Learjet 60 ditching tests at LEMG
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Learjet 60 ditching tests at LEMG
Looks like some pilots donīt believe was is stayed on the page 1 of the Lear 60 manual: "Not Approved for ditching", so the test it
https://youtu.be/AKNMAejEx1s
https://youtu.be/AKNMAejEx1s
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Guys,
Have you seen the one that "sailed" in Rio? It overran the downtown airport and literally sailed to ditch back at the airport:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a87_1281697538
Have you seen the one that "sailed" in Rio? It overran the downtown airport and literally sailed to ditch back at the airport:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a87_1281697538
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Does the undercarriage, squat switches etc require an inspection after an approach and landing in heavy rain!
Rain driven by 140 kts of wind on approach gets in everywhere. Landing on wet runways soaks everything. Maybe the crew took advice from engineering! Maybe we should give the crew the benefit of the doubt.
Rain driven by 140 kts of wind on approach gets in everywhere. Landing on wet runways soaks everything. Maybe the crew took advice from engineering! Maybe we should give the crew the benefit of the doubt.
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As far as I know aircraft was for quite a time already soaked in water, moving it itīs not the best option knowing that many taxiways drainage covers had already been washed away by the force of water.
Looks like aircraft was flown a couple of hours later to maintenance center in UK. Bombardier stays that a pre-inspection is needed before any flight take place.
Other pilots and aircrafts where in place, no one moved them.
I wonder if they used taxi lights.....
Looks like aircraft was flown a couple of hours later to maintenance center in UK. Bombardier stays that a pre-inspection is needed before any flight take place.
Other pilots and aircrafts where in place, no one moved them.
I wonder if they used taxi lights.....
Why am I not surprised to see the state of registration?
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Yes actually I can. Rain driven by 160 mph wind will force its way past otherwise normally waterproof seals.
Anybody with even a mildly scientific knowledge would understand that. The same effect as pressure washing.
My main point is the "experts" are all happy to criticise the crew on a public forum with no factual or even basic scientific knowledge. Do you know the crew didn't have engineering check the aircraft before departure? Perhaps engineering removed the aircraft or the crew removed it on engineering instructions? There are so many possibilities but it's just so easy to criticise without facts.
Anybody with even a mildly scientific knowledge would understand that. The same effect as pressure washing.
My main point is the "experts" are all happy to criticise the crew on a public forum with no factual or even basic scientific knowledge. Do you know the crew didn't have engineering check the aircraft before departure? Perhaps engineering removed the aircraft or the crew removed it on engineering instructions? There are so many possibilities but it's just so easy to criticise without facts.
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Yes actually I can. Rain driven by 160 mph wind will force its way past otherwise normally waterproof seals.
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Why am I not surprised to see the state of registration?
Has nothing to do with the state of registration, has to do with professionalism.