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Sun Dec 07, 2008 9:55 am
The section about damage to crops reminds me of a story told by my father, about a forced landing in a Canadian Army Hiller somewhere on the prairies in the early 1960s. One aircraft in a flight of 2 had an fire warning light, and landed in the nearest field. The other aircraft landed beside it, and both crews began an inspection. There was a farmer plowing on the far side of the field, and he showed no interest in the visitors. After several minutes, the crews decided that it was a false indication, and were about to start up. At that point the farmer finally stopped his tractor, walked over, and said something like "You boys will have to get out of here now, I'll be plowing through here in a few minutes." He then returned to his tractor.