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Airplane runs out of fuel between FL and PR; into the drink
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| 6/23/2006
| Radio Reports
Posted on 06/23/2006 3:24:35 PM PDT by cll
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To: cll
21
posted on
06/23/2006 4:18:09 PM PDT
by
annie laurie
(All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost)
To: 1FASTGLOCK45
Nah, just needed to keep the freezer running - and it was an exscuse to blow off work. LOL.
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posted on
06/23/2006 4:19:46 PM PDT
by
patton
(What the heck just happened, here?)
To: cll; Tijeras_Slim; FireTrack; Pukin Dog; citabria; B Knotts; kilowhskey; cyphergirl; ...
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posted on
06/23/2006 4:23:05 PM PDT
by
Aeronaut
("Endless repetition is not a coherent argument." —Thomas Sowell)
To: patton
Pretty cool, are you your own boss?
I'm hoping to be my own boss one of these days, (starting 3 different businesses) and then i can call my own good shots :)
I'm tired of being a corporate slave.
24
posted on
06/23/2006 4:30:06 PM PDT
by
1FASTGLOCK45
(FreeRepublic: More fun than watching Dem'Rats drown like Turkeys in the rain! ! !)
To: Heatseeker
Great story. Thanks for the post. Do you know when the glide happened?
Thanks.
To: Aeronaut
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posted on
06/23/2006 5:13:25 PM PDT
by
luigi
To: luigi
27
posted on
06/23/2006 5:15:37 PM PDT
by
luigi
To: 1FASTGLOCK45
No, not really. I work for an employee-owned company, and I put in more than my share of 12-hr days lately. So I am taking it easy. ;)
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posted on
06/23/2006 5:19:07 PM PDT
by
patton
(What the heck just happened, here?)
To: patton
"Ummmm....when I was #1 for takeoff...." LMAO! and HAHAing!
To: operation clinton cleanup
I have actually done that - scared the heck out of me.
Got off the runway, and was completely lost in the fog.
Decided maybe I am not immortal, after all.
Worst part was, I had my kid on board - he sensed how scared I was.
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posted on
06/23/2006 5:29:17 PM PDT
by
patton
(What the heck just happened, here?)
To: cll
To: LiberationIT
The "Gimli Glider" incident occurred July 23, 1983. Type in "Gimli Glider" at any search engine to learn more.
Our northern friends do seem to be fond of flying commercial passenger aircraft as gliders - and fortunately they're pretty good at it: Air Transat Flight 236 ran out of fuel between Toronto and Lisbon and glided 65 nm to an airfield in the Azores. The CBC story about it is here.
To: patton
Worst part was, I had my kid on board - he sensed how scared I was.I was a passenger on such a flight... Piper Cherokee I think. Scared the future private pilot out of me!
To: 1FASTGLOCK45; patton
yeppers! our "generator man" did a fine
job keeping the internet ... uh, i mean
the fridge and freezer... going the entire
18 hrs of the power outage. :)
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posted on
06/24/2006 10:17:10 AM PDT
by
leda
(Life is always what you make it!)
To: operation clinton cleanup; patton
was that the infamous flight in and
out of detroit with the big jet on
our butt?
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posted on
06/24/2006 10:18:42 AM PDT
by
leda
(Life is always what you make it!)
To: leda
I was with a college roommate (student pilot), we were ferrying a plane from Orlando to Daytona Beach. We had to "pop in" between the large jets taking off every 30 seconds. It was like trying to merge onto a freeway from a dead stop.
To: operation clinton cleanup
thats exactly it! tho we were flying
at night and it was foggy too. yikes!
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posted on
06/24/2006 10:41:11 AM PDT
by
leda
(Life is always what you make it!)
To: cll
How do you misjudge the fuel from Fort Lauderdale to St. Thomas, anyway? Did the Virgin Islands move while he was gone?
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posted on
06/24/2006 10:42:14 AM PDT
by
RichInOC
(...oops, did I say that out loud? Bad Rich. BAD Rich.)
To: leda
tho we were flying at night and it was foggy too. Geez... we had clear skys and it was sunny out. Sounds like you had a real "oops' I crapped my pants" experience!
To: RichInOC
How do you misjudge the fuel from Fort Lauderdale to St. Thomas, anyway?He probably assumed his wife filled up the tank on the way home from the grocery.
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