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by SheriffPatGarrett
Mon Apr 15, 2019 4:52 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Colombian authorities have disclosed that none of the 14 occupants of a Douglas DC-3 have survived
Replies: 36
Views: 4623

Re: Colombian authorities have disclosed that none of the 14 occupants of a Douglas DC-3 have survived

. . . today's technology can be terribly flawed Well, you can get flaws everywhere... Even on DC-3...look at the meat grinder door... https://i.stack.imgur.com/0fVL8.jpg https://i.stack.imgur.com/wempY.jpg Actually, as the caption indicates, it allowed access to the flight deck when the cabin was pa...
by SheriffPatGarrett
Mon Apr 15, 2019 9:53 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Colombian authorities have disclosed that none of the 14 occupants of a Douglas DC-3 have survived
Replies: 36
Views: 4623

Re: Colombian authorities have disclosed that none of the 14 occupants of a Douglas DC-3 have survived

http://www.pilotspost.com/articles/160501-Beechcraft%20Model%2018-%20Record%20Breaker%20and%20Air%20Racer/11.jpg I'm sure the plane flies really nice, but that doesn't make it economically viable. Well, any piston 3 or 46 would carry 6,000 or 12,000 pounds easy...your dear twotter, barely above a t...
by SheriffPatGarrett
Sun Apr 14, 2019 4:41 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Colombian authorities have disclosed that none of the 14 occupants of a Douglas DC-3 have survived
Replies: 36
Views: 4623

Re: Colombian authorities have disclosed that none of the 14 occupants of a Douglas DC-3 have survived

Basler? When I flew in South France, taxiing by some French Navy base(I forgot which)hear was 50 DC-3 parked there...so I stopped the plane by and went to look...(that was 1980 or so)They told me those have been drove from the Douglas factory in the US in 1945 ..ALL BEAUTIFUL BRAND NEW!the whole lot...
by SheriffPatGarrett
Sat Apr 13, 2019 10:05 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Anyone want a cute jet for cheap?
Replies: 3
Views: 2103

Re: Anyone want a cute jet for cheap?

Honda? Well, much worse is BMW...(As everybody is dreaming on BMW)the engines on the Tante Ju (JU 52), as ugly as Junker may be in Canada, before WW II, they tossed these three original BMW engines IN THE LAKE to be replaced with a single engine that worked, a Rolls Royce Buzzard... http://silverhaw...
by SheriffPatGarrett
Fri Apr 12, 2019 9:05 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Anyone want a cute jet for cheap?
Replies: 3
Views: 2103

Re: Anyone want a cute jet for cheap?

Avenatti represented Ho Stormy Daniels and one of Justice Kavanaugh’s accusers, fake leftist Julie Swetnick. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/30/c3/ff/30c3ff5b663d289684a2e4c8c136703d.jpg Creepy porn lawyer Michael Avenatti arrested for domestic violence. https://scontent.fymy1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-...
by SheriffPatGarrett
Fri Apr 12, 2019 1:05 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Anyone want a cute jet for cheap?
Replies: 3
Views: 2103

Anyone want a cute jet for cheap?

Feds seize Michael Avenatti's $4.5million private jet Avenatti victim destitute after theft https://apnews.com/11c356e206ed45d6b932fd2888254a20 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6909461/Feds-seize-Michael-Avenattis-4-5million-private-jet-amid-tax-scandal.html https://www.ainonline.com/sites/...
by SheriffPatGarrett
Fri Apr 12, 2019 8:05 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Twin otter on the ice
Replies: 60
Views: 10364

Re: Twin otter on the ice

http://www.avcanada.ca/forums2/images/avatars/gallery/signs/combustable.gif that white, gold and grey with red wings Norseman is MkVI CF-EPZ sitting on the ice in front of Calm Air's water base on Eldon Lake, Lynn Lake Man. January 1971. How do I know? That is me in the red skidoo suit pre-flightin...
by SheriffPatGarrett
Thu Apr 11, 2019 10:11 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Colombian authorities have disclosed that none of the 14 occupants of a Douglas DC-3 have survived
Replies: 36
Views: 4623

Re: Colombian authorities have disclosed that none of the 14 occupants of a Douglas DC-3 have survived

I seen the "dare devil" diesel three have a radar for them...maybe they may survive... I flew car parts in the USA with out radar in the DC-3 and I can tell you you will shit in storm with both engines to quit at time, the windshield pour water inside like in a shower and flying in lightning sparks ...
by SheriffPatGarrett
Thu Apr 11, 2019 9:26 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Twin otter on the ice
Replies: 60
Views: 10364

Re: Twin otter on the ice

( The military can accept some risks that a civilian operators wouldn’t be allowed ) Of course, as an Otter or Norseman has only one pilot when the An-2 also had a co-pilot, a flight engineer, a navigator and a loader, plus at least 5 crews waiting at very stops...Dont forget(SERIOUS!)the moskals ca...
by SheriffPatGarrett
Thu Apr 11, 2019 5:58 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Colombian authorities have disclosed that none of the 14 occupants of a Douglas DC-3 have survived
Replies: 36
Views: 4623

