Friday, July 29, 2011

Pilot ditches in Lake Huron, survives

He says he was flying a 1966 Cessna 150, a two seater plane with a small HP engine (150 hp) and he was FOUR HOURS into his flight !  Wait !!!!  that plane has 5 hrs fuel max.  You should have 1 hr reserve, and 30 min extra just in case.  thats 3 1/2 hrs before you land, refuel.  besides, after 3 hrs in a small plane, you need to land and stretch, pop your ears.  And this guy is flying OVER WATER!  I would never fly over water, unless i could glide to land from where i was (depending upon altitude etc).  He ends up ditching, but doesnt leave plane with a life preserver !  He SHOULD HAVE HAD A RAFT !  you can rent them from Sporty's Flight Shop - this guy is really lucky to be alive.  amazing survival story.  Now he is bullet proof - whats the chance that anything like that would happen to him again?!!!

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