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Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
31st Dec 2023, 18:19
Replies: 10
Views: 3,514
Posted By Sea Plane Driver

The one I flew never made it to the containers,...

The one I flew never made it to the containers, it crashed and killed 19 pax and 1 pilot, loss of elevator control.
The tail number was N-784DL
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
30th Dec 2023, 01:08
Replies: 10
Views: 3,514
Posted By Sea Plane Driver

I only flew Twin Otters in the tropics, big...

I only flew Twin Otters in the tropics, big difference. That being said, one of the -300s I flew crashed and killed everyone onboard
a few years later, control failure, or perhaps structural. (It...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
29th Dec 2023, 22:32
Replies: 10
Views: 3,514
Posted By Sea Plane Driver

Curious how the Twin Otter crashed: The plane is...

Curious how the Twin Otter crashed: The plane is slow and stable and in the winter an engine out shouldn’t be a big deal.
Icing perhaps..
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Nov 2023, 11:44
Replies: 44
Views: 7,594
Posted By Sea Plane Driver

Yes, they are good, if new, but 30 year old seats...

Yes, they are good, if new, but 30 year old seats can be a bit worn down and out. (Try writing up a bad seat: Can not duplicate, OK for service)
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Nov 2023, 22:01
Replies: 14
Views: 1,749
Posted By Sea Plane Driver

Yup, they had the Herons from 1952 to 1960. One...

Yup, they had the Herons from 1952 to 1960.
One of them crashed into a mountain after encountering heavy icing, several survivors..
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Nov 2023, 12:59
Replies: 14
Views: 1,749
Posted By Sea Plane Driver

More pictures from the old airport in Trondheim ...

More pictures from the old airport in Trondheim

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1800x1034/img_7021_836919e43d5d41b180007f5f6bbbfd41d4d07768.jpeg...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Nov 2023, 20:27
Replies: 14
Views: 1,749
Posted By Sea Plane Driver

Will answer my own question here, using Google to...

Will answer my own question here, using Google to ask the question:
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Nov 2023, 20:21
Replies: 8
Views: 1,723
Posted By Sea Plane Driver

Wow, it is flying…:ooh: Full aileron...

Wow, it is flying…:ooh:
Full aileron deflection..
Did they make it?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Nov 2023, 20:19
Replies: 14
Views: 1,749
Posted By Sea Plane Driver

Picture from a corner of the German built airport...

Picture from a corner of the German built airport in Trondheim from the early 1960s.
(Probably a Lockheed twin sitting on the grass ramp, Electra Junior?)...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Nov 2023, 16:57
Replies: 14
Views: 1,749
Posted By Sea Plane Driver

Thanks for the information gentlemen: I was born...

Thanks for the information gentlemen: I was born and raised in Trondheim, but long after the Germans left.
I knew they were busy in the fjords with seaplanes and they also built an airport pretty...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Oct 2023, 18:36
Replies: 14
Views: 1,749
Posted By Sea Plane Driver

Wow, ok. Probably the same boat then. Wonder...

Wow, ok.
Probably the same boat then.
Wonder why it sank, did the copilot suceed…? 😳
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Oct 2023, 18:17
Replies: 14
Views: 1,749
Posted By Sea Plane Driver

WW2 German flying boat with a US Flag?

This picture is from Trondheim, Norway in 1945.
Recently a wreck of a similar BV 222 flying boat was found on the bottom of the fjord close to Trondheim.
Same plane? Why the US flag? ...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
21st Oct 2023, 19:44
Replies: 29
Views: 2,085
Posted By Sea Plane Driver

2 minutes:(5) Credits for Foreign Applicants ...

2 minutes:(5) Credits for Foreign Applicants

(a) Qualifying Flight Requirement
(amended 2000/09/01)The holder of a licence issued by a Contracting State shall be considered to have met the...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
21st Oct 2023, 18:11
Replies: 29
Views: 2,085
Posted By Sea Plane Driver

If the above magic doesn’t work, check out Higher...

If the above magic doesn’t work, check out Higher Power Aviation in Forth Worth, Texas, good school, good people.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
23rd Aug 2023, 17:19
Replies: 14
Views: 14,277
Posted By Sea Plane Driver

Wow, what a coincidence…:ooh:

Wow, what a coincidence…:ooh:
Forum: PPRuNe Problems or Queries
17th Aug 2023, 12:49
Replies: 7
Views: 1,011
Posted By Sea Plane Driver

No ads on the iPad when using a browser called...

No ads on the iPad when using a browser called DuckDuckGo, reading PPRuNe on Safari however and I get ads galore..:ooh:
Forum: Private Flying
9th Aug 2023, 13:28
Replies: 31
Views: 4,199
Posted By Sea Plane Driver

Anybody flown both the C-46 and the Beech 18? ...

Anybody flown both the C-46 and the Beech 18?
If so, which one needed the most attention and quick footwork?
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
26th Jul 2023, 01:29
Replies: 20
Views: 5,579
Posted By Sea Plane Driver

I assume you are new to this sport? On a bright...