Re: Colombian authorities have disclosed that none of the 14 occupants of a Douglas DC-3 have survived

https://thecitypaperbogota.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/dc3.jpg (I used to fly to Colombia every weeks, so I was following the old diesel three...but those in the north in old days) The Douglas DC-3 twin-prop aircraft is the “workhorse of the Colombian Amazon” connecting remote communities with d...
by SheriffPatGarrett
Thu Apr 11, 2019 5:41 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Colombian authorities have disclosed that none of the 14 occupants of a Douglas DC-3 have survived
Replies: 36
Views: 4623

Colombian authorities have disclosed that none of the 14 occupants of a Douglas DC-3 have survived

Colombian authorities have disclosed that none of the 14 occupants of a Douglas DC-3 have survived after the aircraft crashed during a domestic service to Villavicencio. The aircraft, which departed San Jose del Guaviare on 9 March, declared an emergency at around 10:40, states the Colombian aviatio...
by SheriffPatGarrett
Wed Apr 10, 2019 11:30 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Twin otter on the ice
Replies: 60
Views: 10364

Re: Twin otter on the ice

Man...De Hav...seem like going forward mean getting worse... ABOUT GOING BACKWARD AND GETTING BETTER? You'd hit a four feet snow bank, get your ass kicked but it did not bothered the Norseman at all! Twotter, single Otter, Beaver, Cessna Caravan...always crash! NOT NORSEMAN...would just drive away!...
by SheriffPatGarrett
Tue Apr 09, 2019 9:40 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Ethiopian Airlines: 'No survivors' on crashed Boeing 737 max
Replies: 494
Views: 66751

Re: Ethiopian Airlines: 'No survivors' on crashed Boeing 737 max

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Boeing, as much today as it was when I flew it in the seventies in gravel pits...IT WAS GARBAGE!

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by SheriffPatGarrett
Fri Apr 05, 2019 8:01 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Russia's 4th Richest Woman Killed In Freak Private Jet Crash
Replies: 26
Views: 6667

Re: Russia's 4th Richest Woman Killed In Freak Private Jet Crash

One must say that the Epic look far better than the TBM(Two Blind Mices) https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DCx1aZ1UIAAFi60.jpg The TBM already built 900 of them, but it look like it's have been built by a lumber jack with an axe! https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/French_Air_Force%2C_F-RA...
by SheriffPatGarrett
Fri Apr 05, 2019 1:08 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Russia's 4th Richest Woman Killed In Freak Private Jet Crash
Replies: 26
Views: 6667

Re: Russia's 4th Richest Woman Killed In Freak Private Jet Crash

ScreenHunter_1430 Apr. 05 16.17.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Epic_Victory.jpg More Epic "Interesting" stuff, as would a Chinaman say... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Aircraft Other sworn statements by Clark and General Manager David Hice alleged that the company was ...
by SheriffPatGarrett
Wed Apr 03, 2019 1:49 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Russia's 4th Richest Woman Killed In Freak Private Jet Crash
Replies: 26
Views: 6667

Re: Russia's 4th Richest Woman Killed In Freak Private Jet Crash

Well, Teterboro or Natania, the same problem seem that rich bitches seem to forget about AIRSPEED! The PT-6 have that problem too...folks find it so quiet, they got TOO QUIET (slide in with coarse pitch, not fine with power, get in trouble!) I remember, in fine, you buzz the camp so they pick me up ...
by SheriffPatGarrett
Wed Apr 03, 2019 1:01 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: The moments before a Learjet crashed outside Teterboro Airport last May.
Replies: 19
Views: 3395

Re: The moments before a Learjet crashed outside Teterboro Airport last May.

99 per cent of airplane crashes, nobody really have an idea what actually happened...however there you got the two spectacular pictures ever! And all he had is two or three seconds of power to get that light aircraft to shoot up like a rocket...and HE just froze... 15:29:38.1 HOT-2 (CO-PILOT) add ai...
by SheriffPatGarrett
Tue Apr 02, 2019 6:28 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Russia's 4th Richest Woman Killed In Freak Private Jet Crash
Replies: 26
Views: 6667

Re: Russia's 4th Richest Woman Killed In Freak Private Jet Crash

Oh!...as for N669WR...worse, his propeller was...powered but FEATHERED!...WHY?(Fine, it would have scratched the other way) https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dy-ZIHRzGQ0/XExpRB663lI/AAAAAAACYZ8/ozT-nt2W7O8P-1EQtd-OaOcWjiPLJpCbQCLcBGAs/s1600/N669WR%2B1.jpg https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oKzsUqFTWkk/XExpVV8KiUI/...
by SheriffPatGarrett
Tue Apr 02, 2019 6:13 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Russia's 4th Richest Woman Killed In Freak Private Jet Crash
Replies: 26
Views: 6667

Re: Russia's 4th Richest Woman Killed In Freak Private Jet Crash

You feel sorry for the victims of these cars' crash(on they way to the plane crash)...as for them in the plane... https://www.washingtonpost.com/resizer/6ZVL2b7daGQjxJjoUmbsRynQdG4=/1484x0/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/RWSB2LCT4EI6TKUDKBHQQ27V2Y.jpg THE PROP NOT MEND ...

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