Flowers in the sky
Several years ago I was returning to OUN from DAL. I was VFR and using flight following, about 40 miles South of OKC I was handed off to Oke City Approach. Everything was pretty routine and the radio traffic was as expected. I did note that there was a call from a plane announcing off Paradise and climbing to 7000. I continued North and was starting to anticipate the hand-off to Westheimer tower at OUN. I heard the announcement jumpers away on the frequency. Shortly thereafter, all these pretty flowers started to blossom in my flight path. I had thought the plane off Paradise was carrying parachutists and now that thought was confirmed. The jump area is outside of the Class C airspace and actually on the outer edge of the Oke City Approach control area.
I began looking up as well as ahead for falling bodies. I got on the radio with Approach and by this time I was in the "daisy field" surrounded by canopies. I was handed to tower and managed to navigate the obstacles without cutting any flowers or damage to the plane. It was one of the more disconcerting ends to a flight which I have had, not expecting to encounter any person at 4000 feet.
I began looking up as well as ahead for falling bodies. I got on the radio with Approach and by this time I was in the "daisy field" surrounded by canopies. I was handed to tower and managed to navigate the obstacles without cutting any flowers or damage to the plane. It was one of the more disconcerting ends to a flight which I have had, not expecting to encounter any person at 4000 feet.
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Mike