Nike jet gear not opening..

A gulfstream jet carrying Nike executives has a landing gear problem and is
trying to burn fuel to land at Hillsboro, Oregon airport. On CNN.

"Jacob" wrote in message news:TTogf.22089

A gulfstream jet carrying Nike executives has a landing gear problem and is
trying to burn fuel to land at Hillsboro, Oregon airport. On CNN.

Been listening to PDX ATC and some other freqs. Of course the FireDept is
preparing, airplanes south of Hillsboro are being vectored around. PDX
Approach and Departure has been warning aircraft of two media helicopers
hovering north of the airport at 1,000 ft, and Marine Drive is/was closed.
Awhile ago he reported fuel down to 12,000lbs from 26,000.

-c

"gatt" wrote in message
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"Jacob" wrote in message news:TTogf.22089

A gulfstream jet carrying Nike executives has a landing gear problem and
is trying to burn fuel to land at Hillsboro, Oregon airport. On CNN.

Been listening to PDX ATC and some other freqs. Of course the FireDept is
preparing, airplanes south of Hillsboro are being vectored around. PDX
Approach and Departure has been warning aircraft of two media helicopers
hovering north of the airport at 1,000 ft, and Marine Drive is/was closed.
Awhile ago he reported fuel down to 12,000lbs from 26,000.

-c


Gears down now, hooray for GA! Now the network newsmongers have nothing but
a good ending to report.

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DW

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"gatt" wrote in message
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"Jacob" wrote in message news:TTogf.22089

A gulfstream jet carrying Nike executives has a landing gear problem and
is trying to burn fuel to land at Hillsboro, Oregon airport. On CNN.

Been listening to PDX ATC and some other freqs. Of course the FireDept
is preparing, airplanes south of Hillsboro are being vectored around.
PDX Approach and Departure has been warning aircraft of two media
helicopers hovering north of the airport at 1,000 ft, and Marine Drive
is/was closed. Awhile ago he reported fuel down to 12,000lbs from 26,000.

It's a good thing they don't have UHF scanners to listen to military bases.
This stuff happens all the time there but just doesn't get the press cause
they're not broadcasting the comss on VHF.

"John Doe" wrote in message news:Y8sgf.14545

It's a good thing they don't have UHF scanners to listen to military
bases. This stuff happens all the time there but just doesn't get the
press cause they're not broadcasting the comss on VHF.

A big clue is when the fire department shuts down the roads along the
airport runway and starts staging their equipment for rapid deployment.

Although, the ATC chatter was truly fascinating. I heard the tower reporting
that the problem hadn't been fixed, at one point the pilot said "it didn't
work, we need to try something different", heard him cleared for another
flyby and, later, 'We're bringing the engine back up.' (Self: "Engine?!")

Followed by "Looks good. You're clear for the visual approach at your
discretion."
-c

Probably the single most boring piece of news this year. When will
people learn this is BORING?
-Robert

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message

Probably the single most boring piece of news this year. When will
people learn this is BORING?

*shrug* So don't read it then.

As for me, I live and work within site of approaching and departing PDX
traffic and know people who work at the Nike headquarters, so it was pretty
interesting.

-c

"Jacob" wrote in message
et...
A gulfstream jet carrying Nike executives has a landing gear problem and is
trying to burn fuel to land at Hillsboro, Oregon airport. On CNN.

What is the motive behind CNN's coverage of aviation incidents?

It's almost like they are deliberately trying to give aviation a black eye
at every possible opportunity.

Why pick on CNN? Fox and MSNBC were also doing wall-to-wall inanities. I was
especially impressed with the guy on Fox who found two Airworthiness
Directives agains the Gulfstream V...one in 2001, the other in 2004. But
then they said that this was a maiden flight (they apparently either built
the airplane in Oregon instead of Atlanta or brought it across the country
on a flatbed), so how could either AD apply?

Bob Gardner
"John Doe" wrote in message
news:Y8sgf.14544$om5.3704@dukeread04...

"Jacob" wrote in message
et...
A gulfstream jet carrying Nike executives has a landing gear problem and
is trying to burn fuel to land at Hillsboro, Oregon airport. On CNN.

What is the motive behind CNN's coverage of aviation incidents?

It's almost like they are deliberately trying to give aviation a black eye
at every possible opportunity.

They build them in Savannah, GA Bob

Patrick
student SP
aircraft structural mech

"Bob Gardner" wrote in message
. ..
Why pick on CNN? Fox and MSNBC were also doing wall-to-wall inanities. I
was especially impressed with the guy on Fox who found two Airworthiness
Directives agains the Gulfstream V...one in 2001, the other in 2004. But
then they said that this was a maiden flight (they apparently either built
the airplane in Oregon instead of Atlanta or brought it across the country
on a flatbed), so how could either AD apply?

Bob Gardner
"John Doe" wrote in message
news:Y8sgf.14544$om5.3704@dukeread04...

"Jacob" wrote in message
et...
A gulfstream jet carrying Nike executives has a landing gear problem and
is trying to burn fuel to land at Hillsboro, Oregon airport. On CNN.

What is the motive behind CNN's coverage of aviation incidents?

It's almost like they are deliberately trying to give aviation a black
eye at every possible opportunity.