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Newps wrote in message news:YYRkb.837091$uu5.148275@sccrnsc04...
Ben Jackson wrote: Another plane was on the runway. I don't get it. Land the damn plane. Move to one side or the other, whatever. Yep. That's where parallel taxiways come in handy. Looks like SPB has two of them. John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180) |
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John Galban wrote:
Newps wrote in message news:YYRkb.837091$uu5.148275@sccrnsc04... Ben Jackson wrote: Another plane was on the runway. I don't get it. Land the damn plane. Move to one side or the other, whatever. Yep. That's where parallel taxiways come in handy. Looks like SPB has two of them. Indeed. Scappoose has no shortage of available concrete - a long, wide runway, two good sized parallel taxiways, some decent sized ramps, and it sits surrounded by large, flat, open fields. Sure, there are some trees here and there and an occasional fence/road/structure nearby - it's not quite the Bonneville Salt Flats - but if you were going to come down someplace, this is a pretty forgiving location with lots of options available. Heck, the taxiways there are a lot better than plenty of runways I've landed on. David H Boeing Field (BFI), Seattle, WA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Visit the Pacific Northwest Flying forum: http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/pnwflying |
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I can't put myself in the place of a military pilot because I have never
flown anything that heavy or with that much power. Sad stories, both, and my civil jet experience just doesn't match up. Carrier pilots are a breed apart...I salute them. Bob Gardner "Big John" wrote in message ... Lost a good friend on SE. Commander of Vermont ANG F-89 Squadron. Had and engine explode and was cleared to land SE. Another Aircraft (civilian on joint use airport) pulled on R/W without clearance and he took it around SE. On downwid the bird blew up killing both him and his Radar Observer. Also lost a very good friend trying to come aboard the carrier in a F2H3 on SE, but that's another story. Big John On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 15:24:01 GMT, "Bob Gardner" wrote: When you get your twin rating, Ben, and I know that you will, remember this: Below 200 feet with an engine out, put it down somewhere...anywhere...do not even think of going around. Bob Gardner "Ben Jackson" wrote in message news:VrLkb.827648$Ho3.232592@sccrnsc03... In article , Chris Hoffmann wrote: A guy's got an engine out, and he has to go around? Is this normal, or was there some ball-dropping involved? Another plane was on the runway. -- Ben Jackson http://www.ben.com/ |
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Bob
You go to lots of funerals. Navy Sq I was with had 13 pilots. Killed four before Sq went aboard the Yorktown to go to WestPac. You always say, "it won't happend to me" and go fly. Big John On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 23:23:29 GMT, "Bob Gardner" wrote: I can't put myself in the place of a military pilot because I have never flown anything that heavy or with that much power. Sad stories, both, and my civil jet experience just doesn't match up. Carrier pilots are a breed apart...I salute them. Bob Gardner "Big John" wrote in message .. . Lost a good friend on SE. Commander of Vermont ANG F-89 Squadron. Had and engine explode and was cleared to land SE. Another Aircraft (civilian on joint use airport) pulled on R/W without clearance and he took it around SE. On downwid the bird blew up killing both him and his Radar Observer. Also lost a very good friend trying to come aboard the carrier in a F2H3 on SE, but that's another story. Big John On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 15:24:01 GMT, "Bob Gardner" wrote: When you get your twin rating, Ben, and I know that you will, remember this: Below 200 feet with an engine out, put it down somewhere...anywhere...do not even think of going around. Bob Gardner "Ben Jackson" wrote in message news:VrLkb.827648$Ho3.232592@sccrnsc03... In article , Chris Hoffmann wrote: A guy's got an engine out, and he has to go around? Is this normal, or was there some ball-dropping involved? Another plane was on the runway. -- Ben Jackson http://www.ben.com/ |
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On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 05:39:55 GMT, "Chris Hoffmann"
wrote: A guy's got an engine out, and he has to go around? Is this normal, or was there some ball-dropping involved? Scappoose is uncontrolled and *busy*. Not as busy as Aurora State a bit further south, but still, I haven't been in there at any time in the last year when there wasn't at least one other aircraft in the pattern. Folks are right, tho. You can put a light single down on the taxiway, there's flat grass on the field, and there shouldn't have been a go around. I haven't seen more than a blurb on the radio news and a three paragraph thing on oregonlive.com. Any better place to go for a report on the Scappoose accident? Rob -- [You] don't make your kids P.C.-proof by keeping them ignorant, you do it by helping them learn how to educate themselves. -- Orson Scott Card |
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http://www.kgw.com/news-local/storie...ash.17360595.h
tml This from KGW, the site requires registration. SCAPPOOSE, Ore. -- A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board says investigators don't know why a small plane crashed in Scappoose last weekend, killing everyone on board. The Cessna 340 crashed near the Scappoose Airport late Saturday afternoon and burst into flames. Columbia County authorities Monday identified the victims as James Gillespie, 72, and Jessie Gillespie, 73, of the Steilacom, Wash. area. The relationship of the victims was not immediately clear. Federal aviation records indicate that James Gillespie, an accomplished pilot registered as a flight instructor, owned the plane. NTSB investigators spent much of Sunday sifting through the plane's charred wreckage. They said witnesses are providing clues to what may have happened. Witnesses said that as the Cessna was about to land, another plane took off from the same runway. The Cessna's pilot then decided to go back around to again attempt landing. The plane crashed in a field near the intersection of Moore and Ring-a-ring Road, northeast of the airport. NTSB investigator Debra Eckrote said everything appeared normal until the Cessna's pilot turned back toward the airport. "It then started to lose altitude as it completed not quite a 180-degree turn and then the witness saw that the nose dropped, the left wing dropped.it started an inverted altitude," said Eckrote. It is not known whether the two pilots were communicating. Scappoose Airport is uncontrolled, meaning pilots are not required to communicate with one another in the airfield. -- Chris Hoffmann Student Pilot @ UES 40 hours |
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On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 16:45:57 GMT, "Chris Hoffmann"
wrote: (from the KGW report) It is not known whether the two pilots were communicating. Scappoose Airport is uncontrolled, meaning pilots are not required to communicate with one another in the airfield. News to me. I thought the regs stated that if you had a radio, you had to use it. The KEX radio report I heard the following Monday reported "The pilot was under 'visual flight rules' which means he was flying by reference to what he could see, rather than using the onboard instruments." (And to think, I spend time in every pattern looking at that altimeter...) Clearly most reporters need to get the *&^&*%^%^& out of aviation reporting. Rob -- [You] don't make your kids P.C.-proof by keeping them ignorant, you do it by helping them learn how to educate themselves. -- Orson Scott Card |
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![]() Robert Perkins wrote: News to me. I thought the regs stated that if you had a radio, you had to use it. No, the radio is optional. The KEX radio report I heard the following Monday reported "The pilot was under 'visual flight rules' which means he was flying by reference to what he could see, rather than using the onboard instruments." That's accurate. |
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Robert Perkins wrote in message . ..
News to me. I thought the regs stated that if you had a radio, you had to use it. Would you mind sharing with us what regulation says this? Thanks, Sydney |
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