Posted on 04/18/2018 7:32:46 AM PDT by sodpoodle
Edited on 04/18/2018 8:35:24 AM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
The pilot
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threats and/or bribes as well
That black and white photo - I thought she might be the gal that landed that A-10 that had been all shot up in Afghanistan. But no - Ms. Shults started flying in the Air Force 30 years ago before women were allowed to fly combat missions. Kudos to her, and I’m guessing most pilots would have this type of demeanor? I hope!?
(I suppose now I’ll have to go search ‘pilot freaks out and panics’) Might have to add ‘airline’ to it - I’m sure there are plenty of new learners in a Cub that freak out.
“Before hydraulic boost (power steering) most women weren’t built strong enough to handle an F-20 Farmall tractor all day...”
I beg to differ! We have an old Allis Chalmers tractor with hydraulic NOTHING on it, that I operate just fine...all 5 foot 1 inch of me! ;)
BUT - I get your point and appreciate it versus the other female-bashing going on here. Yeesh! :)
Flight 143’s problems began on the ground in Montreal. A computer known as the Fuel Quantity Information System Processor manages the entire 767 fuel loading process. The FQIS controls the fuel pumps and drives all of the 767’s fuel gauges. Little is left for crew and refuelers to do but hook up the hoses and dial in the desired fuel load. But the FQIS was not working properly on Flight 143. The fault was later discovered to be a poorly soldered sensor. An improbable sequence of circuit-breaking mistakes made by an Air Canada technician independently investigating the problem defeated several layers of redundancy built into the system. This left Aircraft #604 without working fuel gauges.
The type of work your old Allis, and the F20s and JD “A”s did, included disking and harrowing the moldboard plowing (especially brutal on gently rolling clay hills). Turning them in soft soil conditions is a good upper body workout as well.
Reaching back to trip the lever to mechanically raise the implement also added to the workout.
In my neighboring county of Lawrence,TN, there is quite a presence of Amish. Old school. Two hands on the plow, and draft horse reigns around the farmers neck. The women and children work hard too. I can’t recall seeing one Amish down here that I would consider over weight.
These days I use it to grade the 2-mile driveway after we put down fresh gravel and oil...and that’s about it, LOL!
I used it to haul 800 gallons of water out to new plantings a few years back when it was 104 degrees on the 4th of July and we had planted 400 Norway Spruce seedlings earlier that Spring.
Now THAT was a LOT of work! 200 of the 400 survived in a total drought season for us, so it was worth the effort; we could’ve easily lost them all! :)
I saw that. On MSN no less, and
“I know God was with her, and I know she was talking to God,” Virginia Shults said.
Yes that was, in a in a word, providential.
Captain Pearson was an experienced glider pilot, so he was familiar with flying techniques almost never used in commercial flight....First Officer Maurice Quintal...proposed landing at the former RCAF Station Gimli, a closed air force base where he had once served as a Royal Canadian Air Force pilot. Unbeknown to Quintal or to the air traffic controller, a part of the facility had been converted to a race track complex, now known as Gimli Motorsports Park.[11] It included a road race course, a go-kart track, and a dragstrip. A Canadian Automobile Sport Clubs-sanctioned sports car race hosted by the Winnipeg Sports Car Club was underway at the time of the incident and the area around the decommissioned runway was full of cars and campers. Part of the decommissioned runway was being used to stage the race.[12]
As the runway drew near, it became apparent that the aircraft was coming in too high and fast...Pearson decided to execute a forward slip to increase drag and lose altitude. This manoeuvre is commonly used with gliders and light aircraft to descend more quickly without increasing forward speed.
Two factors helped avert disaster: the failure of the front landing gear to lock into position during the gravity drop, and the presence of a guardrail that had been installed along the centre of the decommissioned runway to facilitate its use as a racetrack. As soon as the wheels touched down on the runway, Pearson braked hard, blowing out two of the aircraft's tires. The unlocked nose wheel collapsed and was forced back into its well, causing the aircraft's nose to slam into, bounce off, and then scrape along the ground. This additional friction helped to slow the airplane and kept it from careening into the crowds surrounding the runway. After the aircraft had touched down, the nose began to scrape along the guardrail in the centre of the tarmac; Pearson applied extra right brake, which caused the main landing gear to straddle the guardrail creating additional drag that further reduced the speed. Air Canada Flight 143 came to a final stop on the ground 17 minutes after running out of fuel.[13] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider
I am late to the thread, I realize.
But I made 2 phone calls tonight. And I told both of them:
Do not look to a corrupt, greedy, shrew of a woman if you need a role model for your daughters, your girls. No, not a woman who complains she isn’t 50 points ahead in an election - that is no role model.
But this IS just over 12 minutes of a REAL role model for girls: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnSizWZVyD4&feature=youtu.be
Steady grace and skill under fire, as calm as if you were asking the balance on your account at the bank. Not entitled, waving her gender around as some sort of battle flag. Doing her job.
Just saving the lives of almost 150 people in the process.
She probably won’t have to pay at any bar for anything for the rest of the year.
Indeed. Although the good news for them was it was just an island hop.
There is a deference between being a grunt and being a fighter pilot. I have no problem with women pilots. However I think it is a very bad idea to allow women to serve in ground combat units.
I’ve seen some lady pilots at the hotel bars but they’re having dinner - I’ve not seen any just sitting and drinking. I got invited several times to join them and what’s cool is they were from different airlines. One big fraternity.
I agree, and I think you and I would likely would agree that there is a spectrum of jobs, at one end we could say, yes...those are completely suitable for women in the military, and at the other end, we could say no...those are not.
In the middle is the gray area or line where the yes/no cleavage point occurs. That discussion does not appear to have taken place in a serious fashion, IMO.
My uncle flew for Delta for many years, after he had served two tours flying F-105s around SE Asia.
Did you accept?
Oh yeah, except when I’m with my crew.
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