Oh, bull...

That's what flyin' is all about... You spend enough time in a small plane and you get yerself tuned up purdy good... Heck, the thermals in flyin' over mountains are enough to tighten up yer pucker string...

Hey, I think that everyone whop has ever flown knew that if you were going to land on the water that you were gonna have to use the rear of the plane as an anchor and to use it to scuff off airspeed...

I mean, lets get real here... I've spent many an hour in a single engine plane and one thing that all pilots have in common is that they are always thinkin' "Where would I lay this puppy down if I lost power"... That goes with flyin' planes... It is like "Piloting 101"...

99 pilots outta a 99 would have done just what this guy did... Drag the tail... Ain't rocket surgery...

But if folks wanta turn this guy into some folk hero, you know maybe the next Daniel Boone, then fine... I have no problems with that...

But lets get real here... There weren't alot of choices here and he did what he, as a pilot, knew to do... Drag the friggin' tail...

Sorry, folks, but if we're gonna create this legend, leave me out...

And why isn't he home with his wife???

(Well, BOberdz... He had to stick around to talk with the NTSW folks...)

Why'd it take 3 days???

Awww, never-the-heck-mind...

B~