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Originally Posted by mrvette
Some 40 years ago, when I was about that age, I went up with a friend in his 152 went up several time in fact, but the last time it was a tad windy up there, he went to go right, plane went left, he did what ever and plane still went left, tried it again, gave up, turned around and landed.....he was dead silent on the trip, when he went silent from the usual banter, I just shut up and puckered my ass.....
He was a fellow Lionel train collector.....
last I heard, he had even MORE of them, as prices are falling like mad....
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Last winter I covered a gigantic crash on PCH in Malibu. It was a VERY windy day. Took off with winds steady out of the North at about 30 knots with gusts into the high 30's. The turbulence was FIERCE.
We got on station and were able to essentially hover. Pointed the nose into the wind, chopped power and just basically stayed put. Ground speed was probably 10 or 15 knots. Weird sensation in an airplane.