Everyone makes mistakes

[Chuck Ellsworth]

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[font=pt serif]Union spokesman Chris Praught said that because of the ongoing probe, he was limited in his comments, and could not comment on the pilot’s status and flight hours.[/font]
[font=pt serif]“It is a testament to the expertise and professionalism of the highly trained crew that they were able to ensure that the flight arrived safely at its destination,” he said.[/font][/size]
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There you go folks, nothing to see here because that highly trained crew was able to wake up and go around and land safely.

[John Swallow]

It was also a testament to the expertise and professionalism of myself that I was able to taxi the Chipmunk clear of the active after bloodying its nose on an abortive attempt putting into action a cockamamie theory pertaining to short field take-offs.

Let that be a lesson to you younger folk:  do not mix beer and aerodynamics on a Friday night and attempt to prove a theory on Monday morning!  (;>0)

[David MacRay]

Hold up. Beer Friday, chipmunk Monday? May I come over and play?

[John Swallow]

That was back in my silly days...  (;>0)

[David MacRay]

No more chipmunk?

[John Swallow]

It was back in my military days:  as the prop hit the ground at full RPM, they probably just changed the engine and sent it for overhaul.  Like I said:  cockamamie ideas; cockamamie outcomes...

[Colonel]

My father was horrified, years ago, when I practiced the
"impossible turn" - engine failure at 500 feet, you turn back
and land the opposite direction on the runway you took off.

Despite all the hysteria, it's actually not hard to do, and
the main considerations are not the ones that are the most
obvious.

Anyways, my father told me about these guys, drinking in
the mess one night, said they could do a "dumbbell turn"
in a Sabre.  Others said it was impossible.

You know where this is going.  The next morning, Tidball
I think his name was, sobered up just enough  to try a
turnback in a Sabre.  He ejected and it burned off the
end of the runway all day. I don't think he flew much
after that.

People get angry at me when I recommend NOT teaching
yourself low-altitude aerobatics.  This apparently hurts
people's feelings because it displays an overt lack of
egalitarianism which in socialist Canada, is apparently
[b]worse than crashing[/b].

I don't pretend to understand all that Liberal CBC crap.  I
can do a turnback, and I taught as best as I could for 25
years.  I try to stay at least 1000 miles away from Canada
at all times, now.  Bad karma for me.

[DeflectionShot]

[quote]Despite all the hysteria, it's actually not hard to do, and
the main considerations are not the ones that are the most
obvious.[/quote]

Hi CS, Please elaborate....inquiring minds want to know!

[quote]I can do a turnback, and I taught as best as I could for 25
years.[/quote]

Are you teaching at all these days or have you given up the shingle?

[Colonel]

I will try to type something in tonight - I need
more than a couple minutes to do it right.  Sort
of like screwing.

I have let my class 1 lapse, and my class 1 acro
instructor rating expires next year.  Not much sense
in renewing ratings in a country I have to avoid.

They are trying to get me to do my CFI down here
for tailwheel/acro/formation.  Hell, no.

[DeflectionShot]

[quote]They are trying to get me to do my CFI down here
for tailwheel/acro/formation.  Hell, no.[/quote]

May I suggest a book then? An "iconoclastic" flying manual might be just the thing, part memoir and part practical -- if I have to read more Rod Machado cheeseball prose I'm going to scream.