Okay, Okay...it was an Aerostar.

Many of you (2) wrote and wanted to which plane was that I was talking about in the last entry. You know the one about that whore Mary Landrieu.

Well it was a model 601 "Ted Smith" Aerostar says my logbook. Fast, sleek and handful to fly. Like flying an arrow. We used it when we had to move freight...fast. Had some issues with the fuel delivery system and that is what led to our unscheduled landing at what they now call TYS. (GOOGLE) I wrote about it sometime back. Here ya go......


....lost the right engine later that year with a full load of freight southbound out of Columbus, oHIo. Declared an emergency through ATC and by the grace of God found ourselves over Knoxville, TN. We could not stay in the air and were downbound at 800 feet per minute. Unable to feather the dead one, it steadily windmilled. Circled the airport and ran through the checklists. Busted over the fence, threshold in sight and just as we thought we had it made....hit an owl in the left engine. The cowl exploded and the plane turned rapidly to the left. Unique view of the runway out of my side window. With two pilots stomping on the right rudder and we "landed". Rolled out and came to a stop. Egress was, as they say, expedited. I threw up. Captain Murray, well, he was a Captain. Towed from the active taxiway to a hanger. Dispatch was called. Mechanics were called. We flew that bitch home later that night. Sans cowl bits. Same old whore in a torn dress.