Extremely calm...
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Topic: Extremely calm...
Posted By: DiyDave
Subject: Extremely calm...
Date Posted: 12 May 2022 at 5:48am
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For a guy who could be about to crash... https://youtu.be/s1gHdHAohjg" rel="nofollow - https://youtu.be/s1gHdHAohjg ------------- Source: Babylon Bee. Sponsored by BRAWNDO, its got what you need! |
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Posted By: FloydKS
Date Posted: 12 May 2022 at 7:24am
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sounds like staying calm in the situation was a positive. I sometimes think of these emergency situations and wonder if I could stay calm and collected ...calm maybe, not so sure about the rest. ------------- Holding a grudge is like taking poison and expecting the other person to die |
Posted By: Kansas99
Date Posted: 12 May 2022 at 9:47am
Can’t believe he didn’t ask the flight controller how to do a barrel roll before he lined it up with the runway. If it’s your only chance to fly a plane you might as well have a little fun before you set it down.  ------------- "Thank you for your service Joe & the Ho"-----Joseph Stalin |
Posted By: plummerscarin
Date Posted: 12 May 2022 at 11:53am
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Posted By: Stan IL&TN
Date Posted: 12 May 2022 at 8:05pm
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I would be looking for the inflatable auto pilot and screaming..........no wait that's when I ride with the wife behind the wheel. ------------- 1957 WD45 dad's first AC 1968 one-seventy 1956 F40 Ferguson |
Posted By: DaveKamp
Date Posted: 13 May 2022 at 6:49am
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A single-engine high wing is about the best circumstance for this kind of situation to occur... having it at this size (12 passenger) means it also has some more advanced equipment that, with the person in the operator's seat being the ATC tower handler's eyes-and-hands, will almost fly itself. Having clear skies and calm conditions handles the rest. The way this is narrated and shown, it seems suspiciously more like an impromptu exercise, but FlightAware shows N333LD with this flight track: 333LD is registered as a Cessna 208 Caravan Amphibian, which means it can be fitted (and it's shown in reg) with floats... but in the 'exclusive vid', it's floatless. The relevance here, is that in order to have a respectable performance envelope for it's total 12,000lb flight weight WITH floats, it has to have a considerable amount of power AND lift... and it does- it's a turboprop with constant speed propeller. Landing it with no prior experience is an exemplary feat... had it been a low-wing, smaller plane with substantially less power and instrumentation, I doubt it would have turned out this well. If anyone's wondering 'why' it would be easier than a low wing, there's two major factors- first is ground-effect, the second is sight pattern- visibility. As an aircraft approaches the ground, air pressure BENEATH the wings becomes 'trapped' between the ground and wing, increasing lift, which makes the aircraft fly different... and thus, more difficult to gently set down. A high wing aircraft doesn't present as much ground-effect response just before those wheels get in-reach, so the transition is not as aggressive. When in a low wing, you have a very good view of everything from horizon UP, in a low wing, you have best visibility from horizon DOWN. When landing, the perspective of your distance to ground is the feedback you need in order to make that flight-to-touchdown transition. There's a dozen things that WOULD have changed this. Something as simple as A 15mph breeze 15 degrees off the approach angle (from left or right) would have likely changed this significantly. I think the guy should get an honorary 'solo' cert for this one. Put him through the classes and award him a license. Aviate, Navigate, Communicate!!! ------------- Ten Amendments, Ten Commandments, and one Golden Rule solve most every problem. Citrus hand-cleaner with Pumice does the rest. |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 13 May 2022 at 5:17pm
Don't discount the power of prayer, too! For a belated V E Day! https://youtu.be/B69CquvLHgY" rel="nofollow - https://youtu.be/B69CquvLHgY ------------- Source: Babylon Bee. Sponsored by BRAWNDO, its got what you need! |