All this talk is giving me a cyclic!
I really wish I had the opportunity to fly real helicopters. (Not Robinsons which scare me) Now all I do is build (and fly) models of them……
All this talk is giving me a cyclic!
I really wish I had the opportunity to fly real helicopters. (Not Robinsons which scare me) Now all I do is build (and fly) models of them……
Last edited by Suvorov; 01-28-2024 at 08:37 PM.
https://www.wsj.com/business/airline...ctory-f0246654
Bolts likely left off by Boeing
Likes pretty much everything in every caliber.
About 20 or so years ago, I took a friend’s kid flying for his first airplane ride.
Kid’s now an Army aviator, in the pipeline for Naval Test Pilot School, and he developed this app.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cavok-...r/id1666161449
He told me last year that it was the flight in my airplane that sparked his interest in becoming a pilot. I told him that if you wanted to pay me back, take some kids flying when he had a chance.
(My nephew is taking aviation courses at his local community college. Same deal, I gave him his first ride when he was seven. He was pretty ham-fisted on the controls. I assume he’s smoother now.)
Moral of the story: if you have a chance to do so, take a kid flying.
If we have to march off into the next world, let us walk there on the bodies of our enemies.
Originally Posted by Stephanie B
About 15 years ago, I took a little boy for a ride in a Cub. He must have been around 7 or 8 years old. I remember it distinctly because it’s the only time I’ve had a passenger turn around and say, “Nice landing, sir” after I touched down.
Fast forward to last summer. I ran into him at a local airport when the CAF B-29 tour came to town. I didn’t recognize him, but he remembered me. He had just passed his commercial checkride and is building time for the airlines, all because that Cub ride lit a fire years ago.
Edit: I actually found a picture from that day.
Final is out.
https://www.witn.com/2024/01/31/ntsb...lled-8-people/
Looks like the pilot was so distracted trying to figure out how to work his navigation system that he wasn't paying attention to the aircraft, wasn't flying the plane.
About 15 years ago, I took a little boy for a ride in a Cub. He must have been around 7 or 8 years old. I remember it distinctly because it’s the only time I’ve had a passenger turn around and say, “Nice landing, sir” after I touched down.
Fast forward to last summer. I ran into him at a local airport when the CAF B-29 tour came to town. I didn’t recognize him, but he remembered me. He had just passed his commercial checkride and is building time for the airlines, all because that Cub ride lit a fire years ago.
Edit: I actually found a picture from that day.
Good for you. We need more like him in this business.
Working diligently to enlarge my group size.
Crappy week in aviation. Lost two former colleagues this past week. One in a Hawker in Utah, another in Naples in a Challenger. Both gentleman were HIGHLY experienced with tens of thousands of hours each. Both had families. Aviation can be brutally abrupt when it goes bad. No do-overs, no runner up trophies. Sometimes it doesn’t matter how good you are. You’re served up a shit sandwich. Naples looks like a possible fuel issue. Utah perhaps the classic pitot/ADC/AOA trifecta. Hopefully we can learn from their deaths. Ian and Paul were both great sticks and good people. I’m still scratching my head. In the past 6mo since I retired, no fewer than 8 of my fellow Aviators have flown West for various reasons... Life is short. Enjoy it.
https://www.globalair.com/articles/h...ng-two?id=6950
https://www.gofundme.com/f/ian-hofma...ource=customer
Working diligently to enlarge my group size.
Word is the Hawker out of KGJT was first flight after maintenance. Westar has a paint shop there, new paint job?
In addition there was the CH-53E and a Eurocopter on the way to Boulder City for the Super Bowl. Bad few days.
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Haven’t really head much on either. Just the prelim accounts. Everyone pretty much dumbstruck. I flew with Ian at VX as a new hire on the Bus. He had great compassion for my predicament. We both had about the same amount of experience at the time...he was just senior to me. He made it stress free and enjoyable. Paul was left seat on every piece of equipment we had at ATA...L1011, 757, 727, 737... A great pilot. Shared many beers with him doing DoD flying in the sandbox. Always a joke to share. What a horrible waste.
Working diligently to enlarge my group size.
Sounds like the hawker can be a real handful to recover if the leading edge work isn't quite right https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-n...afety-concerns
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