mark manda
Well Known Member
This sounds silly; I told this story yesterday at EAA one's meeting where we had three Harmon Rockets on display.
I took off out of a small airport and headed south for a climb up to 9 or 11k and I asked for a IFR clearance to get on top.
The controller said "I'll have to turn you, you're catching a King Air." (climbing and heading the same way.) Come on, I was thinking. So I said, " Are you sure I'm going to catch him?" Yep.
They turned me for a 1/2 minute or so while I was in the clouds-- good practice.
That's one for the mental funny pages scrap book!
We gave three rides in the Rockets yesterday. And flew formation off of my just sold Cessna 140.
Great way to end the week. Kinda funny, huh?
I took off out of a small airport and headed south for a climb up to 9 or 11k and I asked for a IFR clearance to get on top.
The controller said "I'll have to turn you, you're catching a King Air." (climbing and heading the same way.) Come on, I was thinking. So I said, " Are you sure I'm going to catch him?" Yep.
They turned me for a 1/2 minute or so while I was in the clouds-- good practice.
That's one for the mental funny pages scrap book!
We gave three rides in the Rockets yesterday. And flew formation off of my just sold Cessna 140.
Great way to end the week. Kinda funny, huh?