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The Art of Not Hitting the Ground Too Hard. Why Planes Crash Case Files: 2001. This is the first in the Why Planes Crash series. It covers the details of the disastrous runway incursion at Linate, talks about the passenger interference leading to the Avjet Aspen Crash and also explains how an Airbus A300 disintegrated over Queens. Why Planes Crash Case Files: 2001. Is available at these fine online shops:. Amazon US: http:/ amzn.to/15vt87o. Amazon UK: http:/ amzn.to/12cNpJt. Page Foundry: http:/ www....
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Fear of Landing – Tom Cruise: Hanging on a Wing and a Prayer
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The Art of Not Hitting the Ground Too Hard. Tom Cruise: Hanging on a Wing and a Prayer. 17 Jul 15 No Comments yet. Are you looking forward to the new Mission Impossible movie? I don’t usually talk about Hollywood on here (other than for debunking purposes) but there’s a stunt here that I think you need to be an aviationist to really appreciate. The following video should jump straight to the aircraft scene, which starts at the two minute mark:. McQuarrie : While searching for different locations, the pro...
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Fear of Landing – Aerobatics
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The Art of Not Hitting the Ground Too Hard. Another Angle of Drunk Stealing Plane at Airshow. This is one of my favourite videos ever. I originally posted it in 2009, before YouTube had discovered Kyle Franklin and his flying: Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. [Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and refresh this page] There’s a few versions of the Drunken Pilot routine…. Ejection 0.8 Seconds Before Impact. Amazing Aerobatic Video with Vicky Benzing. I first saw this ...
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Fear of Landing – Shocking CRM led to that Abandoned Tupolev at Moscow Airport
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The Art of Not Hitting the Ground Too Hard. Shocking CRM led to that Abandoned Tupolev at Moscow Airport. 10 Jul 15 8 Comments. This story started, as so many do, with an interesting photograph posted to Reddit. I was curious, and decided to investigate the accident. The sequence of events that led to the wreck was a lot more fascinating than I expected. You would think it was safe to say that they knew what they were doing. South East Airlines (Dagestan Airlines) Tupolev Tu-154M. The plane was a Tupolev...
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Fear of Landing – Learning Finesse: Pitch vs Power
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The Art of Not Hitting the Ground Too Hard. Learning Finesse: Pitch vs Power. 24 Jul 15 4 Comments. Today I leave you with a piece from the archives; an ah hah! Moment for me as the relationship between pitch and power on landing really came clear (yes, I’m a slow learner). I wrote this in 2009 but rereading it brought it all back…. Flying is hours of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror. This is referenced in one of my favourite books, Beyond the PPL. Once I started looking into methods for fin...
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The Art of Not Hitting the Ground Too Hard. Latest Posts – Page 80. Why do I do this again? Things that happened during the flight with my mother: 1) we ended up without a VFR chart for the majority of the area we were flying over 2) my boyfriend and I descended into major arguments about basic planning (mainly based on heat and nerves rather than actual issues) 3) my mother corrected an Italian…. Malaga – Roma – Mannheim. I’m about to find out if my mother reads my blog. I’ve done it again. I ...Yet ano...
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The Art of Not Hitting the Ground Too Hard. Latest Posts – Page 3. Fear of Landing has been terribly serious lately and I think we could all use a bit of a smile. So here’s my favourite ATC videos so far this year… This one will be familiar to anyone who has flown into busy airspace that accepts GA aircraft. There’s always a pilot that comes onto frequency…. Summary of Facts: Egypt Air flight 804. Is headline news, with…. The 1% rule and air disaster avoidance. Mozambique (LAM) Flight 470: Pilot Suicide.
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Fear of Landing – Why Planes Crash: Case Files 2002 is DONE!
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The Art of Not Hitting the Ground Too Hard. Why Planes Crash: Case Files 2002 is DONE! 14 Jul 15 No Comments yet. It’s taken a lot longer than I expected, but the second book in the Why Planes Crash. Series is finally finished! I want to thank everyone on Fear of Landing for their support in this; it’s through this website that I discovered that my obsessions were shared with so many of you. After two years (! The e-book is a real thing now and on sale! Amazon US: http:/ amzn.to/1M4NGIl. Having just rece...
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Fear of Landing – The teenager who flew to Moscow
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The Art of Not Hitting the Ground Too Hard. The teenager who flew to Moscow. 29 May 15 2 Comments. 28 years ago, on the 28th May 1987, a 19-year old German flew a Cessna 172 to Moscow, taxi-ing straight into the Red Square. To Military District Headquarters-Gen. Kamensky): …simply destroy it even if it is over neutral waters? Are the orders to destroy it over neutral waters? We must find out, maybe it is some civilian craft or God knows who. It has flown over Kamchatka! He disappeared from their radar...
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The Art of Not Hitting the Ground Too Hard. Latest Posts – Page 2. Losing Two Functional Engines: TransAsia Airways flight GE235. Half Asleep Pilot Attempts Go-Around. On the day of the accident, the captain woke up at 2am to drive to the airport. He knew it was going to be a tough, tough day. Although he tried to grab a few hours sleep in a chair in the pilot lounge, it wasn’t enough. Clearly fatigued by the end of the day,…. The first supersonic jet bomber. The Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station is not ...
