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Furthermore, if a plane I was flying was hit by lightning and blew out my electrical system, I'd be definitely considering an immediate off-field precautionary landing to inspect for other damage before continuing. Given that one of the things that happens when a boat is struck by lightning is a scrambling of the magnetic compass, I would likely do the same. (Plus I might want to check to make sure my backside was still attached to the rest of me. A ligntning strike! Sheez. That's scary.) The compass (again, speaking from experience in a boat) might be as much as 10 degrees off. all the best -- Dan Ford email: www.danford.net/letters.htm#9 see the Warbird's Forum at http://www.danford.net/index.htm Vietnam | Flying Tigers | Pacific War | Brewster Buffalo | Piper Cub |
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Of course it was an emergency landing. This poor guy had a total electrical
failure (lost radio contact) due to an alternator failure (probably happened somewhere over Michigan and went unnoticed for at least an hour of flying), bumped into bad weather which caused him to turn around, and then had engine trouble and flight control problems getting into Meigs. Lord, what a pilot. All of that stress and he still makes a nice, smooth landing among rubble next to a closed runway. "Henry Kisor" wrote in message news:TU7Va.164284$ye4.111218@sccrnsc01... From this morning's Chicago Sun-Times: Plane in trouble lands safely at Meigs July 28, 2003 BY MAUREEN O'DONNELL AND LUCIO GUERRERO Staff Reporters It appears some folks still think Meigs Field is an airport. A small plane in trouble landed at the shuttered airstrip Sunday, startling lakeside visitors and security. It's the second time this month that an aircraft has used the former lakefront airport for an emergency landing. The plane landed amid rubble churned up by Mayor Daley's closure of Meigs after coming within 20 feet of the beach house roof at 12th Street Beach, witnesses said. The two people inside the single-engine Piper aircraft were attempting to fly to an air show in Oshkosh, Wis., said Chicago police Sgt. Jerry Clancy of the Summer Mobile Unit. "They lost radio contact--they weren't sure what happened,'' Clancy said. The fliers suspected their alternator failed, he said. Officials with the Federal Aviation Administration said the plane is registered to a Maine company and the aircraft had taken off early Sunday from Jackson, Mich. The pilot told the FAA that he had to make the emergency landing because of poor weather and electrical problems on board the plane. Clancy said the pair hit bad weather north of Meigs and decided to turn around and land. He said he witnessed "a nice, smooth landing.'' Witnesses said it was obvious the plane was in trouble. "We saw it wobbling,'' said Joann Caccamo, 29, a production assistant from Plainfield who was visiting Chicago's lakefront. "He was really shaky.'' "It was scary,'' she said. "We actually expected to see flames.'' Caccamo and her friends said they first noticed the plane because of the noises it was making. "Like sputtering, like engine problems,'' said Kitty McDonnell, 36, a mortgage loan officer from Aurora. The plane was flying north and then doubled back, they said. As the pilot flew south, he flew low over the 12th Street Beach house, witnesses said. "We thought he was going to hit the roof,'' McDonnell said. Mayor Daley closed Meigs in the middle of the night March 30, citing terrorism concerns. But earlier this month, a helicopter pilot brought his craft down at Meigs after thinking he hit a bird. As for Sunday's fliers, who are not thought to be linked to any terrorist groups, they are on their way back east. "They just want to go home,'' Clancy said. |
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Just to let everyone know what the Chicago Tribune is reporting: The mayor
was unmoved and places the blame for the recent landings at the now defunct Meigs squarely on the pilots' shoulders. The Tribune quotes the mayor as saying something on the order of Oshkosh is up there to the north several hours. If the pilot was going to Oshkosh, he is going in the wrong direction. The article isn't very long. If you want more or the exact quote, visit the Chicago Tribune site. Not surprising, the mayor continues to be an embarrassment. I for one have voted with my feet and my pocketbook. My interaction with that city 50 miles to the east is limited to visiting my older son. I know it's not much, but it's a personal statement. Chuck Gerlach |
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