onthegas wrote:Jolly good show, Bumper! Beats the heck out of a routine breakfast flight. The suicidal fellow may have a myocardial infarction on receipt of his CareFlight bill!

I have a hunch the good people of the State of Nevada may be picking up the tab for this one.

Hey, good on 'ya Bumper. Nice save.

akroguy wrote:Lost his shirt in Vegas?

You shouldn't be talking about him loosing his shirt in Vegas. Remember what happens in Las Vegas - - - - - -!

Not everything that people do out there is conected to Burningman.

I will say you have some very good eyes, he is very lucky, and I hope he changes his mind about life. He is going to be needing a new car I bet, as his other one is full of bullet holes by now if it's left out there.

It would be interesting to know how far the car went from where he jumped out !

Maybe the BCAH's could give a T-shirt to the one who found his car or give the shirt to the fella under the wing...looks like he was in need of one!

Bumper,

Good job and good eyes. His story brings up a good reminder that airliners are good resources. I've used them before to relay with ATC when I no longer had good radio contact. In turn, I hope I can repay the favor when someone else is in need. We always have it tuned and are listening.

On a side note, I can't believe how many intercepts I have heard over the last few months in the DC area. I have also heard a few S&R ops in progress. Makes for some interesting listening while at cruise.

Grassstrippilot wrote:Bumper,

Good job and good eyes.

At 63, they still work pretty good. At my last FAA physical, they checked at 20/13 (corrected of course). Heck, my vision is so good I can see stuff that ain't even there . . .

The story made the front page of AOPA.com today. I know you stopped and helped this guy out because that's the right thing to do and not so you could make the news, but it's good to see stories like this get heard. Thank you.

You made AOPA:

Subject: ePilot: Pilot finds man dying in desert; Oshkosh news

...and WE made AOPA:

At home, Morgan checked out BackcountryPilot.org, a forum he frequents, and found a posting from another pilot who had picked up his distress call, albeit broken, while flying over the Nevada-Oregon-Idaho border.

Hope we can get our house in order before the visitors arrive...

It would be interesting to close the chapter on the story..there must be someone in this group that is law enforcement and could give us a summery of what where, when, how and why this guy was out there? What agency would have investigated this? Sheriff for the county?

avatrbr,
I'm sure you had something important to say, but I can't remember what it was. Seems I'm a little distracted by you avatar

Ummm, yes...she does windows...very unusual for women nowadays..

avatrbr wrote:Ummm, yes...she does windows...very unusual for women nowadays..

I've got a whole lot of windows needs cleaning. Send her to Austin on the 23rd.

She will gladly fly her MiG 15 to do windows in Austin please send cash for three hours of fuel RT from KFFZ to KAUS. 400gph x 3 x 6.50/gal = $7800.00 the airplane is NC. Thats a lot less then I spend on her in a month..

a64pilot wrote:avatrbr,
I'm sure you had something important to say, but I can't remember what it was. Seems I'm a little distracted by you avatar

Dang! I actually read your statement and asked myself "What is he talking about?" before I noticed the avatar! I must be too well married!

Skystrider wrote:

a64pilot wrote:avatrbr,
I'm sure you had something important to say, but I can't remember what it was. Seems I'm a little distracted by you avatar

Dang! I actually read your statement and asked myself "What is he talking about?" before I noticed the avatar! I must be too well married!

Or, it could be that you are destined to fail the vision portion of your next FAA medical. Anyone who doesn't instantly catch a calypigous wench in his peripheral vision is certainly suspect!

bumper wrote:

Skystrider wrote:

a64pilot wrote:avatrbr,
I'm sure you had something important to say, but I can't remember what it was. Seems I'm a little distracted by you avatar

Dang! I actually read your statement and asked myself "What is he talking about?" before I noticed the avatar! I must be too well married!

Or, it could be that you are destined to fail the vision portion of your next FAA medical. Anyone who doesn't instantly catch a calypigous wench in his peripheral vision is certainly suspect!

Round, firm and fully packed..well... you have to hang onto something!

N6EA wrote:Morgan and his wife then took off, climbed to 8,000 to 9,000 feet, and headed to their home base, Minden-Tahoe, about 135 miles away.

Yeah, 8,000 to 9.000 feet MSL, maybe 50' AGL!