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Old 4th August 2002 | 00:29
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411A
 
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Inspectors ('da Feds) can turn up at very odd places.

Friend of mine (retired airline Captain) was bored with retirement so decided to go back to crop dusting. He landed on a dirt road in his AgCat and had a slight brake problem...just went off the road by a few feet, no damage of any kind. While he was looking at the brake, an old Chevy pickup came racing up in a cloud of dust and out steped an FAA inspector, form 110 (id) in hand.
Can I see your license and medical, he asks. On looking at the license and noting the ten type ratings on same, he asks..."did you really fly all of these?" Yep, the pilot says, for Eastern Air Lines, amoung others.
Do you have a current bienniel flight review?... asks the inspector.
"How's about an instrument proficiency check in an L1011" says our hero.
The FAA inspector, looking slightly dazed, climbs back in his 'ole Chevy and drives away...shaking his head.

True story.
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