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From: dbp@dataioDataio.UUCP (Dave Pellerin)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Deadstick-  Straight-Tail 150 Engin
Message-ID: <853@dataioDataio.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 1-Nov-85 13:21:48 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  1 13:21:48 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 3-Nov-85 06:46:31 EST
Reply-To: dbp@dataio.UUCP (Dave Pellerin
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>> Blah, Blah
> Re: Blah Blah

Boy, Connie Falk's long cross country experience sounded just like mine...

... I took off from Boeing Field and flew south to Scappoose, OR for a
T & G, then started up the gorge toward the Dalles VOR (I think, it's
been a while).  I found that the winds in that vicinity were stronger
than expected, so my groundspeed was lower than planned.  No problem,
though, I figured I had plenty of gas.

When I got to my next leg, a turn to the northeast to fly up to Yakima,
I was about 10 minutes behind schedule.  Still no problem, but when I
got to where I figured the airport should be, there wasn't anything
but rolling fields in sight.  The landmarks I had planned on seemed
to be there... and there... and over there too!  Everything in eastern
Washington looks the same!  I flew around for about fifteen more minutes,
then called up the tower (or was it a Unicom? I forget).  They described
a few more landmarks for me to follow and I found the airport tucked
in between two of the hills nearby.  When I pulled into McCallister
Flying Service, old McCallister pumped in about 20 gallons and gave
me a funny look!  The rest of the flight was unneventful (and beaut-
iful) over Snoqualmie Pass via Ellensburg and back to Boeing.



	Dave (not yet deserving of the title 'Deadstick') Pellerin