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Once below 200 feet, the clouds gave way and I saw an island. I aimed for it and slowed more, preparing to land on it. I did, though just barely, for it was extremely small, being one of those inconsistent volcanic islands. ONCE BELOW TWO HUNDRED FEET THE CLOUDS GAVE WAY AND I SAW AN ISLAND I AIMED FOR IT AND SLOWED MORE PREPARING TO LAND ON IT I DID THOUGH JUST BARELY FOR IT WAS EXTREMELY SMALL BEING ONE OF THOSE INCONSISTENT VOLCANIC ISLANDS
e water is later below. Some of them have even been known to only rise above the waves for a short time, and then vanish from the sea completely, worn down by wind and waves. The night was murky, and the air was thick with water and dust, the result being that there was no natural light whatsoever, and any artificial light that could be mustered was largely reduced to nothing, visibility being no more than twenty feet. The wind was calm and the flying, though strenuous from lack of sight, was without turbulence. I was doing well, until out of nowhere I heard a loud crack of thunder, followed by a bolt of lightning that hit the plane. At once I lost all of the instruments, excepting the actual control of the plane in manual, meaning that the radar and all the guidance systems were crippled, and I could see nothing. Not knowing what to do, and not being able to radio for help, I pulled down and slowed until I was just barely remaining airborne, and began looking for an island to land on.  SO THAT WHAT ONE YEAR IS ABOVE WATER IS LATER BELOW SOME OF THEM HAVE EVEN BEEN KNOWN TO ONLY RISE ABOVE THE WAVES FOR A SHORT TIME AND THEN VANISH FROM THE SEA COMPLETELY WORN DOWN BY WIND AND WAVES THE NIGHT WAS MURKY AND THE AIR WAS THICK WITH WATER AND DUST THE RESULT BEING THAT THERE WAS NO NATURAL LIGHT WHATSOEVER AND ANY ARTIFICIAL LIGHT THAT COULD BE MUSTERED WAS LARGELY REDUCED TO NOTHING VISIBILITY BEING NO MORE THAN TWENTY FEET THE WIND WAS CALM AND THE FLYING THOUGH STRENUOUS FROM LACK OF SIGHT WAS WITHOUT TURBULENCE I WAS DOING WELL UNTIL OUT OF NO AIR I HEARD A LOUD CRACK OF THUNDER FOLLOWED BY A BOLT OF LIGHTNING THAT HIT THE PLAIN AT ONCE I LOST ALL THE INSTRUMENTS EXCEPT THE ACTUAL CONTROL OF THE PLAIN IN MANUAL MEANING THAT THE RADAR AND ALL THE GUIDANCE SYSTEMS WERE CRIPPLED AND I COULD SEE NOTHING NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO AND NOT BEING ABLE TO RADIO FOR HELP I PULLED DOWN AND SLOWED UNTIL I WAS JUST BARELY REMAINING AIR BORN AND BEGAN LOOKING FOR AN ISLAND TO LAND ON
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