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Apr 23^rd, 2007 at 8:32pm

trojan rabbit Offline
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It was me!!
Preserve section of Raley's

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1904113.htm

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Reply #1 - Apr 23^rd, 2007 at 9:18pm

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Did he intend to land in Australia, or was he trying to get back to the UK? Wink

Congratulations to him, that's quite an accomplishment. You'd think being blind would totally ground you, but he's proved again you can accomplish almost anything when you put your mind to it.

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Reply #2 - Apr 24^th, 2007 at 10:37am

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I've become a badger lover.
Make badgers not war!!
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Great story. Very inspiring.

Check out my around the world tour!

&&http://fsxaroundtheworld.blogspot.com/&&Reality is wrong; Dreams are for real. -Tupac&&&&No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings. -William Blake&&&&The way I see it, you can either work for a living or you can fly airplanes. Me, I'd rather fly. -Len Morgan&&&&To invent an airplane is nothing. To build an airplane is something. But to fly ... is everything. -Otto Lilienthal&&&&

I will not be silenced by a stupid badger!

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Reply #3 - Apr 24^th, 2007 at 11:49pm

trojan rabbit Offline
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oh, eheh, sorry Ozzy

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Reply #4 - Apr 25^th, 2007 at 9:32am

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Thats a CFI's nightmare!

(introductory flight)
CFI: "Ok, lets go out to the airplane"
Blind Guy: "Just one moment, I have to find my cane"

"If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing" -Ben Franklin&&&&"Man must rise above the Earth to the top of the atmosphere and beyond, for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives." - Socrates&&&&" Flying is a religion. A religion that asymilates all who get a taste of it." - Me&&&&"Make the most out of yourself, for that is all there is of you"- Ralf Waldo Emerson&&

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