Posted on 03/03/2008 8:50:58 AM PST by Scythian
These people are lucky to be alive !!!!!
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Yes, earlier. It brought back a memory of taking off in the Tomahawk one morning, and having a front pass through. I landed it somehow around 25+ MPH crosswind, from what the windsock looked like, and damned if I know how I did it, other than no flaps and some good footwork.
It was long enough ago so I can confess that when I taxied to the apron and shut down I sat in the plane and cried for a minute or two.
When I went inside, I heard a couple of people talking.."Yes, the Tomahawks are flying today..I just saw one land".
"That was ME, and they are NOT!"
The Demonstrated Crosswind Velocity of that plane is 15 Kts.
There was one guy who always kept his parafoil in a tight righthand spiral from the moment he opened until he lined up to land with a rebel yell all the way to the ground.
yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. made me nuts. But he was accurate on spot landings.
275 jumps, over two hours of freefall time logged, never deployed a reserve chute.
You have me beat - I have 79 jumps, all with the 82nd ABD.
Although, I never used a reserve, either.
At least your jumps were “free” :{)
LOLOL - yeah, no charge. But the 40 or so guys behind me seemed to be pushy, at times.
I once landed a 152 in 20 direct cross coming back from a solo cross country during training. My instructor had given me one chance on the unicom when I told him I didn’t want to divert to a more favorable strip 20 miles away.
He came out when I was shutting down at the tie down and said, “That was beautiful”. I said, “I wish I had seen it too”.
That was very scary!
Night water landing?
I read your post, I have changed my mind.
Didn’t realize the pilots had the last decision.
That guy was one lucky fool.
Heh - I can’t remember the nomenclature for the sorriest tin can I ever jumped out of, but the AF called it a “gooney bird.”
It was a collection of aircraft parts flying in loose formation - very loose formation. The corregated tin sides of the aircraft rattled.
Never been so glad to jump out of an airplane in my life. ;)
I remember an old Twin Beech AT-11, there was very little breathing until 1000’ AGL when your chances of survival skyrocketted.
No way. Boats are out there.
I did take an ex Navy Jock friend for a flight once. On final for a water landing I kept the corner of my eye on my passenger.
Final in a draggy plane like mine is steep until you round out and wait for the water. When we touched down I heard his voice in my headset saying, “It’s not a carrier landing at night but it’s tougher than a day landing on smooth seas”. I had him doing high speed step taxis and takeoffs in minutes but couldn’t get him to try a landing on water.
The plane had a top speed around 90 mph and a stall with 10 degees of flap at 40 mph.
A good landing is one you walk away from. A great landing is one that the aircraft can take off again from.
Takeoff and landings should be equal.
All of us on both sides can only speculate on how he got into a pickle but I’m glad it turned out well.
Colonel Klink flying the plane!
Seriously, this one deserves the biggest “Thank you, Lord.”
“I believe I can fly....”
Seal, I believe.
I once rewrote the song.
Chorus
“Cause they pay me to fry,
Be it French fries or and apple pie.
I see me running out that old backdoor,
Cause I can not take this anymore.
And my feet they get sore,
That’s from standing on this concrete flo o or.
But they pay me to fry.
I can fry, I can fry, ......
Well, that is correct.....and incorrect.
ATC never "orders" pilots to do anything.
They issue "clearances" that the pilot is required to obey, unless he is concerned for "safety of flight."
If he chooses not to follow a valid clearance, and can show it was a reasonable call on his part, the matter is dropped.
An airplane will slide nicely on concrete, but may hit a soft, high, or low spot that causes him to slide sideways, hence increased odds of hooking a wingtip & cartwheeling.
If the engine is off prior to landing gear-up, the starter can be used to "bump" the prop to a position where it won't strike the ground on landing. Therefore no damage to engine or prop.
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