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Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
3rd Oct 2022, 06:56
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,281
Posted By WHBM

Timings at the time are back in post #110 of this...

Timings at the time are back in post #110 of this thread, all on KLM Nantes-Amsterdam-Cardiff. Actually not a huge timing difference, depart Nantes 1715.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
29th Nov 2021, 16:08
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,281
Posted By WHBM

So who might have been jointly liable here ? ...

So who might have been jointly liable here ?

Henderson ? Ibbotson ? McKay ? McKay Junior ? Southern Aircraft Consultancy ? Cardiff football club ? The CAA for looking the other way ? Sala ?
...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
28th Nov 2021, 10:37
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,281
Posted By WHBM

This is a person who made a considerable business...

This is a person who made a considerable business out of flying long range ferry flights in single engine light aircraft, such as across the North Atlantic in Cessnas and Pipers, and in fact made a...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
18th Nov 2021, 06:43
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,281
Posted By WHBM

No it's not; the US authorities would never...

No it's not; the US authorities would never tolerate me (or more so a US citizen) bouncing around the USA long term in my G-reg aircraft.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
15th Nov 2021, 08:41
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,281
Posted By WHBM

Not necessarily monetary. As I have written...

Not necessarily monetary. As I have written before, at our parachute club, quite some years ago, the pilots were not only unpaid, there was a queue of applicants, because they wanted not the money,...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
13th Nov 2021, 12:20
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,281
Posted By WHBM

Yes, but the "many of us" are not relying in a...

Yes, but the "many of us" are not relying in a court on this as some sort of accolade. The implication, because it's not stated otherwise, and to those not digging any further, is that he was a...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
3rd Nov 2021, 12:25
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,281
Posted By WHBM

Always bearing in mind, of course, that as with...

Always bearing in mind, of course, that as with much of aviation, if you don't do the flight, you don't get paid ...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
3rd Nov 2021, 11:20
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,281
Posted By WHBM

I think we understand your point, but don't...

I think we understand your point, but don't believe it is quite correct. The decision whether to cancel a flight or not is quite different where you are just giving your mates a joy ride, and can say...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
1st Nov 2021, 21:34
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,281
Posted By WHBM

This is called "going for the low hanging fruit"....

This is called "going for the low hanging fruit". A common sign of a poor administration.

Can someone link to an AAIB report for this.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
1st Nov 2021, 19:11
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,281
Posted By WHBM

At the time : KLM depart Nantes 1715 arrive...

At the time :

KLM depart Nantes 1715 arrive Amsterdam 1900
KLM depart Amsterdam 2120 arrive Cardiff 2140

Sala arrived at the airport at 1830, they departed at 1900, ETA at Cardiff about 2100....
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
31st Oct 2021, 11:54
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,281
Posted By WHBM

One wonders where the money actually originated. ...

One wonders where the money actually originated.

Pilot and aircraft owner etc paid a fee, but Henderson was apparently making a living out of it as well. McKay paid Henderson, but doesn't sound...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
30th Oct 2021, 20:56
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,281
Posted By WHBM

Other key questions. Who was this Fay Keely,...

Other key questions.

Who was this Fay Keely, apparently the owner of the aircraft ? Why did they buy it ? Were they current on it ? Was it just for their private use, and if so what records are...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
26th Oct 2021, 20:30
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,281
Posted By WHBM

Although nothing to do with the Sala case, it...

Although nothing to do with the Sala case, it really doesn't send a good message that the secretary responsible for the CAA registers his own PA-32R in the USA. Perhaps the chairman of the CAA would...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
23rd Oct 2021, 19:41
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,281
Posted By WHBM

It remains to be seen I presume what the insurers...

It remains to be seen I presume what the insurers make of this case. I can't believe they were operating within the terms of their insurance policy. The same goes for any "asset insurance" the...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
21st Oct 2021, 12:32
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,281
Posted By WHBM

Not understandable, actually. It may be easy for...

Not understandable, actually. It may be easy for an organisation (particularly, it always seems, a public one) to go for the "Low hanging fruit" in enforcement, to find documents signed in the wrong...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
17th Oct 2020, 10:56
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,281
Posted By WHBM

I do feel the (unprovable) carbon monoxide issue...

