My sin was being unable to raise customs one hour out and proceeded to a
newly built airport that was unstaffed.
Catch 22
You are not supposed to leave the immediate vicinity of the aircraft, as many
will know. One of the guys walked to farm house across the road and called.
I know I was wrong, but when I told Custom Agent that I was from Iowa, he
should have understood.
> My worst (in Canada) was at Thunder Bay when I forgot to call customs one
> hour out from landing. Ground Control parked me at the farthest, most remote
> corner of the airport. There I waited 2 1/2 hours for the customs officer
> to finally vent his spleen on my thoughtlessness. I had just flown a
> thousand miles through about the crapiest weather you can imagine and the
> peace and silence of the wait was just about perfect. After I apologized for
> my mistake and he cleared my back to civilization, we became fairly
> friendly. We never did go dancing though.
>
> Richard
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