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The Fateful Call

Photographic Logbook

Twenty years ago today, I bought an airplane. I'm in Oklahoma and I just bought an airplane." Compared to the tired, 100 horsepower, 2-seat Cessna I did my training in, this airplane was a veritable beast and it had a great paintjob, too. Also, weak batteries cannot start airplanes. Bill admonished out of embarrassment.

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Somatogravic: All Was Well for a Pilot, and Then It Suddenly Wasn’t

Flying Magazine

Immediately after takeoff, when the airplane is both nose up and accelerating, the normal uphill sensation of climbing is magnified, especially in powerful airplanes that gain speed rapidly. The airplane stops climbing, begins to descend, and may fly under control into the terrain. The weather was benign.

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