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2. I did not say "how she finds out is meaningless trivia." I said, "Whether someone else finds out first is meaningless trivia."
3. Indeed, you seem to recognize the distinction, and have pulled a bait-and-switch. If you want to argue they shouldn't ambush her at the airport, I agree. Indeed, I would argue that as a matter of decency, they shouldn't contact her at any time. If she has something to say, she can call them. But that's not what you argued above; you argued they shouldn't report it because other people might find out first.
nope. If the engine is dead, the prop will be spun by the oncoming air. It's caclled "windmilling". Also the prop is directly connected to the crankshaft.
A brief note about parachutes on small airplanes. Unless there is a situation where the plane is out of control (freak bird strike, control surface failure, etc.) it would be much more safe to glide for an open area than to just pull the chute at the first sign of trouble.
In response to an earlier question. I would never aim for a river (unless I was in a mountain pass). The risk of drowning seems quite high, especially if there are persons in the back seats. Fraknly, I'd be a little uncomfortable flying through that populated of an area at such a low altitude.
Excellent point David. Whether she should be greeted by reporters at the airport (regardless if she already knew) is completely separate from whether the news should have been reported at all. And, it would seem impossible for airport personnel (who should have been anticipating her arrival) to keep reporters from her when she disembarked.
Feds: Light wind blew Lidle plane off course
The report issued Friday said the airplane was flying along the East River between Manhattan and Queens when it attempted a U-turn with only 1,300 feet of room for the turn. To make a successful turn, the aircraft would have had to bank so steeply that it might have stalled, the NTSB said in an update on the crash.
OK, I can see this, especially if he was turning away from the wind. That would give him a greater over-the-ground turn radius, something an inexperienced pilot may not realize. Then, seein the buildings looming up, the tendency is of course to try to bank more to tighten up the turn, and again, an inexperienced pilot may forget that such a maneuver requires more power.
With the wind from the east, the natural course of action is to U-turn to the right. Turning into the wind will shorten the turn radius, but it is counter-intuitive to turn towards the no fly zone.
With the wind from the east, the natural course of action is to U-turn to the right. Turning into the wind will shorten the turn radius, but it is counter-intuitive to turn towards the no fly zone.
I read the first paragraph and I thought, "Why on earth didn't the CFI (that would be certified flight instructors) stop that?". Then I read the second paragraph and I knew why. most FAA district offices put out fairly regular newsletters to flight instructors in their area. It seems like every single one has a story of an instructor getting suspended for students busting no-fly airspace.
I might be exaggerating a bit, but when I was instructing (stopped in august), we were all very paranoid about these no-fly airspaces. It was made abundantly clear to us that we would face very serious consequences, as flight instructors, for any mistakes involving these security airspaces. I'm sure most instructors looking to keep their record clean (and keep themselves hireable to the regional airlines) made a standard policy of "turn away from the airspace". I would likely have the same policy in such a circumstance.
F'ing TSA.
Or he may have been an idiot.
I don't understand. I'm assuming they couldn't cross the river because that would incur on LGA's airspace, not because of some post 911 restriction. It has always been thus; you violate restricted airspace without permission, you are sanctioned by the FAA. I'm sure you would agree that there is a very good reason for this procedure.
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