In a message dated 7/27/2006 9:36:57 A.M. Central Standard Time,
5zq@cox.net writes:
10. The
sun was in my eyes.
Hmmmm, the first leg was west-bound in the morning?
9. My fingers are too fat to correctly enter GPS coordinates
for the finish
line.
Hmmmm, Garmin has a new GPS (for Motorcyclists) that accomodates entries
with gloves on.
8. Temporary amnesia.
If that was true, you wouldn't remember it.
7. Temporary insanity
If that was true, you wouldn't admit it. Maybe it's permanent.
6. Sudden incapacitation.
Sleep during the flight is not "sudden".
5. Wrote the coordinates way too small.
When was you last flight medical? Is this type size too small?
4. Reading glasses not strong enough.
OK, that answered the last point, but you have to look outside to see the
difference between a lake and a printing plant.
3. Pre race jitters.
Limit your coffee intake.
2. I thought the finish line really was in the middle of the
lake.
It used to be. Old habits are hard to break.
And the #1 reason for finishing so slow...
Flicker
vertigo.
Yeah, polishing the back of the prop will do that......
Bill (now residing in the hangar)
Bill,
What happened to CRM? All those years of training? How will Sue
ever believe you again? What excuses will you use next year? Remember,
oratorical self deprecation does not make a Lancair faster.
Scott