A localized elt signal has been picked up. Chopper full of fuel standing by in yxl for medevacs.

I used to bring in the otter ( on floats) to the dock on 1 mag to parallel park against the current in YTH. Could letterally go sideways to the dock. If I recall correctly the rpm was tickling 200. A cooler sound I have never heard.

Leaving water rudders down for take-off is no big deal in my experience. They just ride up and skip along the water anyway once you speed up. I use to do it intentionally just to see if there was any advantage. But it was always a case of beer if someone caught you.

Do http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_358 get a vote?

That was unintentional. Not what he is talking about here.

Flew lots of twin cessnas is the winter in Canada and cant remember ever having any nasty surprizes with ice. Same goes for Navajoes.

If take-off field length requirements and net take off flight path requirements are met Im happy.Not gonna back track. In anything without certified take-off and climb performance, Im backtracking all the way...usually.

Tonysoprano wrote Don't. Why bother? It's been my experience that you can analyze these things at nauseum. In the end the laws of nature also apply to life in general which includes airline economics. Just a matter of time till nature takes its toll.Those that fail, will fail for a reason. Those tha...

Radio licence.

I almost forgot all about radio licences.Dont even carry it anymore. Noone has ever asked to see it. I let my fo do all the talking anyway.

Oh give the guy a break. Maybe he had to pee!

Looks well planned to me. Lands right on the beach grabs his lawn chair and coronas, no friggin 2 hour bus rides. Bobs your uncle.

Pilots as a group are too lazy to move if they have a good thing.

You got that right Doc!

Stop Faulting the Flight Crew for the Crash of Colgan 3407! By Arthur Alan Wolk The flight crew was blameless for this crash and everyone investigating the crash knows it. It’s just easier to blame the dead crew than to blame the manufacturer who failed to equip this airliner with modern anti-ice eq...

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Son Ive been on over a hundred missions and got shot down on every one of em. Come to think of it I've never landed an airplane!

Lloyd Bridges.
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Just said maybe it was a case of "undo what I just did"

BTD

Agreed.

full flaps only really increase drag. When you go past the magic angle, they're a disadvantage when you need to speed up and climb. Yes if you want to climb they are a drag. But they also lower the stall speed and we are talking about getting back above the stall speed asap not climbing. I say leave...

Interesting. If your that close to the ground and contact is a concern why not leave the gear down until pos rate. At least then you wouldnt prang the props. Thats the procedure Im familliar with. Landing stall.

if you sit and wait for a positive rate with flap full and gear down before pulling the flap up, you may never get it.

BTD
Thats one under powered a/c!

It would make sense to at least wait for a positive rate of climb before raising flaps. I cant imagine the 400 is much different in that respect.

Putting the stick shaker in the wrong position will get you every time!

I was thinking a name change and a fresh start might be appropriate here.

Not sure which sops you read but full power is generally reserved for very dire situations and will cook the engine in about 20 seconds or so.An engine failure in a jet aint no big thing. Also extremely unlikely for 2 engines to quit.

We were pleased with Sunwing as well this last trip to Cuba.Great service and food. They have redeemed themselves after last years fau paux. They honored their $600.00 vouchers as well. Made for a very inexpensive vacation. Wont go back to Cuba again tho.

Anybody have a 7,30,60,90 day flight time accumulator for download?