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When we first started our aerial photo business, I regularly hired the owner of a flight school to fly me on projects. He had an old (1960s) Cessna 172. One day we saw a deer on the runway and he called one of his mechanics to get the 4x4 and chase it off the property.
He then told me one time just as he was about to rotate, a deer ran out and the wing strut hit the deer. It threw the aircraft sideways, and he had to use many years of instructing and flying to get it back over the runway, and get stopped. The good news is he had a long runway, and that was his first aborted take off. The strut had a lot of damage and it took a lot of time to get it fixed, and back in service. He was a bit sensitivve to deer on the runway, and I was glad he was!
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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