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Forum: Rumours & News
7th Dec 2016, 06:41
Replies: 1,096
Views: 1,236,497
Posted By Tfor2

Pilot Error?

The real question here is that the pilot had altitude, speed, wind, pressure, distance to r/w and no power, and lacked the necessary skills to fly the aircraft until a safe landing. Coulda and...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
7th Sep 2015, 15:52
Replies: 18
Views: 17,739
Posted By Tfor2

"The phenomenon of aircraft on a collision course...

"The phenomenon of aircraft on a collision course not appearing to move in the windscreen is (should be) well known."

This is part of PP training, but it needs to be imprinted in the minds of ATC...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
4th Sep 2015, 00:21
Replies: 18
Views: 17,739
Posted By Tfor2

Motion Camouflage

This is an interesting subject, which shows how converging objects appear not to move, but to LOOM. It is even used for benefit in the animal kingdom. Food for thought by thinking pilots!
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Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
29th Aug 2015, 14:12
Replies: 18
Views: 17,739
Posted By Tfor2

Outstanding Question

According to the preliminary report, the first witness states that "both planes were on the downwind leg", and the second (later) witness said that just prior to the collision they were flying in...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
28th Aug 2015, 05:55
Replies: 18
Views: 17,739
Posted By Tfor2

Smile Preliminary NTSB Report

Here we go, at last. Reported today in the local newspaper August 27th:

NTSB: Pilots in fatal air crash didn't take evasive measures | SanDiegoUnionTribune.com...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
27th Aug 2015, 05:30
Replies: 18
Views: 17,739
Posted By Tfor2

Red face Facts available within 2 or 3 days? How's this: ...

Facts available within 2 or 3 days? How's this:

Was the Cessna doing touch and goes, or on a cross country flight? Were the planes in touch with the tower at the time of the accident? What part of...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
20th Aug 2015, 00:20
Replies: 18
Views: 17,739
Posted By Tfor2

Information please!

The lack of reliable information as to the circumstances leading up to this accident is not acceptable. The public has a right to know what happened, and a preliminary press conference by an NTSB...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Mar 2015, 00:32
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,633,538
Posted By Tfor2

Anybody looked into the mental condition called...

Anybody looked into the mental condition called "OCD"? That's Obsessive Compulsion Disorder, where the sufferer is under a compulsion to perform senseless acts. We all have it to a certain extent,...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Jul 2014, 17:31
Replies: 1,644
Views: 2,239,013
Posted By Tfor2

In April, US flights were warned not to fly over...

In April, US flights were warned not to fly over conflict-ridden regions of eastern Ukraine by the FAA earlier this year. (Reported in the Guardian Malaysia Airlines plane MH17 'crashes in Ukraine' -...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Jul 2014, 17:16
Replies: 1,644
Views: 2,239,013
Posted By Tfor2

Do all airlines track over Ukraine these days?

What was that airliner doing in that airspace? Do United/Delta/American/BA/Virgin etc. avoid it or what?
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Apr 2014, 05:29
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,340,855
Posted By Tfor2

The task will go on for ages. Wiser heads will...

The task will go on for ages. Wiser heads will want to give up, but they need to show that they are continuing, despite the futility. But we have learned lessons. This will never happen again. There...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Apr 2014, 12:11
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,340,855
Posted By Tfor2

What is the goal here?

Is it to find the wreck? No. It is to show the families of the victims, and the rest of the world, that they are trying. This will go on until the money runs out, or time fades the will. There's no...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Mar 2014, 03:05
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,340,855
Posted By Tfor2

Cockpit Voice Recorders: The output from vastly...

Cockpit Voice Recorders: The output from vastly updated technology is now available and ready to record hours of audio and video activity on the flight deck. However, it appears that concerns of...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Mar 2014, 23:01
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,340,855
Posted By Tfor2

Cellphones with a satellite link? They call home...

Cellphones with a satellite link? They call home from the top of Mount Everest, don't they?
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Mar 2014, 16:38
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,340,855
Posted By Tfor2

Where does this info come from?

Where does this info come from?
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Mar 2014, 22:38
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,340,855
Posted By Tfor2

Could a commercial pilot please take us through...

Could a commercial pilot please take us through the following for clarification, which I'm sure has already been covered in the great morass of this thread's history?

Air Traffic Control: Routes...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Mar 2014, 16:26
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,340,855
Posted By Tfor2

The latest speculation (Daily Mail) suggests that...

The latest speculation (Daily Mail) suggests that Captain Shah was behind this, given his political obsessions, sympathy for the Malayan opposition leader whom he'd just watched being jailed, along...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Mar 2014, 04:12
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,340,855
Posted By Tfor2

Past is Gone. Now?

How about the future? What will change? Henceforth, ALL planes need to have an I.D. broadcasting at ALL TIMES whilst in the air, and NOT under the control of the cockpit. This will not only...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Mar 2014, 17:21
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,340,855
Posted By Tfor2

JMO, of course, but I think that high level...

