At 10:38 AM 4/09/2012, you wrote:
Dom James was tow pilot at Keepit in his youth and as such he
reached solo in gliders. As was 30yrs ago the Gimley B767 pilot as
was Hudson River A320 pilot and 20yrs ago Brad Edwards put out
Mayday when Turbo Mooney engine blew up. Brad landed safely but that
cost him $3OK for new engine as now it was not an insurance claim.
He now has fleet of Citations. Maybe there is a message there for
McCormick and his crew and I do know there are a few gliding pilots
in high places in CASA these days.
My question is why can't a Unicom operator use the HF radio
especially at Lord Howe. I love a real person on
I just read William Langeweisch's book on the Hudson accident.
Sullenberger flew gliders at the USAF academy nearly 40 years before
the event. He is on record in the book as saying his gliding
experience wasn't relevant in the Hudson.
I always thought the aim with IFR ops was to always have enough fuel
to go to a safe landing place if the weather turned bad at your
destination or en route. From what I can gather the Westwind Norfolk
op was "legal" in the strict sense but not a good idea and it or the
pilot's thinking may have fallen through the regulatory cracks.
Mike
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