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Subject:Re: Fwd: Stranded - my first heartbreak
From:Gary Bawden
Date:Fri, 8 Dec 2006 08:35:50 -0800

Wow! John, where can I get a can of that cone remover? Sounds like something to put on the "must carry list"!

Gary

John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote:
We were at about 12,000 feet and over the Chugach Mountains - having already clear the water of the sound - when suddenly both engines shut down. The fans kept turning because of the pressure of forward motion on the propellers.  My pucker factor shot right off the scale. Pulled a cone right up on those plastic seat covers that took the mechanics three cans of cone remover, two rolls of paper towels and some serious elbow grease to make that seat useable again.

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