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by stone69
Fri Apr 02, 2021 9:20 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Snowbird crash in CYKA
Replies: 435
Views: 53905

Re: Snowbird crash in CYKA

I've been following this and have not to this point commented.... there are so many issues that are subject to conjecture in this accident and as it's a slow day around here, I'll make a few comments.... for what it's worth, I was on the third course to train on the Tutor in Gimli in 1965..... I kno...
by stone69
Fri Apr 02, 2021 9:20 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Snowbird crash in CYKA
Replies: 435
Views: 53905

Re: Snowbird crash in CYKA

I've been following this and have not to this point commented.... there are so many issues that are subject to conjecture in this accident and as it's a slow day around here, I'll make a few comments.... for what it's worth, I was on the third course to train on the Tutor in Gimli in 1965..... I kno...
by stone69
Wed Jun 03, 2020 6:59 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Snowbird crash in CYKA
Replies: 435
Views: 53905

Re: Snowbird crash in CYKA

I feel I must reply to Frosti.... Schooner69A wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2020 7:33 pm The seat system in the Tutor is quite adequate for the job; then Frosti replied .... So you are fine with an ejection seat system that wastes precious seconds for a seat-man separation to open a parachute that needs airsp...
by stone69
Wed Jun 03, 2020 4:54 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Snowbird crash in CYKA
Replies: 435
Views: 53905

Re: Snowbird crash in CYKA

It's been a long time since I've flown the Tutor, but I was on the fourth class to train on it in Gimli ( 1965 ) and I'm pretty sure the original seat is not the one under discussion. The current seat with the 60kt capability was retro-fitted just a bit later... 1968-1969 if I recall and it was cons...
by stone69
Wed Dec 25, 2019 6:59 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Atlas Air 767
Replies: 90
Views: 19231

Re: Atlas Air 767

In response to co-joe...."Iv'e stalled one or two aircraft, never heard of one where 40 degrees nose down was required. What's the normal stall recovery pitch in the 767? " It's been a while, but the procedure in the 767 was to apply max thrust and lower the nose... smoothly to about five degrees ab...
by stone69
Mon Jun 17, 2019 3:04 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Boeing's "Battle over blame": reduce power or not?
Replies: 27
Views: 3624

Re: Boeing's "Battle over blame": reduce power or not?

Seems to me that basic airmanship would tell you to reduce power and control the airspeed.... does that have to be spelled out in a manual or checklist ?
by stone69
Mon Sep 24, 2018 2:15 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Former PM was a pilot. Who is he?
Replies: 12
Views: 2988

Re: Former PM was a pilot. Who is he?

Lester Pearson
by stone69
Wed Nov 15, 2017 1:41 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Brazil's balloon culture
Replies: 1
Views: 1022

Re: Brazil's balloon culture

I had a near miss with one shortly after takeoff one night departing Sao Paulo .... we were bound for YYZ and heavy.....it was a moonless night and pitch black . We had just cleaned up and were accelerating when we realized the single light we'd both seen pretty well on the nose was a balloon and I ...
by stone69
Mon Apr 17, 2017 7:07 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: United, again.
Replies: 156
Views: 16318

Re: United, again.

Looks like they've had another " incident " in HOU over the weekend....
by stone69
Thu Apr 13, 2017 11:30 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Turbulence over the Rockies can be at very high altitudes
Replies: 9
Views: 2643

Re: Turbulence over the Rockies can be at very high altitudes

I wouldn't be surprised to see a sharp bend in the jetstream that day in that area .FWIW
by stone69
Mon Mar 27, 2017 8:56 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Parking Brake on the Runway
Replies: 63
Views: 7061

Re: Parking Brake on the Runway

DC-8 ...YYZ -YUL
by stone69
Mon Mar 27, 2017 6:40 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Parking Brake on the Runway
Replies: 63
Views: 7061

Re: Parking Brake on the Runway

This thread is why I don't bother posting most of the time. It happened on runway 32 ( YYZ ) and who said it was a " modern airliner " with all the protections that are now provided....
by stone69
Sun Mar 26, 2017 6:42 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Parking Brake on the Runway
Replies: 63
Views: 7061

Re: Parking Brake on the Runway

It seems to me that the OP was questioning the use of the parking brake when in position on the runway for takeoff. There have been all sorts of situations covered in the previous posts that really have nothing to do with the original question. Setting the brake after push-back has nothing to do wit...
by stone69
Sun Sep 18, 2016 2:41 pm
Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
Topic: Bronson Creek Airstrip
Replies: 12
Views: 6807

Re: Bronson Creek Airstrip

I just came across this thread, and the name Bronson Creek didn't mean much to me, but the Iskut River certainly did, and as I read the posts, I realized that I had been to the area with Jack Anderson ( North Coast Air Services ) back in 1963 or 64 when they were exploring for what later became the ...
by stone69
Mon Sep 28, 2015 7:12 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Buffalo C-46 at Deline.
Replies: 87
Views: 18778

Re: Buffalo C-46 at Deline.

Justjohn.... Actually what you quote re: the Dash 8 is not at all what the original question I responded to is about.... as I recall the original question it was could a C 46 maintain altitude with one engine out and the other windmilling.... so how the hell does any twin do this ? You're talking ab...
by stone69
Mon Sep 28, 2015 4:31 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Buffalo C-46 at Deline.
Replies: 87
Views: 18778

Re: Buffalo C-46 at Deline.

that was my point.... a twin engined airplane is not going to go very far with one engine out and the other one windmilling.... whoever asked the question knows absolutely SFA
by stone69
Mon Sep 28, 2015 12:57 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Buffalo C-46 at Deline.
Replies: 87
Views: 18778

Re: OWIE at Deline

I must be missing something here. The question seems to be can a C 46 maintain altitude with one engine out and the other windmilling.As the C 46 is a two engined airplane the answer is fairly obvious to me....
by stone69
Thu Jul 17, 2014 6:52 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: RCAF pilots with MiG kills
Replies: 3
Views: 1269

Re: RCAF pilots with MiG kills

How soon we forget.... F/L Ernie Glover had three kills and three damaged. I got to know him a bit during the late sixties. He had been promoted to S/L on a temp basis a couple of times and then had to revert to F/L and finally just left his F/L stripes at the width they were when he was a S/L..... ...
by stone69
Fri Mar 21, 2014 7:50 pm
Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
Topic: First day of spring in Seal Cove
Replies: 4
Views: 1416

Re: First day of spring in Seal Cove

It looks a lot like the day I went to Port Simpson with Jack. On the way back it was snowing pretty good and we were taking the long way home via Metlakatla Pass and eventually even Jack didn't like it so we landed and waited for half and hour or so. Cleaning the wings off so we could take off was a...
by stone69
Mon Feb 17, 2014 8:31 pm
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: Don't trust the TAF based on AUTO OBS
Replies: 30
Views: 3786

Re: Don't trust the TAF

Rule # 1..... "Never trust the met man " worked well for me for forty years......

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