Cow Bay Kid; Loved the story!
Almost makes me wish that I was back there myself!
However when I was there very few pilots ever had the unpleasant experience of someone pointing a shotgun at them. Fact is I don't remember anyone reporting such an unfortunate event. Criminals (My then Boss Richard Rowe said many times; 'they're not raskols, they're criminals!) tended to leave pilots mostly alone.
Keep the posts coming!!
You only live twice. Once when
you're born. Once when
you've looked death in the face.