Moonless Night Claims Two Senior CAP Officers

On Nov 13, 8:45 am, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Denny wrote oups.com:





On Nov 13, 10:39 am, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Larry Dighera wrote
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Could the lack of a moon have contributed to this tragic accident?

Offhand I'd say it an impact with granite. And that's always down to
the pilot not knowing where he is.

Period.

Bertie

Damn, that hadda smart!

Long ago we had a hot shot pilot on our field that liked to hot dog
it, run the length of the runway and then do a zoom up, etc... He
went on a flying trip to South America and found a Cumulus Granitis
one scud run day...

Sam Clemens was asked, when he applied for a job as a River boat captain,
if he knew where the various sandbars and other hazards in the missisippi
were. "nope, but I know where they ain't" said he.

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And he was hired on the spot!

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On Nov 13, 8:45 am, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Denny wrote
oups.com:





On Nov 13, 10:39 am, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Larry Dighera wrote
:

Could the lack of a moon have contributed to this tragic
accident?

Offhand I'd say it an impact with granite. And that's always down
to the pilot not knowing where he is.

Period.

Bertie

Damn, that hadda smart!

Long ago we had a hot shot pilot on our field that liked to hot dog
it, run the length of the runway and then do a zoom up, etc... He
went on a flying trip to South America and found a Cumulus Granitis
one scud run day...

Sam Clemens was asked, when he applied for a job as a River boat
captain, if he knew where the various sandbars and other hazards in
the missisippi were. "nope, but I know where they ain't" said he.

Bertie- Hide quoted text -

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And he was hired on the spot!



Yep.


That's the trick to just about any kind of flying. A lot of people focus
on the "right way to do it". Well, the fact is there is no real right
way to do anything. There are some things that are just wrong, but the
only constant truth I've seen about flying any airplane is that you are
going to **** up something during every flight. Mostly, you;re ****ing
up quite a few things at any given moment during every flight. If it;'s
not you ****ing something up, it's your crew, ATC, the manufacturer of
the airplane or whoever. Mostly it's yourself and your job, should you
wish to make it to the end of your career n the air, is to spot them and
/or operate in such a way as to keep the ****ups from killing you.
The one common thread between almost all CFIT accidents has been, at
some point close to the event if not right up to it, the crew were sure
they knew where they were. If they had questioned that notion regularly
well..


Oh damn, now I've gone and answered Matt Whitefishfaced question as well
and given him somethng to beat me with.

My life will surely be a misery now.

Bertie