Any interesting stories benny?
Ever came close to emergency landing?
Nothing really, to date, in civvi street but I had a couple of close shaves in the military, best told over a beer or three. To summarise, a G induced loss of consciousness (GLOC) whilst solo in a Jet pig (me being a tw4t), a couple of very near air misses, with Tornados, whilst instructing on Bulldogs (them being a tw4t) and a 90 degree roll at 800 feet (para dropping on Hercs) when we hit the wing tip vortices from one of the 14 aircraft in front (if you can't take a joke, you shouldn't have joined). The numerous engine failures I've had don't really warrant a mention. So, all in all, not much really. Emergency landings are for drama queens, real pilots call them landings.