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Armchair flying over the Christmas days
to the "flightaware" aviation / pilots / spotter community a Merry Christmas & happy landings in the New Year. Guido a.k.a "okguido" (www.youtube.com) और अधिक...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Mr. Warnecke; Indeed, you are the epitome of professionalism. The orderly manner that you conduct yourself while in the cockpit is exemplary. Repeating info, doing cross-checks, constantly informing your co-pilot of your actions and readings... it reminds me of a trip while I was in the USAF on a C-5A. I was an aircraft hydraulic repairman, a SSGT who was a "Range Rider" - flew with a particular C-5 everywhere it went, along with about eight other mechanics of different disciplines. Many times, I got to sit in the Instructor Pilot seat, between the pilot and co-pilot and just aft of the center console. On one such flight out of Norfolk NAS enroute to Rota, Spain, we were hit by lightining on our climb-out, at about 17,000 feet. Everything went dead. It is a sickening feeling to hear those CF-6 TF's spooling down and all of the warnings and buzzers going off, but the pilot and co-pilot, along with the Flight Engineer, were very methodic, flipping to their emergency engine re-start pages of their knee-boards and very efficiently going about getting the engines re-started. I will never forget that I could hear the wind and also feel the ram-air turbine making a vibrating noise that I am sure was the hydraulic pump and generator attached to it. The cool-heads, the methodic manner and the precise commands and cross checks allowed them to get the engines started, but not before losing quite a bit of altitude. C-5's don't exactly glide well, especially when taking off with nearly a gross takeoff weight for a long flight. I was never so happy to hear that number 2, and then 3 engines re-sart, followed by 1 and 4. The whole time the crew was following the checklist, I was thinking "Hurry up!" But it was this discipline and efficiency that saved the plane and it crew. Watching several of your videos reminded me of this flight - I think it was May of 1975. When you are always professional, and know your aircraft, in-flight emergencies have better odds of becoming stories to be shared with mates who can learn from it and apply it should the event happen again. When I flew with this AC again, I noticed he was always scanning - inside the cockpit and outside. He said the plane will talk to you, but you have to listen. Good advice. I really enjoyed your videos. Thanks for sharing.
Thank Karry!
Interesting story. And many thanks for your kind words.
Happy Landings in 2015,
Guido
Interesting story. And many thanks for your kind words.
Happy Landings in 2015,
Guido
I'm a REAL Arm Chair Pilot, for I have over 4,000 Aircraft in my FSX Simulator that I fly, from Lockheed Constellations, to DC-6's to the Beautiful Boeing 707's and 727's 737100's, to the Lockheed L-1011's and Douglas DC-8's and DC-3's , I am Flying everyday, 7 days a week in my Amped up Simulator, I am the Jetranger' !!!
Nice!
Happy Landings in 2015,
Guido
Happy Landings in 2015,
Guido
Happy New year
Happy New year to you too, Amin!
Happy Landings,
Guido
Happy Landings,
Guido