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To: Squantos

I spent my entire active duty career trying to AVOID aircraft... lotta good it did me! You’ve got to read the article linked up above. It’s a short, but very good read. :-)


11 posted on 06/21/2009 11:04:22 AM PDT by hiredhand (Understand the CRA and why we're facing economic collapse - see my about page.)
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To: hiredhand

I used to fly out of the aero club at McConnell AFB in Wichita KS and was in a nice new Cessna 172 the club had just bought . Was watching KSANG F4’s do touch and go’s while I was trapped on the taxiway waiting for clearance to take off. They let me use about half an hour on the meter before one of the pilots asked tower if I was waiting to take off and they said yes so he told his flight to get out of the pattern for a few and let me go. I was kinda pissed for having to wait yet knew this was their patch not mine and I was a loaner in a groaner........ The tower let me take off and I popped up at about 65 KIAS yet stayed about 50 feet off the runway and flew the distance and that runway was long due BMAC and the AF sharing it. I was able to get to about 110 KIAS before the end and did my best cessna vertical climb to 1500 AGL to exit the pattern and the FSO from the USAF sitting on the runway came up on the frequency and said 802 that was pretty but do it again and yer ticket is MINE !......:o)

Never got in trouble for it yet it was fun ........


18 posted on 06/21/2009 11:44:10 AM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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