On Sat, 24 Sep 2011 20:51:28 -0500, Lloyd E. Sponenburgh lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote:

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I've had one cockpit electrical fire in the air, and one
high-speed malfunction deployment of my landing gear at about 60
knots over the maximum allowable speed at which to deploy the
gear. Neither caused me any injury -- only a few very tense
moments. (Well, in the case of the gear emergency, it took a
half-hour, and three low passes over the tower in Sarasota to
ensure I had everything down and locked. I only had two lights!)

Lloyd,

Speaking on behalf of college students adjoining the Sarasota
Airport, I'd like to express my appreciation for your not
overshooting the runway and taking out (say) the Circus Hall of Fame
or the NatSci Lab. grin!


Frank McKenney
--
...[A]n adventure is, by its nature, a thing that comes to us. It
is a thing that chooses us, not a thing we choose. ... The supreme
adventure is being born. There we do walk suddenly into a splendid
and startling trap. ... When we step into the family, by the act
of being born, we do step into a world which is incalculable, into
a world which has its own strange laws, into a world that could do
without us, into a world we have not made. In other words, when we
step into the family we step into a fairy-tale.
-- G.K. Chesterton: On the Institution of the Family (1905)
--
Frank McKenney, McKenney Associates
Richmond, Virginia / (804) 320-4887
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