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Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
7th Mar 2024, 12:52
Replies: 195
Views: 85,373
Posted By island_airphoto

So to summarize: If they had actually run out of...

So to summarize: If they had actually run out of fuel, it would have been obvious on the panel and on the FDR?
Re the setting of the thrust levers: I was harassed by the FAA over a plane in a field...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
6th Mar 2024, 11:09
Replies: 11
Views: 4,228
Posted By island_airphoto

"I saw an airplane essentially crash out of the...

"I saw an airplane essentially crash out of the sky, fall out of the sky, and hit the ground at around a 45-degree angle," Wiser said in a phone interview with The Associated Press.
Sounds like...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Feb 2024, 16:17
Replies: 520
Views: 443,084
Posted By island_airphoto

Thread diversion - I have long wanted someone to...

Thread diversion - I have long wanted someone to do a study of low levels of CO on pilots. If a person at sea level is running at 6,000 feet brain-density-altitude, they won't notice. If you are...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
15th Feb 2024, 15:55
Replies: 195
Views: 85,373
Posted By island_airphoto

I went to flight school in Florida. I never even...

I went to flight school in Florida. I never even thought about alligators as a factor for emergency landings. I did managed to get chased by one once, I swam across a river and it followed me the...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
12th Feb 2024, 16:46
Replies: 195
Views: 85,373
Posted By island_airphoto

Ice would seem to be a factor at FL400 much more...

Ice would seem to be a factor at FL400 much more than landing in Florida, unless you had some weird 1 in a million thing happen where an ice ball built up slowly and then melted all at once.
The...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
12th Feb 2024, 11:46
Replies: 26
Views: 12,236
Posted By island_airphoto

That is a joke. Hard to tell on the internet I...

That is a joke. Hard to tell on the internet I guess.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
10th Feb 2024, 22:38
Replies: 26
Views: 12,236
Posted By island_airphoto

Should have turned it on then ;)

Should have turned it on then ;)
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
10th Feb 2024, 21:47
Replies: 26
Views: 12,236
Posted By island_airphoto

Altimeters work the same as they did in the 1930s...

Altimeters work the same as they did in the 1930s and 40s, they tell you your altitude above sea level. Radar altimeters tell you your height above terrain. Having the altimeter read AGL would mean...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
10th Feb 2024, 12:08
Replies: 195
Views: 85,373
Posted By island_airphoto

Yikes! When I first heard of that I thought the...

Yikes!
When I first heard of that I thought the airplanes were getting fueled with diesel, not that DEF was going in the jet fuel, presumably in the mistaken impression it was Prist or similar.
*...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
10th Feb 2024, 02:33
Replies: 195
Views: 85,373
Posted By island_airphoto

What the heck other than bad fuel or no fuel...

What the heck other than bad fuel or no fuel takes out both engines at the same time?
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Jan 2024, 19:56
Replies: 118
Views: 69,192
Posted By island_airphoto

As an American, I would not think of a TASER as a...

As an American, I would not think of a TASER as a firearm whatsoever. They sell combination TASER/Flashlights at the checkout in the local hardware store for about $30. (not to be confused with the...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Jan 2024, 18:29
Replies: 520
Views: 443,084
Posted By island_airphoto

I have had one in my flight bag ever since a CO...

I have had one in my flight bag ever since a CO leak nearly killed me, but I did not know they would pick up on oil.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
21st Jan 2024, 16:51
Replies: 21
Views: 9,578
Posted By island_airphoto

I taught that to all my students, maybe a...

I taught that to all my students, maybe a carryover from maritime radio ops where that was a standard call, I never saw a reason to hem and haw like "We may have a minor problem here, maybe send a...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Jan 2024, 17:07
Replies: 73
Views: 28,242
Posted By island_airphoto

OTOH I once heard the total opposite down near...

OTOH I once heard the total opposite down near Miami. Miami Approach is VERY busy most days and one afternoon the controller was pretty obviously about to have a breakdown right there on the air. Out...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
20th Jan 2024, 16:55
Replies: 21
Views: 9,578
Posted By island_airphoto

Direct Service to Highway

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/passenger-flight-leaves-dulles-airport-and-lands-on-virginia-highway_n_65aad1ffe4b076abd7ab917f
...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Jan 2024, 15:23
Replies: 520
Views: 443,084
Posted By island_airphoto

I have a CO detector for flying. It is very...

I have a CO detector for flying. It is very useful for airplanes that use air passed over the exhaust manifold for cabin heat. All the pressurized jet aircraft I know of take bleed air from ahead of...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Jan 2024, 19:43
Replies: 73
Views: 28,242
Posted By island_airphoto

Some times they just can't help being snarky. ...

Some times they just can't help being snarky.
KDCA was a big mess one night when fast-moving fog was shutting down a lot of nearby airports and DCA was still above ILS minimums and a lot of planes...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Jan 2024, 13:58
Replies: 31
Views: 17,961
Posted By island_airphoto

Insurance went up for pretty much anything that...

