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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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To: PROCON

That was AMAZING!!!!!


21 posted on 05/19/2020 6:39:04 PM PDT by CaptainK ('No collusion, no obstruction, he's a leaker')
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To: PROCON

Bookmarked.


22 posted on 05/19/2020 6:56:50 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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To: PROCON
Well. Just they just landed.

That put a "little" action in my dull day watching it rain here.

Now I've got to convince my brain to calm down and get ready for bed in an hour.

Thanks for the smooth landing!!


23 posted on 05/19/2020 7:00:16 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Die-ggl,TWT,FCBK,NYT,WPo,Hwd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antf,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA,ARP,MSNBC)
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To: PROCON

Thanks

Regards

alfa6 ;>}


24 posted on 05/19/2020 7:05:26 PM PDT by alfa6
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To: PROCON

Airplane? Can you describe it?

It’s like a big Tylenol, with wings!


25 posted on 05/19/2020 7:06:30 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: PROCON

tango hotel alpha tango - whiskey alpha sierra - papa romeo echo tango tango yankee - delta alpha mike november - golf oscar oscar delta!!


26 posted on 05/19/2020 7:20:15 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: PROCON

That was.a great video


27 posted on 05/19/2020 7:21:37 PM PDT by Cold War Veteran - Submarines
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To: PROCON

Good end to the the day. Thanks.


28 posted on 05/19/2020 7:23:19 PM PDT by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: Hieronymus

Bookmark


29 posted on 05/19/2020 7:32:13 PM PDT by JubJub
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To: eyeamok

India-Alpha Golf Romeo Echo Echo


30 posted on 05/19/2020 7:52:22 PM PDT by PROCON (Molon Labe)
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To: Conservative4Life

ping


31 posted on 05/19/2020 8:49:03 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: PROCON

A complex twin with retractable landing gear and high T-tail? That is no mean feat. Buy that man a Daniel Webster seegar!


32 posted on 05/19/2020 8:49:09 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: PROCON

Wow, what an honor to all involved.


33 posted on 05/19/2020 8:54:53 PM PDT by EasternRight (The Epoch Times, Kyle Bass, CCP, China)
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To: McGruff

bttt


34 posted on 05/19/2020 8:57:11 PM PDT by cherry
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To: PROCON
That is one fine airplane... Thankfully this story had a happy ending for the family passengers...
35 posted on 05/19/2020 8:59:45 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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It's an amazing story, one guy with little flying experience, and none in this airplane, but completely focused because he had his whole family in the airplane, his whole reason for living, and he did the impossible and made it look easy.

Just Wow!

36 posted on 05/19/2020 9:12:10 PM PDT by PROCON (Molon Labe)
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To: Larry Lucido
> Airplane? Can you describe it? It’s like a big Tylenol, with wings!

But that’s not important now....

37 posted on 05/19/2020 9:26:08 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
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To: dayglored

L8R


38 posted on 05/19/2020 9:46:45 PM PDT by The FIGHTIN Illini (Wake up fellow Patriots before it's too late)
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To: PROCON

That was really interesting.
Thanks!


39 posted on 05/20/2020 5:21:52 AM PDT by Verbosus (/* No Comment */)
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To: A strike

I play a flight simulator game. Think I would survive? :)

I also slept at a Holiday Inn once.


40 posted on 05/20/2020 5:46:40 AM PDT by okkev68
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