Mine would have been a fox run across the runway. Had to do a double take to realize what it was. Pushed in the "fun lever" and went missed!
Yours??
Whats the weirdest thing you have seen on final?
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Captain_Canuck
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Up in northern Sask, when I was flying the navajo we had a bear running around on the runway. Had to pull up and go around, which scared him/her off.
You start with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience before you empty the bag of luck.
Beside moose, bears, wolves, kids, the weirdest thing I've seen was a UFO. I couldn't figure out what the hell it was and I got to tell tower about a strange object hovering very close to the approach path. As we were taxiing in, ground told me that they had found out it was kite day in the city and someone was flying a big one way too high without consideration of inbound aircraft. 
Did a night inspection pass in YEE years ago, saw 4 deer on the runway . Also at YEE, was about 100' off the end of 34 when I guess I spooked a swarm of about 50-70 crows that were in the grass around the threshold... had to go around 3 times before they cleared off enough that I felt OK to finish the approach.
Or maybe that should have been a murder of crows....
Or maybe that should have been a murder of crows....
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Cat Driver
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I saw two horse flys fornicating right on the white center line one day, I did not go around I just ran over them with the nose wheel.
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The hardest thing about flying is knowing when to say no
After over a half a century of flying no one ever died because of my decision not to fly.
After over a half a century of flying no one ever died because of my decision not to fly.
Kids with sling shots
Drag racers
Moose
Grizzly bear
Black bear and cubs
Dog walkers
Herd of deer
migrating birds all over the place greasing up the runway with their feces
Airplane pulling out without checking for traffic (he was on wrong frequency)
Ski-doos
pick up trucks that park next to the runway when the brake ligghts came on it looked like the vasis all that red light had a go-around starting until the real vasis came in clearer
Kite flyers ' they thought it was a nice wide open place to fly their kites at the end of a runway'
A couple doing the dirties on the runway numbers (It was that kind of flight school full of thrill seekers)She was shy and only would do it at night although some of the girls dared to touch an go during the daylight hours
Drag racers
Moose
Grizzly bear
Black bear and cubs
Dog walkers
Herd of deer
migrating birds all over the place greasing up the runway with their feces
Airplane pulling out without checking for traffic (he was on wrong frequency)
Ski-doos
pick up trucks that park next to the runway when the brake ligghts came on it looked like the vasis all that red light had a go-around starting until the real vasis came in clearer
Kite flyers ' they thought it was a nice wide open place to fly their kites at the end of a runway'
A couple doing the dirties on the runway numbers (It was that kind of flight school full of thrill seekers)She was shy and only would do it at night although some of the girls dared to touch an go during the daylight hours
Boy, have I ever lived a sheltered life.
The worst I had was a motorcycle belonging to one of the AME's on the field. He had bled his brakes and needed a place to bring the bike up to speed and jam on the brakes to test them.
He later appologized for making me do a go-around because he had his back to me at the time.
The worst I had was a motorcycle belonging to one of the AME's on the field. He had bled his brakes and needed a place to bring the bike up to speed and jam on the brakes to test them.
He later appologized for making me do a go-around because he had his back to me at the time.
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Idriveplane
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West Coast Swell
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I had a huge adult size hump back whale breach right in front of me two seconds before touch down in Pierce bay on the west side of Rivers Inlet with its mouth open eating krill. I didn't over shoot. I just moved over to the left. Landed .. shut-down. Opened the door an stepped out onto the float and watched in amazement as the whale breached all over the bay having lunch. On take-off I waited for the whale to breach and then took off as fast as I could on a differnt angle to miss hitting moby dick.
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Cat Driver
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Just as you touched down on this gravel strip on Williston Lake (brain fart, can't remember the name), about a dozen or so horses would run out of the woods on your right, in front of you, and run down the runway with you until you got it back under control, then they'd duck back in the woods!
"What's it doing now?"
"Fly low and slow and throttle back in the turns."
"Fly low and slow and throttle back in the turns."
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Idriveplane
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Was in Africa and after being assured the runway had been driven and cleared a Donkey stood up just as I rounded out and flashed under the right wing. HELLO. Needless to say the person in charge received a new arsehole that day. I never knew that Donkeys wore camo but we never saw him untill he moved.
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