Posted on 11/11/2013 12:58:58 PM PST by unlearner
Prayers for that great family.
How terrible it must feel to wake up one day and find that you’ve outlived your child.
Classic Vmc accident. Was the doctor a multi-rated CFI?
Lot's of A/D's on propeller life and maintenance. It was made in a few versions, with what I think the Solitare is the most common.
The 421 Golden Eagle, flown by his dad and also by Morgan Freeman are also certified for single pilot operation, but are way too much cockpit to manage alone if flying is not your sole profession.(other things were on your mind at the wrong time).
Bank below Vmc in a heavy twin is death.
My favorite was the Citation II pilot who liked to save on fuel by only running on one engine to taxi. He was cleared for an immediate departure for spacing and instead of declining he spooled up(started the engine) desperately as he rolled on his takeoff with six persons and full fuel on board. He used all 9000 feet of the 10,000 foot ruway. He would not have been able to climb.
Not to rain on your parade, but there is a reason for the plane crashes amongst the pols. In a lot of larger states they (the pols and their ilk) use small aircraft to fly around the state.
The more time in a plane, the more likely you will be involved in a mishap.
It’s the law of averages, not a conspiracy.
Inhofe, his aide safe after plane crash-lands - October 2006
I live in Tulsa and this is the first I’ve heard of this. Poor Senator Inhofe. He is a good, conservative man.
I've been through 7 different training programs in civilian flying and the only one I can recommend without reservation is Helistream at the John Wayne Airport in Orange County.
My employer sent me to a short course with Flight Safety for the King Air 200. I think something like that would be beneficial, especially since you need the special MU-2 endorsements anyway.
On the Citation II, one of the main concerns starting the second engine is making sure the other engine isn't idling too fast when you engage the starter. The other reason I wouldn't do this on a cross country leg is that I always check the Anti-Ice and De-ice systems on the Citation II. They aren't that reliable and those checks require both engines.
Second was getting my seaplane rating in a PA-18.
Agree. Mine, from worse to worst:
3. Blown tire landing
2. No-flap landing aboard ship
1. Bird strike on takeoff (at night) -- could not see out of front windscreen
Fly long enough, and you'll have emergencies, the worst of them close to the ground during launch or recovery.
All that is consistent with the set-up necessary to do a dead-stick or no-power landing. What I see many pilots do, especially in twins, is try to maintain max power on the good engine. In the old days keeping a plane steady and level on one engine was part of the license exam. But keeping full power on the good lung is usually counterproductive since it forces crabbing, etc. and will have you landing cockeyed. And the Doc surely got rated for the plane type before he turned himself loose with it? Kind of a mystery so far how he got wadded up so bad without sabotage especially in view of his reported experience level?
I was going to say that, but I wasn’t sure. I guessed. And I guessed incorrectly. That is why I don’t fly airplanes!
No flap aboard ship? What kind if airplane. I had a no flapper once in a Tomcat. The LSOs asked me a couple times if I was comfortable bringing it aboard. Of course I said “sure.” After I landed they said they were talking about giving me a couple k off an S-3 and sending me back to Atsugi 5 days before the ship pulled in. I was pissed, we really needed a code word for that, like cough divert cough cough Atsugi.
Same, same - A model. Actually felt pretty good, just fast & a little flat.
I had a buddy of mine get an engine failure on one side, generator on the other, electrical power being supplied to the emergency generator through the Bi-Di, so every time he move the controls it would kick into the low mode and shed everything. They started talking about bringing him back and he promptly told them to F'off and asked for a steer to Sheikh Isa.
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