Pilot threatening to crash plane into Mississippi Walmart
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Originally Posted by TowerDog
He will probably be shot down by a couple of F-15s real soon..
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Originally Posted by treadigraph
Yup, it's either crashed or landed somewhere north of New Albany or FR24 et al have taken it "off air"...
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Bizarre situation... allegedly, the individual who stole the King Air was not a pilot but worked on the ramp at the Tupelo Airport. He posted on Facebook while in the air... a goodbye to his parents and sister. If not a pilot, I am impressed that he was able to start a turboprop, configure for takeoff, and fly and maneuver for many hours and then make an apparent dead stick landing in a field that was survivable.
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Originally Posted by Lake1952
Bizarre situation... allegedly, the individual who stole the King Air was not a pilot but worked on the ramp at the Tupelo Airport. He posted on Facebook while in the air... a goodbye to his parents and sister. If not a pilot, I am impressed that he was able to start a turboprop, configure for takeoff, and fly and maneuver for many hours and then make an apparent dead stick landing in a field that was survivable.
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I'm genuinely flabbergasted how someone could start up a twin turboprop and fly it if no experience ..
In fact, my gast has never been so flabbered...
Just glad no one got hurt.
In the EU (and UK) a pair of Typhoons would be supersonic and on them within 300 seconds.... or less with wings fully loaded.
In fact, my gast has never been so flabbered...
Just glad no one got hurt.
In the EU (and UK) a pair of Typhoons would be supersonic and on them within 300 seconds.... or less with wings fully loaded.
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Originally Posted by fokker1000
I'm genuinely flabbergasted how someone could start up a twin turboprop and fly it if no experience ..
In fact, my gast has never been so flabbered...
In fact, my gast has never been so flabbered...
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Pretty complex...condition levers, ignition switches, fuel flow...not to mention just getting the radios to work...audio panel, avionics master switches etc. Not generally an easy transition even if he was a licensed pilot with C172 time.
Edit: Never mind the radios... apparently he called 911 on a cell phone. But apparently the transponder was squawking 1200 so that involves at least an avionics master, right?
Edit: Never mind the radios... apparently he called 911 on a cell phone. But apparently the transponder was squawking 1200 so that involves at least an avionics master, right?
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I’ve logged 3000 hours on Kingairs - PT 6 is a relatively easy engine to start and Beechcraft handling requires no special technique. There are numerous videos and sim programs that could be studied so this event isn’t beyond a motivated individual.
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Originally Posted by fokker1000
In the EU (and UK) a pair of Typhoons would be supersonic and on them within 300 seconds.... or less with wings fully loaded.
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Yeah, start the PT-6, but cook the engine while you do it?
I seem to remember the max EGT 1080 degrees for 2 seconds on start, or was it less?
I still have an occasional dream about not paying attention and over-temping a turbine engine.
I seem to remember the max EGT 1080 degrees for 2 seconds on start, or was it less?
I still have an occasional dream about not paying attention and over-temping a turbine engine.
Originally Posted by fokker1000
I'm genuinely flabbergasted how someone could start up a twin turboprop and fly it if no experience ..
In fact, my gast has never been so flabbered...
Just glad no one got hurt.
In the EU (and UK) a pair of Typhoons would be supersonic and on them within 300 seconds.... or less with wings fully loaded.
In fact, my gast has never been so flabbered...
Just glad no one got hurt.
In the EU (and UK) a pair of Typhoons would be supersonic and on them within 300 seconds.... or less with wings fully loaded.
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