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Pilot Dies, Passenger Lands King Air Turbo Prop
https://youtu.be/aqPvVxxIDr0 ^
| April 15, 2020
| FS MaNia
Posted on 05/19/2020 5:15:50 PM PDT by PROCON
On Easter Sunday, April 12th, 2009, Doug White and his family chartered a Beech King Air B200 N559DW for a flight from Marco Island, Florida bound for Louisiana with 5 souls on board. Soon after takeoff, the pilot, 67 year old retired Air Force Colonel Joe Cabuk loses consciousness. creating an emergency situation that required extraordinary measures by the planes passengers and Air Traffic Controllers. This video is a recreation of that flight and is intended to honor and pay tribute to the pilots and air traffic controllers.
~~~SNIP~~~
The Hero passenger who lands the King Air Turbo Prop and saves his family had earned a Private Pilot's License 18 years prior to this incident. He quit flying shortly after with only 80 hours total time logged.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: aviation; deadpilot; kingairplane; passengerlandsplane
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posted on
05/19/2020 5:15:50 PM PDT
by
PROCON
To: PROCON
It is great. I think I got to it from FR a couple of weeks ago and heartily recommend it.
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posted on
05/19/2020 5:16:37 PM PDT
by
Hieronymus
(“I shall drink to the Pope, if you please, still, to conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards.Â)
To: PROCON
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posted on
05/19/2020 5:18:35 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
To: SkyDancer
You’d really appreciate watching it, Janie, it’s amazing!
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posted on
05/19/2020 5:22:11 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(Molon Labe)
To: PROCON
Did the pilot have the steak or fish?
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posted on
05/19/2020 5:24:29 PM PDT
by
Veggie Todd
(Voltaire: "Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool".)
To: Veggie Todd
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posted on
05/19/2020 5:25:40 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(Molon Labe)
To: PROCON
I just saw that and it was riveting.
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posted on
05/19/2020 5:36:35 PM PDT
by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
To: SkyDancer
They’ll ruin it if the make a movie of it.
The you tube video was good enough for me.
I was on the edge of my seat.
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posted on
05/19/2020 5:37:21 PM PDT
by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
To: PROCON
Yup,I've heard that.There are several other similar videos on youtube. One is an older woman (IIRC she was about 80) whose pilot husband died “at the wheel” and the control tower had to talk her down.There's also one of a teenage girl who,on her first solo flight,experience landing gear failure during takeoff and she landed the plane safely.
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posted on
05/19/2020 5:44:21 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(The Rats Just Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election!)
To: PROCON
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posted on
05/19/2020 5:48:12 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(The Rats Just Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election!)
To: SkyDancer
Wonderful job by the pax to successfully land the aircraft.
However it is very important to note that he had some flying experience. A passenger safely landing an aircraft with No exprience is Extremely improbable.
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posted on
05/19/2020 5:48:47 PM PDT
by
A strike
(" Was that wrong? Should I not have done this? " - Costanza)
To: PROCON
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posted on
05/19/2020 5:50:13 PM PDT
by
McGruff
To: Hieronymus
It is great. I think I got to it from FR a couple of weeks ago and heartily recommend it. Yeah, that guy had balls of steel. It's one thing when you're just trying to save your own life, but trying to save the lives of your whole family is a whole different level of pressure.
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posted on
05/19/2020 5:51:01 PM PDT
by
KevinB
("Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." - Charles Darwin)
To: PROCON
I logged in just to tell you thank you for posting this. It kept me on the edge of my seat.
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posted on
05/19/2020 6:05:48 PM PDT
by
ThE_RiPpEr.
(The Obamanation is over - Free at last, free at last, thank God almighty we are free at last)
To: PROCON
Thank you for posting this.
Beautiful story!
Awhile ago, there was a senior couple flying and her pilot husband died and the wife who was in her 80’s brought the single engine down safely...
I love these stories!
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posted on
05/19/2020 6:11:30 PM PDT
by
HypatiaTaught
(You can never be truly safe unless you are truly free)
To: PROCON; Veggie Todd; SkyDancer
At least he wasn’t over Macho Grande. Good job, pilot (even former pilot).
To: PROCON
I do that all the time...on my flight simulator.
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posted on
05/19/2020 6:26:27 PM PDT
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: PROCON
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posted on
05/19/2020 6:29:24 PM PDT
by
frog in a pot
(Pres Biden+VP Hillary, Michelle, Kamala, or Stacy, backed up by Pelosi. What could go wrong?)
To: ThE_RiPpEr.; HypatiaTaught; frog in a pot
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posted on
05/19/2020 6:31:58 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(Molon Labe)
To: Larry Lucido
When I'm not watching Seinfeld reruns, the movie Airplane! is a classic to re-watch, friggin' hilarious......and don't call me Shirley!
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posted on
05/19/2020 6:36:56 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(Molon Labe)
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