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Talullahhound
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Fantastic Story
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4/14/2009 4:30:32 PM
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In case you missed it in all the excitment about the pirates. I know some of the people here are pilots. After the pilot died, a man who had only flown turboprops had to land a small jet engine plane.
URL: http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/14/plane.emergency/index.html
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Summer Lover
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Fantastic Story
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4/14/2009 4:47:18 PM
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The plane he landed was a turboprop, I think his experience was with single engine piston aircraft - but a heartwarming story. I wish we had more feel good stories like this and the vermen elimination.
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Mulligan
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Fantastic Story
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4/14/2009 6:20:57 PM
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This is one of the few occasions where "the Media" reported good news regarding general aviation aircraft. The single engine qualified pilot that saved his family did a great job. But some credit goes to the aircraft: the Beechcraft KingAir is one of the absolute best aircraft there is. I'm single engine rated, and have flown the KingAir (very legally) many hours. If I won the lottery.....oops this is Alabama where all wagering is called bingo. rephrase: If I won the Bingo, I buy a KingAir. Fly lo and slo where it's safe. UncleRap
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Puntune
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Fantastic Story
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4/14/2009 7:13:24 PM
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Air Traffic Controllers should get their due reguards. It's not an easy job and it is widely not know about or understood. They bend over backwards to help and it is a very hard, stressful job. The government tries to throw a blanket over them and pretend they do nothing, but only someone that has ever been in a busy center or busy approach control can understand. They called in help to talk this guy out of the sky and obviously did an excellent job. Just like 911, it was a nightmare getting all those aircraft in the US out of the sky.
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Talullahhound
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Fantastic Story
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4/14/2009 7:51:57 PM
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I was amazed on both the part of the pilot and the air traffic contrrollers that they were able to walk the pilot through the landing. One article I read said that moving from the single engine to the turboprop is no easy feat on short notice.
I love stories where average people are able to step up in a crisis. It never fails to amaze me what people can do when they have to.
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Mulligan
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ATControllers
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4/14/2009 8:25:51 PM
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Another area where I have some experience, as my late wife was a controller, with a couple of "saves" in 20 yrs with the agency. She was also a pilot which many of the controllers are; and I believe aided in talking a few pilots thru some tough situations. And I am remiss in overlooking ATC contributions. As for the stress thing regarding controllers, most of that is self imposed. My wife explained ATC as many thousands of boring hours surrounded by a few minutes of excitement. She saw controlling traffic as the best 3 dimensional video game in the world. I miss her terribly.
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alahusker
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4/14/2009 8:49:33 PM
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Bless her heart.. spent most of my adult life in a military cockpit and have the utmost respect for ATC controllers. Recall being told that "you might be flying the thing, but I'm telling where you are going!" Also recall telling a female controller thanks for vectoring me through a very serious line of thunderstorms, when the fuel low level lights were on..
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water_watcher
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Fantastic Story
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4/15/2009 7:07:04 AM
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What amazed me is how calm the guy sounded through the ordeal.
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Mulligan
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4/15/2009 9:16:52 AM
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If you were talking to KC Center, might have been Mary.
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MartiniMan
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Fantastic Story
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4/15/2009 10:43:58 AM
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I think the greater difficulty in going from single pilot to a twin in this case is just the emergency nature and not the actual flying. The real challenge with operating a twin is when you lose an engine and have to deal with asymmetric thrust. If both engines were operating normally it is not that big a deal. The other challenge would be the type of single engine experience and currency. If he flew nothing but 152's and Warrior's this would be more of a challenge. If he flew high performance singles then the complexity, speeds, dropping the gear, etc. would be more familiar to him. Finally, making a VFR approach to successful landing in this situation is wildly easier than if it were IFR conditions.
I did a project for Delta when they bought Pan Am's Miami operation and got to fly the 727 Simulator with only single engine experience. With the trainer behind giving me advice I was able to take off and land with no problems. Also, the King Air is a great airplane and is supposed to be very stable and easy to fly. In any event, he did a great job under the circumstances. If it were me I would log the time.
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Swimmer27
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If it was me....
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4/15/2009 6:39:13 PM
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...the upholstrey is gonna need some seriuos cleaning!!
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MartiniMan
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Too funny
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4/15/2009 9:31:23 PM
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When flying commercial and they do the safety briefing and mention that your seat cushion may be used for flotation I always mutter the same thing, "Not mine I can assure you".
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alahusker
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Just might have been..
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4/15/2009 9:38:35 PM
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Flying a B-52 to McConnell for depot level maintenance.. Bad line of thunderstorms not much gas and lot's of vectors around a serious front.. A very cool, composed female KC controller got us thru the stuff and handed us over to rapcon.. Got the gut feeling it was her.. and will tell her thanks when I go to bed..
Warm regards..
Burke
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Swimmer27
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I always....
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4/16/2009 7:10:03 AM
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... just think at least there will be water to rinse it off with.
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