Reply #10: I was 16 flying an old tail dragger Cessna 150 solo and set my instruments [View All]

up wrong on a cross country flight in 1967.. I flew into a restricted zone over a little national guard strip and a helicopter chased me off..I hit the deck and took off full throttle, their helos were not much in those days. i was still lost and saw a kid riding a bike on a country road... i flew real slow about 100 feet above him and cut the throttle and yelled out the window.. "which way to Turlock"..?? he pointed down the road and i waved and headed off real low in case the National Guard was still looking for me.

I found a little town and got down about 20 feet off the ground and was trying to read the town name on the sign that has the name and population on it... i had to fly by 2 times.. i finally figured out where i was and landed in Modesto.. i bought a road map at a gas station at the field and used it to fly down the right roads to home.. that is what they mean my VFR navigation.