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SASless

30th July 2013 11:39

Pax River Test Pilots have a Mixed Day!

Two Pax River Test Pilots.....well former Test Pilots perhaps.....had a mixed day of Flying recently. While off flying in a Mooney they experienced Engine Problems and made an emergency landing into a Cornfield near Pax River.

The Results....no injuries and one slightly dinged up Mooney.

http://www.thebaynet.com/images/news...D7519D0438.jpg

Runaway Gun

31st July 2013 00:20

Looks like a well executed forced landing.

Shawn Coyle

9th August 2013 13:30

When I was an instructor there, two staff at the US Naval Test Pilot School (can't remember, but I think one of them was a navigator) had rented a C-172 for a ski trip. Ran out of gas on the way back and landed safely on a suburban street.
One of them ended up going to NASA as a mission specialist. But with a bit of a reputation...

barit1

9th August 2013 22:41

Tech issue - fuel system contaminated with air? :8

Rob Erdos

27th November 2013 12:41

School Training Mission

I'm just curious, was this a USNTPS "qual eval" or were they flying recreationally? I've seen a lot of airplanes on the ramp at Pax River, but I've never noticed a Mooney.

Rob Erdos
Ottawa

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