I assume you are new to this sport?
On a bright and sunny day there should be no reason to use, or to follow PAPI's unless you had an emergency needing all the
help you can get. (Engine failure,...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
23rd Jul 2023, 01:39
Replies: 27
Views: 3,656
Posted By Sea Plane Driver

That would be any aircraft in the wrong hands.

That would be any aircraft in the wrong hands.
Forum: PPRuNe Problems or Queries
24th Jun 2023, 21:47
Replies: 12
Views: 1,230
Posted By Sea Plane Driver

Welcome to the club. Some of us 25 year...

Welcome to the club.
Some of us 25 year veterans have the same problems after we got banned by some sensitive little moderator we had to start over again with a new identity. :ooh:
Forum: Terms and Endearment
22nd Jun 2023, 12:55
Replies: 28
Views: 10,326
Posted By Sea Plane Driver

Contractor: Thanks for writing the story and...

Contractor:
Thanks for writing the story and hat off to you for doing the Yemen contract, although I doubt you renewed it?
Your story makes my 18 months in Kuwait seem like a paid luxury vacation....
Forum: Tech Log
18th Jun 2023, 21:02
Replies: 5
Views: 1,620
Posted By Sea Plane Driver

In a perfect world, absolutely: Call in fatigued....

In a perfect world, absolutely: Call in fatigued.
In the real world (The real non-sced cargo world) there is no fatigue, we are all night heroes.:ooh:​​​​​​​
Forum: Tech Log
18th Jun 2023, 19:13
Replies: 5
Views: 1,620
Posted By Sea Plane Driver

Not sure which country your are from, or which...

Not sure which country your are from, or which airline..?
I was a Line Check guy in the US for a 121 long haul outfit a few years ago. (Seems like it anyways, 2004-2007)
Occasionally in the cockpit...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Jun 2023, 20:45
Replies: 98
Views: 84,834
Posted By Sea Plane Driver

A bad idea to rearrange the roster so as to fly...

A bad idea to rearrange the roster so as to fly with attractive female pilots.
A chief will sometimes arrange to fly with a questionable pilot, to see for himself, or herself, if the negative...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Jun 2023, 12:40
Replies: 98
Views: 84,834
Posted By Sea Plane Driver

Looks like this guy was just a dinosaur and an...

Looks like this guy was just a dinosaur and an idiot, rather than a pig like Harvey Weinstein, or maybe he was all 3?
Either way, good riddance..
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
2nd Jun 2023, 04:35
Replies: 81
Views: 17,692
Posted By Sea Plane Driver

Agree 100% Mr. Pilot DAR: I have also flown...

Agree 100% Mr. Pilot DAR:

I have also flown the Twin Otter on floats in salt water, even in a protected cove with good planning one can hit hard and shake the fillings out the teeth.
(No soft...
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd May 2023, 01:40
Replies: 35
Views: 6,637
Posted By Sea Plane Driver

I flew DC-3s, both seats. Not sure what the crews...

I flew DC-3s, both seats. Not sure what the crews did that saved the day in a -3?
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Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
22nd Apr 2023, 12:39
Replies: 14
Views: 3,222
Posted By Sea Plane Driver

What about the 777 going sideways...? :ooh:

What about the 777 going sideways...? :ooh:
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
7th Apr 2023, 00:55
Replies: 25
Views: 7,564
Posted By Sea Plane Driver

Nice job, not much margin...None.:ooh:

Nice job, not much margin...None.:ooh:
Forum: Tech Log
1st Apr 2023, 03:27
Replies: 26
Views: 3,635
Posted By Sea Plane Driver

Not sure about 764 displays, but a company I...

Not sure about 764 displays, but a company I worked for retrofitted most if not all 757/767 with so-called
Flat Panels: 2 big screens on each side of the cockpit with the latest and greatest of...
Forum: Tech Log
30th Mar 2023, 22:59
Replies: 26
Views: 3,635
Posted By Sea Plane Driver

In a nutshell, the B-767 is a Cadillac compared...

In a nutshell, the B-767 is a Cadillac compared to a classic 737 being a Lada..:ooh:
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
20th Mar 2023, 13:27
Replies: 672
Views: 612,864
Posted By Sea Plane Driver

Heard years ago that a pilot should have a fast...

Heard years ago that a pilot should have a fast mind and slow hands, whereas a flight engineer should have a slow mind and fast
hands..:cool:​​​​​​​
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Mar 2023, 00:06
Replies: 280
Views: 109,181
Posted By Sea Plane Driver

Don't remember this one. What year? Inbound...

Don't remember this one.
What year?
Inbound from Cuba, or....?
Forum: Private Flying
12th Mar 2023, 15:27
Replies: 7
Views: 1,485
Posted By Sea Plane Driver

Why a V-12? Is it a marine engine converted to...

Why a V-12?
Is it a marine engine converted to work with an air cooled radiator, OR a new design made to fly?
12 cylinders seems complex and heavy when 8 would work..:ooh:
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