| Re: OT Interesting video
Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote:
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> On Jan 28, 5:29 pm, Bill Baka <b...@comcast.net> wrote:
>> Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote:<Snip>
>> > I have had a private ticket for 37 years, a instrument ticket
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>>> for 34 years, an ATP for 15 years but if new, I would just step up to
>>> the Cessna 152/172 plate and press towards a private ticket, then an
>>> instrument rating, which gives a pilot much more versatility.I agree in principle here but having flown with a guy with an instrument
>> rating in a 152 who damn near killed us both, versatility is not a good
>> thing for all pilots. Their are idiots with IFR ratings, just like their
>> are crummy car pilots. We flew, on instruments, from San Jose to Tulare
>> county airport in serious cloud cover right down to about 50 feet off
>> the ground.
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> Well shoot, he busted mins by more than 950 ft. guessing that there
> might be only a non precision approach to that airpatch..even with a
> ILS, still only down to 200ft ceiling, 1/2 mile vis. Broke the rules,
> doesn't make the rules or training bad.
The rules are good but the pilot was another story. This was back in
1969 and the airport was not developed to any extent. I haven't been to
that airport since so I don't know if anybody had the sense to figure
out that high voltage towers should not be placed near the end of a
runway. While I was on the ground the wind was so strong that another
small plane took off with only about a ten foot roll and then climbed
while moving backwards with respect to the ground. That was a very
unforgettable sight. He got up a little airspeed and rose vertically
like a helicopter then turned to go where he wanted and shot out of
sight in a flash with the wind boost. A video camera would have been
nice, but it was after all, 1969.
Bill Baka
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> When he was lining up to land we popped out of the cloud
>> cover and just barely made a field goal between two high voltage towers
>> and under the wires.
>> Bill Baka
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