Insurance went up for pretty much anything that flies thanks to the Boeing Max crashes, so it seems like they all have insurance ;)
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Jan 2024, 13:49
Replies: 72
Views: 55,771
Posted By island_airphoto

I am going to fly a $30,000 C-150 if the weather...

I am going to fly a $30,000 C-150 if the weather clears for an hour of fun and all the nuts are safety-wired and get checked by an A&P every 100 hours. Is this too much to ask for Boeing to do? WTF?...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
1st Dec 2023, 13:03
Replies: 57
Views: 27,523
Posted By island_airphoto

If the battery was not disconnected or switched...

If the battery was not disconnected or switched off ASAP they will have one hell of a corroded wiring mess to deal with.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
22nd Nov 2023, 15:26
Replies: 57
Views: 27,523
Posted By island_airphoto

Maybe WAY back in the day. My naval aviator buddy...

Maybe WAY back in the day. My naval aviator buddy who went to flight school when I did in the 80s never went near a carrier, he was off learning to fly C-130s after doing the T-34 and King Air...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
21st Nov 2023, 20:08
Replies: 57
Views: 27,523
Posted By island_airphoto

Salt water is pretty nasty, one plane that I used...

Salt water is pretty nasty, one plane that I used to fly suffered a stupid pilot trick, landed in shallow water with no damage, and the insurance company said it was totalled anyway.
In this case...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
2nd Oct 2023, 17:01
Replies: 365
Views: 53,941
Posted By island_airphoto

I gotta go with CASA. The USAF for a time had...

I gotta go with CASA. The USAF for a time had instructors that came off careers flying B-52s and such wrecking Slingsby Fireflies (T-67s) because they had no clue how to deal with just one engine...
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Jun 2023, 14:28
Replies: 117
Views: 45,984
Posted By island_airphoto

Is a loud buzzer that goes off at say 12,000 feet...

Is a loud buzzer that goes off at say 12,000 feet cabin pressure a thing? I don't fly pressurized aircraft myself.
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Jan 2023, 13:15
Replies: 84
Views: 27,863
Posted By island_airphoto

ROFLMAO!

ROFLMAO!
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Jul 2022, 11:39
Replies: 266
Views: 109,457
Posted By island_airphoto

Am I the only one thinking my iPad would have had...

Am I the only one thinking my iPad would have had a screen full of red if I tried this?
Also are radar altimeters no longer a thing?
Forum: Questions
2nd Sep 2021, 19:46
Replies: 6
Views: 1,457
Posted By island_airphoto

Paulm1949 Do you mean a practice ILS in VMC?...

Paulm1949

Do you mean a practice ILS in VMC? I cannot imagine getting such a clearance in IMC.
Forum: Questions
2nd Sep 2021, 19:44
Replies: 9
Views: 2,589
Posted By island_airphoto

Absent some instruction to do otherwise, I would...

Absent some instruction to do otherwise, I would not continue descending if given the order to go around. Go-arounds are usually something that happens close to landing. If I was miles out I would...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Jul 2021, 14:25
Replies: 337
Views: 263,719
Posted By island_airphoto

deltahotel It has been like that for 100...

deltahotel

It has been like that for 100 years more or less. I flew night freight in hard IFR over nasty terrain and water in piston singles and 208s. At the time NO WAY could you carry paying...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Jul 2021, 20:04
Replies: 337
Views: 263,719
Posted By island_airphoto

That is a good question. One part of the answer...

That is a good question. One part of the answer is freight never gets the attention people do. Since forever "freight dogs" have been a low priority for the FAA. This operation DID get busted, but...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
23rd Jul 2021, 13:11
Replies: 51
Views: 21,425
Posted By island_airphoto

It happened to me :uhoh: The alternator tripped...

It happened to me :uhoh:
The alternator tripped off and the hydraulic pump couldn't manage getting the gear up on battery. Also the alternator warning light was not working. We were wondering why...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Jul 2021, 17:23
Replies: 337
Views: 263,719
Posted By island_airphoto

Not sure I get this. Do you think they waited too...

Not sure I get this. Do you think they waited too long to ground them? Apparently they got busted for various issues even before trying to make a seaplane.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
17th Jul 2021, 03:11
Replies: 75
Views: 23,323
Posted By island_airphoto

But you are NOT mandating USING it, just carrying...

But you are NOT mandating USING it, just carrying it around. We actually tried really hard to get O2 for the delivery and it proved impossible, no one seemed to have it and the one place that finally...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
16th Jul 2021, 19:00
Replies: 75
Views: 23,323
Posted By island_airphoto

From the USA this look nuts - why mandate O2 to...

From the USA this look nuts - why mandate O2 to be there to look at but not use?
OTOH - I just flew a 3,000 mile delivery with a lot of time at 9500 and 11500. I would have used O2 if I had it, my...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
7th Jul 2021, 23:48
Replies: 31
Views: 8,160
Posted By island_airphoto

In the USA at least legal 135 ops in twins...

In the USA at least legal 135 ops in twins require loading so that you have single engine climb. Part 91, not so much. Leaving KDEN on a hot day in a Duchess we figured the single-engine service...
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