What happens when you have a pet ground attack aircraft, like any pet, you need to exercise it.
And like any visit to the dog park, everybody has to 'visit' each other. And you hope for the best.
OldTiger still keeps a wary eye on his Warthog, just in case.
And like any visit to the dog park, everybody has to 'visit' each other. And you hope for the best.
OldTiger still keeps a wary eye on his Warthog, just in case.
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Was actually that close to a Cessna once...he wasn’t paying too much attention to the Sectional (they call those hashed boxes on the chart “Restricted Areas” for a reason) and found himself cruising down the target run-in line about 5 miles from the bomb circle on Claiborne Range in central Louisiana. We halted deliveries and I put my Wingie in wedge to see what, exactly, the guy was up to.
Just sightseeing on a hot firing range apparently.
I did everything but drop the gear to slow down and sort of weaved about to get his attention while #2 orbited high and relayed to ATC we had a stray in the range airspace and for inbound flights to be heads-up for a wayward bug-smasher exiting shortly.
I kinda surprised him. Badly.
Butt-sniffing would have been inadvisable, methinks, and I felt a little bad for the guy...that muffled “bang!” was his a$$hole slamming shut when he spotted this big green airplane with a shark’s mouth wallowing off his left wing. But picking up a 30mm ricochet (not to mention a mid-air with a 40,000 lb warplane) would have ruined his day, so ya gotta do what ya gotta do when Peter Pilot isn’t monitoring Guard.
But he kept control of his airplane and departed with dispatch.
Just sightseeing on a hot firing range apparently.
I did everything but drop the gear to slow down and sort of weaved about to get his attention while #2 orbited high and relayed to ATC we had a stray in the range airspace and for inbound flights to be heads-up for a wayward bug-smasher exiting shortly.
I kinda surprised him. Badly.
Butt-sniffing would have been inadvisable, methinks, and I felt a little bad for the guy...that muffled “bang!” was his a$$hole slamming shut when he spotted this big green airplane with a shark’s mouth wallowing off his left wing. But picking up a 30mm ricochet (not to mention a mid-air with a 40,000 lb warplane) would have ruined his day, so ya gotta do what ya gotta do when Peter Pilot isn’t monitoring Guard.
But he kept control of his airplane and departed with dispatch.
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