UNSCHEDULED VISIT TO COLFAX
Credit: ROBERT P. MCAULEY/AW&ST
My windshield was filled with the jagged peaks surrounding Donner Pass in California's Sierra Nevadas. My old Piper PA-12 was struggling mightily to hold 9,500 ft. MSL on a warm September day. Abruptly, the engine went silent and the tachometer wound down. Before it reached zero, the powerplant...
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