When I had brake failure in my Pup the local rag had a photo of 'JJ on her nose in a quarry.
A reporter phoned me and said it was a quiet news day so they were going to plaster the photo on their front page - he gave me an option - either give him the story or they would make one up anyway!
The final article enabled me to emphasise the overall safety of private flying but did lead to considerable flak at work : "I didn't panic " , "my training kicked in" and "my wife(43) daughter(16) and cat(4) all regularly fly with me"
