“WHILE FLYING THE VISUAL APCH [approach], ABOUT 10 MI [miles] OUT, I FELT SOMETHING LAND ON MY R [right] FOOT. REACHING DOWN WITH MY R [right] HAND, I WAS SURPRISED TO FEEL SOMETHING COLD AND DAMP, WHICH MOVED …” So begins an airline pilot’s report (number ACN: 311910) as archived by the US Aviation Safety […]
Tag: Airplanes
The Case of the Acrobatic Airplane
I told my story in Federal Court in Boston sufficiently well that counsel for the manufacturer asked me to work for that company in any further cases. I found it a bit amusing that the request was made in the men’s lavatory. Sometime later I told the story to a woman lawyer who took umbrage. […]