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Dog is my co-pilot

By General Aviation News Staff · August 28, 2017 ·

Hal Denton sent in this selfie of him and his co-pilot, Simon.

“Normally Simon has doggie ear muffs on, but he knocked them off in the back of the plane and I was unwilling to try to retrieve them,” Hal explains.

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  1. rod beck says

    September 2, 2017 at 7:52 am

    I was wondering if a “student pilot” certificate is available for pets? I can see this in a headline:

    PET FLY’S PLANE TO SAFE LANDING

    The man, Hal Denton, passed out – medical cause unknown, and his beloved dog, successfully
    (crashed) landed his light plane. The dog, Simon, was commended by airport authorities and was given a
    years supply of Purina Pet chow as a reward!

  2. Ham Todd says

    August 29, 2017 at 1:39 pm

    Awesome looking dog!!

  3. Rivegauche610 says

    August 29, 2017 at 4:41 am

    We have Malamutes! I can’t tell if yours is a Huskie or a Malamute, but they’re wonderful dogs.

  4. Andrew Nielsen says

    August 28, 2017 at 10:24 pm

    What, we got Jack Nicholson on the forum, or what?

  5. Andrew Nielsen says

    August 28, 2017 at 10:23 pm

    If Dog is your copilot, you should swap seats.

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