-CHECK ALL POINTS OF MY A/C BEFORE I GO UP. YESTERDAY WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR THIS AS I WAS DUE TO FLY LATE P.M BUT SOMETHING DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT SO WE RE-CHEKD THE A/C THOROUGHLY.AND BINGO! MAIN OLEO LEG ON PORT SIDE WEEPING BRAKE FLUID.UNDER PRESSURE TEST IT BLEW!
OBVIOUSLY MY GUARDIAN ANGEL WAS AROUND.
MY THOUGHTS GO TO THOSE WHO WEEP AND WITH THOSE WHO 'HAVE TOUCHD THE FACE OF GOD'