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Posted: **Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:37 pm**

stevie_d_64 wrote:[
I'm only picking on Charles because I know hes a good pilot, and any landing you can walk away from is a good one... (snicker)

Some better than others.

I am not a pilot...but my little brother is. He has often told me "Flying is all about... an equal number of take-offs and landings"

Posted: **Thu Nov 22, 2007 7:41 pm**

stevie_d_64 wrote:
BrassMonkey wrote:
I'm only picking on Charles because I know hes a good pilot, and any landing you can walk away from is a good one...

(snicker)

Even better is a landing after which you can still use the airplane without a trip to the maintenance hangar.

Posted: **Thu Nov 22, 2007 8:52 pm**

flintknapper wrote:
stevie_d_64 wrote:[
I'm only picking on Charles because I know hes a good pilot, and any landing you can walk away from is a good one... (snicker)
Some better than others.

I am not a pilot...but my little brother is. He has often told me "Flying is all about... an equal number of take-offs and landings"

Except for some space craft there are always as many landings as takeoffs, some landings are just a little harder than than others.

Posted: **Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:38 pm**

Lumberjack98 wrote:Buy a pistol with a loaded chamber indicator...say like an XD. Problem solved.

I carry an XD on duty & always press check.

I was showing my XD .45 to my 79yo father. I pointed it at a masonry wall, unloaded & cleared the gun, slide forward & dry fire (my father wouldn't know what to do with a slide locked gun) and handed it to him to examine. It was in his hand ~10 seconds when I noticed the LCI was UP! I snatched the gun from his hand so quickly it scared him, press checked & found an empty chamber.

It was 48 hours since the last field strip/cleaning & a small piece of metal was lodged under the LCI making it appear it was loaded.

Never again will I trust the LCI 100% for either condition.

Posted: **Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:12 pm**

Every take off is optional, but every landing is mandatory.

Posted: **Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:45 am**

Kalrog wrote:
Lumberjack98 wrote:Buy a pistol with a loaded chamber indicator...say like an XD. Problem solved.
Until that fails. Anything mechanical can fail. So can anything human.

Kimbers have a non-mechanical loaded chamber indicator in the way of a small visible access on top of the barrel that allows you to see the round in the chamber.

Posted: **Wed Dec 05, 2007 2:37 pm**

And I still do a press check everytime I holster up my Kimber.... but some have called me paranoid....

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