Damn, boys !!

Shelby just landed back from NOLA and flames came out of her right main !!

That aint good.

Standby – While I radio her to our place and check this out.

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1980 300D - Veggie Burner !

She landed and is probably safe. Plane is insured and probably is easier to fix than her body. 2 things come to mind. "Take off is optional. Landing is MANDATORY" and "Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing".

BTW. Right main what? I thought the plane has 2 engines? Is there a main engine and not so main on the right side?

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

Right main landing gear.

Well boys... (he says holding back a chuckle.)

It would appear that upon landing (or perhaps just prior to lift off from MSY, but I’d bet it was here), she tagged an opossum with the nose. A chunk of the unfortunate creature went slamming into the right main brake assembly (and stuck). Upon activation of the brakes, said chunk appears to have become cooked.

Correction: Make that over cooked. Waaay over cooked.

All looks to have made it through without any collateral damage.
We’ll go drive the runway in the morning.

As the late Mr. Rogers would have put it: Can you say “Pressure Washer” boys and girls?

Shelby’s comments: EEEW !! NASTY !! Is that fur !?!? EEEW !!, and so on.

I love this thing they call aviation. Never a dull moment.

Off to help with the push-back and clean up. Who the heck let the kids go to a sleep-over?! Isn't clean-up their job ?

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1980 300D - Veggie Burner !

Maybe it won't be so nasty if she added seasoning first? A little A-1 maybe?

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

I saw one of the pilots on the tube tonight. He was emphatically denying that there was an argument going on, just a discussion.

Sort of a weak and waggle-headed looking guy.

Aw, here's the exact footage I saw:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUDHVtEJAAs

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K

My dad spent his career in the Air Force, NASA, FAA and International Civil Aviation Organization. Now he has Alzheimer's and doesn't respond much to the world around him.

I thank these guys for bringing my dad out of his shell. He had a big laugh about it. I had the TV on in the familly room while he was eating breakfast. Out of nowhere he blurts out, "they're gonna be in big trouble!" Then he chuckled. He's say's he's glad everyone is ok.

Thanks guys, it was all worth it to see my dad let out a big belly laugh.

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1979 240D, 4spd manual, Power Sunroof, manual windows, 147k miles, Pastel gray/Black MB Tex.
1991 300D 2.5 - Smokes like it's on Crack!

Yup, that Cajun cooking has caused the very same thing to happen to me!

Possum, eh? Reminds me of the ol' Cajun saying, "As long as there is a ditch by a road in Louisiana, ain't nobody goin' hungry" (Jeff Foxworthy commenting on his wife's family)

Possums come around my place now and then. Dang, I'd have to be HONG-REE before I'd cut one of those things up and stuff it in my mouth.

Might happen one day though.

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K