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by burhead1
Sat Sep 28, 2019 7:26 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: C172 flips over on landing
Replies: 24
Views: 3933

Re: C172 flips over on landing

Call sign like that, it was just a matter of time.
by burhead1
Sun Apr 22, 2018 8:26 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Airplane makes emergency landing on B.C.'s Coquihalla Highway
Replies: 11
Views: 3287

Airplane makes emergency landing on B.C.'s Coquihalla Highway

MERRITT, B.C. – Motorists driving on B.C.’s Coquihalla Highway were treated to a bizarre sight this afternoon when a small airplane landed on the highway median. Debra Sharkey was driving from Vancouver to Kamloops when she witnessed the Mustang II flying low above the highway approximately 10 km so...
by burhead1
Sun Apr 09, 2017 10:03 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Oil leaked out-Engine Failed
Replies: 11
Views: 3796

Re: Oil leaked out-Engine Failed

The pilot did a great job . Getting it safely on the ground , without injury etc is a well done. Take little or no offense here, its all about sharing, "what ya have and what ya think". I may "up my game " to always doing a circuit after an oil change, vs "most of the time". If it was the retractio...
by burhead1
Fri Mar 24, 2017 6:30 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: VIDEO Robinson R44 crashes on takeoff in Parque Lantaño, Chile
Replies: 4
Views: 2095

VIDEO Robinson R44 crashes on takeoff in Parque Lantaño, Chile

VIDEO Robinson R44 crashes on takeoff in Parque Lantaño, Chile Google Translation: In Parque Lantano, Chile, the Robinson R44 type CC-PNJ propelled helicopter fell during the take-off due to the striking of its propeller on the right side of the flag pole. The helicopter came to an unusable state wh...
by burhead1
Sat Dec 31, 2016 1:12 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Spot the drunk pilot contest
Replies: 29
Views: 7745

Re: Spot the drunk pilot contest

I win it's this guy. http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/severely-impaired-pilot-charged-after-falling-unconscious-in-cockpit-police-1.3223307 Calgary Police say a Sunwing Airlines pilot has been charged after he was found unconscious and “severely impaired by alcohol” in the cockpit of a Cancun-bound plan...
by burhead1
Mon Dec 26, 2016 7:59 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Soccer Team Charter Down in Columbia on flight from Bolivia to Medellin
Replies: 99
Views: 14613

Re: Soccer Team Charter Down in Columbia on flight from Bolivia to Medellin

BOGOTA—A series of human errors caused an airliner to run out of fuel and crash in Colombia last month, killing 71 people including most of a Brazilian soccer team, aviation authorities said on Monday. Colombia’s Civil Aeronautics agency concluded in its investigation that the plan for the flight op...
by burhead1
Sun Dec 25, 2016 7:23 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Russian military Tu-154 aircraft disappears from radar after take-off in Sochi
Replies: 7
Views: 2936

Re: Russian military Tu-154 aircraft disappears from radar after take-off in Sochi

Helicopters dispatched from Sochi to search for the aircraft have discovered the debris of the crashed plane, the ministry reported. “Hull fragments of the Tu-154 plane operated by the Defense Ministry have been found about 1.5 km off the Black Sea coast of Sochi at a depth of 50-70 meters,” the min...
by burhead1
Wed Aug 31, 2016 8:20 pm
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: Flying to the US with a Student Pilot Permit
Replies: 5
Views: 1503

Re: Flying to the US with a Student Pilot Permit

lhalliday wrote:Read the fine print: day VFR, Canadian airspace only.

...laura
who is enrolled in an integrated course may act as pilot-in-command
by burhead1
Sun May 08, 2016 6:57 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: 9 Killed in Hawker crash in Ohio.
Replies: 51
Views: 12700

Re: 9 Killed in Hawker crash in Ohio.

IMO we may be incensed about the cause before being sure enough; in this case about that steeper descent . If knowing it's planned or a habit is one thing, but right now might be assuming it's an intentional move from the start of the "10 mile". I have sat here for oh a few minutes, thought I was g...
by burhead1
Mon Mar 28, 2016 7:58 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: FlyDubai 737 (Rostov-on-Don, RU)
Replies: 86
Views: 19251

Re: FlyDubai 737 (Rostov-on-Don, RU)

Russian officials have announced they may suspend the Boeing 737’s airworthiness certificates


http://www.bidnessetc.com/66192-russia- ... s-flyduba/
by burhead1
Tue Feb 23, 2016 9:42 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: 9 Killed in Hawker crash in Ohio.
Replies: 51
Views: 12700

Re: 9 Killed in Hawker crash in Ohio.

Up to 20kts right nose-quartering /right-crab looks possible above the FAF altitude and the transition along gidelsope into 5kts-from left after 4 miles final ... .. both a [lateral/i] and a decrease shear appear part of this approach (multi wx history station check). Steady light winds at the airp...
by burhead1
Sat Feb 20, 2016 8:41 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Heli crash, Honolulu, HI - video
Replies: 22
Views: 4056

Re: Heli crash, Honolulu, HI - video

Cavitation! :D the short version. LOL
by burhead1
Mon Dec 07, 2015 8:35 pm
Forum: Aviation Videos & Photos
Topic: New theory of how planes fly.
Replies: 23
Views: 6835

Re: New theory of how planes fly.

How do they fly upside down? :smt040
by burhead1
Sat Sep 12, 2015 2:25 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: C Series at Downsview
Replies: 7
Views: 2005

Re: C Series at Downsview

Notwithstanding the fact I know diddly squat about commercial airliners, this plane sure looks impressive, especially the cockpit layout. Being a very modern design, wouldn't this aircraft attract the attention of Canadian carriers who presently utilize such types(AC, Jazz etc.). Been reading that ...
by burhead1
Fri May 22, 2015 6:13 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Jazz lands on lights in YQR?
Replies: 7
Views: 2480

Re: Jazz lands on lights in YQR?

Why are they called tyers and not tires?
by burhead1
Sun Jan 25, 2015 7:06 pm
Forum: Aviation Videos & Photos
Topic: Grandpa was a Wild Man
Replies: 4
Views: 2167

Re: Grandpa was a Wild Man

CF-BJR Waco AQC-6 Custom 5032 CF-BJR Pacific AW >Ginger Coote AW 16.05.38 2303 Crashed due downdraft on takeoff Salmon Arm BC 25.10.40
by burhead1
Mon Sep 15, 2014 9:46 am
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: how can I improve my landings?
Replies: 137
Views: 12802

Re: how can I improve my landings?

Seat position and runway width, will play a role in your perspective when you flare. This is very noticeable when landing at night. Important to look at the end of the runway, but is ok to take a 1/2 second to judge your height out the side.

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