JMO, of course, but I think that high level politics is going on here. Civilian unrest meets DHS, whether of the USA, or China, or another sovereign state. Given the sophistication of modern military...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Mar 2014, 11:24
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,340,855
Posted By Tfor2

2 Things

1. It was a hi-jack (transponder turned off, no Mayday), and the plane was not under the control of the pilots. It flew to wherever was demanded, and something happened thereafter causing it to...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Mar 2014, 03:41
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,340,855
Posted By Tfor2

Boats...boats

Would it be an exaggeration to say that that part of the ocean may be teeming with small fishing boats? And if so, many would not have radio? And if so, then some of them will know something that...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Apr 2010, 06:46
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,592,056
Posted By Tfor2

fish Those transatlantic liners may yet make a comeback.

It was jet planes that killed seagoing traffic back in the 60s.

Remember those grand old ladies of the ocean making slow but safe crossings? About time! Sure beats spending days in grim a/p...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Aug 2009, 03:44
Replies: 218
Views: 55,122
Posted By Tfor2

A corridor dedicated for sight-seeing purposes only

Since that is what it's mostly used for, seriously.

Planes at 1,000 to 1100 feet, helicopters below with appropriate separation. Enter from George Washington Bridge, the other end would be the...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Aug 2009, 06:33
Replies: 218
Views: 55,122
Posted By Tfor2

Why focus on the Piper?

The video of the crash shown on NBC News makes a private pilot shudder. There he is in his family plane, maintaining a steady course and altitude, perhaps chatting with his brother and son, keeping a...
Forum: Rotorheads
13th Aug 2009, 16:04
Replies: 218
Views: 55,122
Posted By Tfor2

Flying uncontrolled under VFR

When flying VFR and in radio communication, it is important for readers to distinguish between clearances and instructions and advisories. After take-off, a VFR pilot in uncontrolled airspace is...
Forum: Rotorheads
13th Aug 2009, 07:52
Replies: 218
Views: 55,122
Posted By Tfor2

Nothing indicates he was above 1100 MSL, he was...

Nothing indicates he was above 1100 MSL, he was not in controlled airspace, and therefore he didn't "need" to switch over to Newark, until he was ready to call them. Certainly he would have made the...
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Aug 2009, 19:20
Replies: 218
Views: 55,122
Posted By Tfor2

Yes I do know something and obviously you don't....

Yes I do know something and obviously you don't. Who do we believe, you, or this report from the AP?
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Aug 2009, 16:20
Replies: 218
Views: 55,122
Posted By Tfor2

Phil77 accused me of lecturing, says I should...

Phil77 accused me of lecturing, says I should read up on subjects I know nothing about.

I don't lecture. But I do search for info, and draw attention to it. You'll find references to the...
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Aug 2009, 16:25
Replies: 218
Views: 55,122
Posted By Tfor2

Oh Really?

This is the sort of elitist b/s this site doesn't need. The word "professional" can mean you are paid to do what you do. It can also mean that a level of competency is achieved by training and a...
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Aug 2009, 03:18
Replies: 218
Views: 55,122
Posted By Tfor2

Another case, with a lesson

A web search turned up another collision between a Piper and a helicopter back in April 1991 over Merion, Pennsylvania, when they got too close to each other (the helicopter was inspecting the...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Aug 2009, 20:40
Replies: 218
Views: 55,122
Posted By Tfor2

How's that again?

So this helicopter professional feels that it is OK for a fixed wing to land at a heliport. Somebody let him know that a fixed wing needs a minimum of about 2,000 feet to land and take off anywhere....
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Aug 2009, 02:34
Replies: 218
Views: 55,122
Posted By Tfor2

Fixed wing vs. helicopters

Back in the 70s, I too owned a PA-32 (fixed gear), kept it at Teterboro, and lived in Manhattan. Over several years, it was my pleasure to take friends and visiting relatives VFR out over that...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th May 2009, 22:33
Replies: 2,015
Views: 716,586
Posted By Tfor2

In defense of Captain Renslow's flying skills...

In defense of Captain Renslow's flying skills during the crisis, we need to look into his probable state of mind, and consider how brains work in cases of dire emergency. OK, flying is 99 99/100...
Forum: Private Flying
16th Mar 2009, 06:30
Replies: 253
Views: 68,439
Posted By Tfor2

NTSB Report

Mountain flying is for experienced locals. Winds, density altitude, and familiarity with the plane's performance suggest he should not have been flying alone. Or not gone adventuring.

Here's the...
Forum: Private Flying
15th Mar 2009, 06:15
Replies: 253
Views: 68,439
Posted By Tfor2

Think so? Check out the story of Frank Tallman...

Think so? Check out the story of Frank Tallman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Tallman), a very experienced pilot, and his partner, both died for no good reason.
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