[Rhodes22-list] My other boat

[salm at mn.rr.com]

Brad,

I'm trying to get caught up after a week or so away from the internet.  One
word--Wow!

Anyway, my dad the doctor (PhD) had a V tail doctor-killer and yup, he
crashed it.  There was icing on the wing and 
shortly after takeoff he couldn't maintain his climb and picked out the
biggest snow drift he could find and put her 
down.  No injury to himself or his passenger.

Later he got a Piper Comanche which was painted black and always drew a lot
of comments.  One time he landed for 
fuel at Ft. Wayne and the guy in the tower asked, "Is that plane black?" 
Dad said, "Yes--I'm an undertaker."  The 
tower asked if he could fit a coffin in there.  Dad said, "No, I have to
sit them up."  ...silence from the tower.

Slim

Original Message:
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From: Robert Skinner robert at squirrelhaven.com
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 10:13:16 -0400
To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] My other "boat"


Brad,

Speaking of buzzing sailboats, I used to sail out 
of the Washington Sailing Marina.  One of the strips 
at National is aligned with the Potomac river.  When 
a big guy came into National, you could get knocked 
down by the vortex if you weren't ready for it.

If one of them rotated late, you could get blown into 
the next county.

Way fun!

/Robert
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Brad Haslett wrote:
> 
> Hank,
> 
> During my younger, braver days (high school), I used to buzz sailboats
> on Carlyle Lake, Bob Weber's home waters in Southern Illinois. It was fun
to
> pull up and circle to see if they reacted.  Most of my friends were farm
> boys and they got the open tractors while their dad's had the cabs.  They
> couldn't hear a thing, so I'd sneak up behind them at head level and scare
> the wits out of them.  They'd leave a big squiggle in the field which
seldom
> went unnoticed by their dads. On one of the many occasions I skipped
school,
> I flattened my PE class on the exercise field.  They gave me a suspension
> which meant I didn't have to skip school on those day.  Smart thinking!
> 
> That was then, I'm happy to get from point A to B now.
> 
> Brad
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