21:01
Thanksgiving Lift 2008
» Flight Level 390
Position: On the ramp, KIND (Indy)
Time: 0740 hrs. local time
PAX on board: 139
Time: 0740 hrs. local time
PAX on board: 139
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21:01
Thanksgiving Lift 2008
» Flight Level 390
Position: On the ramp, KIND (Indy)
Time: 0740 hrs. local time
PAX on board: 139
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20:05
Indirect casualties.
» Information Echo
It seems like such a short time ago that the auto industry was booming. Our local GM autoplex was working an amazing amount of overtime (every Saturday was all but guaranteed for at least one, if not
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20:01
A320 Perpignan crash
» Marriage with altitude
My heart is filled with sadness for the families of the seven people on board the A320 that ditched off France yesterday afternoon. Such a shocking, horrific thing to happen. I understand the aircraft
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19:38
The Wisdom of "The One"
» Pitchpull
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Giving Thanks
» Pitchpull
My belly is distended. Disgusting. I no longer try to kid myself this time of year... I just resign myself to the idea I'll have to suffer some later in order to atone.
For that, I give thanks.-
17:35
Thanksgiving on Fire Contract
» The adventures of Chopper Chick!
Clouds rolling in and around the helibase all day on Thanksgiving Day.
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14:35
I love the smell of bacon in the cockpit...
» Helicopter and Jet Pilots
You smell that? Do you smell that? Bacon, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of bacon in the cockpit. You know, one time we had a long flight, for twelve hours. When it
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12:54
Airbus A320 ditched in the Mediterranean Sea abeam Perpignan
» Plastic Pilot
French media report that an Airbus 320 with 7 persons on board (number not confirmed, some media report 5) ditched in the Mediterranean Sea abeam Perpignan, at approximately 16:00 UTC. The exact circu
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12:16
G1000 transistion training - emergencies - final flight
» Vectors to Final
For the final flight in my G1000 transition course we focused on failure scenarios. Not the "engine goes POOF" kind but the avionics kind.
Normal situation
This picture shows what the
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9:48
The Balance Part of W&B
» Cockpit Conversation
As well as not asking the airplane wings to lift more weight then the manufacturer intended, you need to make sure that the front-to-back balance of the weight is acceptable. To do this you take into
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Being thankful
» Marriage with altitude
In conjunction with the US Thanksgiving holiday, and various posts giving thanks - including ones by Partner of a Pilot and Cpt J's Wife - I thought I'd do the same. Because, despite our financial nig
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8:09
Thanksgiving and Positive Thinking
» Partner of a Pilot
I am determined to be in a great mood today, despite the doom and gloom everywhere. Christmas is coming and I do not want to let all of the negative energy in the world drag me down; or I’
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Soiled
» Pitchpull
My company in Viet Nam was undergoing a transition. Our new
AH1-G's were arriving, and with each new "Snake" we
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