PS ---John Lear on John Lear
"During some off time in 1968 I attempted to ferry a Cessna 320 from Oakland
to Australia with the first stop in Honolulu. About 2 hours out from Oakland I
lost the right engine and had no provisions for dumping fuel. I went down into
ground effect (T effect for you purists) and for 3 hours and 21 minutes flew on
one engine about 25 feet above the waves and made it into Hamilton AFB
after flying under the Golden Gate and Richmond bridges."
You'll never guess who was the young Aero Club maintenance officer who
changed this engine. And also participated with the FAA in the tear down of that
engine. It's amazing what a hole in the top of the piston will do! He also
doesn't mention the fact that he threw the HF radio out the door and it hit the
horizontal stabilizer.