So, I flew home from Pensacola yesterday, nice flight with a modest amount of bumpys and a little IMC, but all around, OK. Funny thing: I know that I never get a flight plan into the DFW terminal area if I don't file a STAR, which is fine, and I know that coming from the southeast I pretty much always get a DUMPY2 arrival, so I filed PNS GPS direct GGG VOR (one of the transitions for the DUMPY2), then the STAR.
Picked up my clearance, "as filed," and given on-course and final altitude at the lofty height of 800' AGL.
Subsequently, was deviated slightly to avoid a hot MOA, but at least three times, three different facilities told me that they had an "amendment" to my clearance, consisting of flying the DUMPY2 arrival, Gregg County transition (or, to be specific, the routing I filed in the first place). Don't know what was up with the ATC 'puters, but they were a little off this time. Controllers, of course, all good, and I landed within three minutes of what I flight planned for.
But that's not the silly part.
We got to ADS, unloaded all the gear (and it was a lot) into the car, reinstalled the center row of seats, and drove on home. Unloaded all teh bags 'n' boxes 'n' suitcases from the car, got stuff generally unpacked, and headed back out to the car to go out for supper. Started backing up, immediately sensed something not right (flat tire?), go out and looked, and D'OH! had left the flight bag (last item) behind car, and backed over it (tire did not roll over it, but bag's too big to fit under car, so it "rolled" under the car).
Fortunately, flight bag contents are mostly malleable, but then there'r the handheld nav/com, the aluminum clipboard and the eyeglasses.
Lucky me, radio's ok (scuffed a bit), glasses are fine, but then...
...take a look at this:
Picked up my clearance, "as filed," and given on-course and final altitude at the lofty height of 800' AGL.
Subsequently, was deviated slightly to avoid a hot MOA, but at least three times, three different facilities told me that they had an "amendment" to my clearance, consisting of flying the DUMPY2 arrival, Gregg County transition (or, to be specific, the routing I filed in the first place). Don't know what was up with the ATC 'puters, but they were a little off this time. Controllers, of course, all good, and I landed within three minutes of what I flight planned for.
But that's not the silly part.
We got to ADS, unloaded all the gear (and it was a lot) into the car, reinstalled the center row of seats, and drove on home. Unloaded all teh bags 'n' boxes 'n' suitcases from the car, got stuff generally unpacked, and headed back out to the car to go out for supper. Started backing up, immediately sensed something not right (flat tire?), go out and looked, and D'OH! had left the flight bag (last item) behind car, and backed over it (tire did not roll over it, but bag's too big to fit under car, so it "rolled" under the car).
Fortunately, flight bag contents are mostly malleable, but then there'r the handheld nav/com, the aluminum clipboard and the eyeglasses.
Lucky me, radio's ok (scuffed a bit), glasses are fine, but then...
...take a look at this:
(Don't forget to apply for the patent).
I'll bet you were actually releived it wasn't your hand held.