I do feel the (unprovable) carbon monoxide issue is being seized on by those, from the organiser to the regulator, to cover their own issues. Quite apart from everything else already described, it's...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
14th Mar 2020, 17:04
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,281
Posted By WHBM

I, too, was disappointed by the bland statements...

I, too, was disappointed by the bland statements in the report. It would be difficult to get much out of it if you hadn't followed this thread here. I wonder what part of "Investigation" in their...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
14th Aug 2019, 21:45
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,281
Posted By WHBM

Don't you have a detector on your own aircraft ?

Don't you have a detector on your own aircraft ?
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
14th Aug 2019, 19:38
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,281
Posted By WHBM

Do you think that a pilot with this amount of...

Do you think that a pilot with this amount of experience on type would be able to recognise the CO contamination and then perform all these as memory items ?
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
26th Jun 2019, 07:06
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,281
Posted By WHBM

What a litany of transgressions. Even when...

What a litany of transgressions. Even when attending the man's funeral.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/06/24/police-issue-harassment-warning-willie-mckay-threat-burn-cardiff/
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
21st Jun 2019, 21:24
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,281
Posted By WHBM

It's difficult to avoid the view that it's taken...

It's difficult to avoid the view that it's taken the legal authorities half a year to come to exactly the same point that this thread did within a couple of days ....
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
13th Jun 2019, 16:24
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,281
Posted By WHBM

It was notable that in the D-Day parachute...

It was notable that in the D-Day parachute re-enaction, which included two aircraft carrying the British Army Red Devils parachute display team, both of their two civilian aircraft (a Beech 99 and a...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
26th Mar 2019, 10:32
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,281
Posted By WHBM

Well, if he player was still on their books, he...

Well, if he player was still on their books, he will still be covered by their life insurance which they must have for key personnel ... unless it's like our corporate insurance, which specifically...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
10th Feb 2019, 11:51
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,281
Posted By WHBM

... and, of course, the only sources of decent...

... and, of course, the only sources of decent paid income to fly, the airlines, saying they will not even consider you unless you have n hundred or n thousand of those expensive hours in your...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
5th Feb 2019, 15:36
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,281
Posted By WHBM

This is not allowed in Europe as has been written...

This is not allowed in Europe as has been written on every 5th post in this thread.[/QUOTE]
Well it seems everyone knows about it, but the CAA have looked the other way. probably too tedious to...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
1st Feb 2019, 13:10
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,281
Posted By WHBM

I anticipate that the FAA will be really hacked...

I anticipate that the FAA will be really hacked off at getting dragged into an investigation where the relevant overseas authority has let things get to this stage. Can you imagine the FAA tolerating...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
1st Feb 2019, 06:56
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,281
Posted By WHBM

I trust the Investigator will look at who is any...

I trust the Investigator will look at who is any life insurance beneficiary.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
25th Jan 2019, 21:34
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,281
Posted By WHBM

Polish President, anybody ?

Polish President, anybody ?
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
25th Jan 2019, 09:09
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,281
Posted By WHBM

Well I have extensive (sort of) experience of...

Well I have extensive (sort of) experience of jumping out of such aircraft.

We never paid the pilots anything. Maybe a lunch in the pub afterwards. There was a queue of them wanting to do the...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
24th Jan 2019, 23:23
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,281
Posted By WHBM

I believe it was suspected he had devised an...

I believe it was suspected he had devised an "instrument" descent of his own, based on a back-course along a Lambourne VOR radial and DME. I think someone had seen him do it before.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
23rd Jan 2019, 09:21
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,281
Posted By WHBM

It's a shame he didn't just book airline. ...

It's a shame he didn't just book airline.

Most effectively AF/KLM through Amsterdam, as there is no reasonable connection at Paris. 1715 from Nantes arrive Ametsrdam 1900. 2120 from Amsterdam...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
23rd Jan 2019, 08:21
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,281
Posted By WHBM

This seems the story ...

This seems the story

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/magazine-34492176/my-life-as-a-ferry-pilot
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
22nd Jan 2019, 21:40
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,281
Posted By WHBM

Single engine, winter, snow forecast, night,...

Single engine, winter, snow forecast, night, possibly chartered from the low bidder. Prominent entertainer having the arrangements made for them.

Did we learn nothing from Buddy Holly ?
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