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Wed Oct-11-06 03:10 PM
Response to Reply #26 |
| -Here it is: Pilot disorientation in the clouds, like JFK Jr. |
patcox2 |
Oct-11-06 02:41 PM |
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A plausible theory it is.... |
MadMaddie |
Oct-11-06 02:42 PM |
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Mechanical failure |
WilliamPitt |
Oct-11-06 02:42 PM |
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And might have been trying to crash land in river. |
RobertSeattle |
Oct-11-06 02:43 PM |
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the river is only a few blocks away |
Reverend_Smitty |
Oct-11-06 02:43 PM |
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A block away, actually. |
Cassandra |
Oct-11-06 02:47 PM |
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It was NOT a helicopter |
Atman |
Oct-11-06 02:44 PM |
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Thanks |
WilliamPitt |
Oct-11-06 02:47 PM |
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that's probably what happened... |
Reverend_Smitty |
Oct-11-06 02:42 PM |
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Being reported that plane was under VFR. |
longship |
Oct-11-06 02:43 PM |
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There was an eight-mile visibility! |
Atman |
Oct-11-06 02:43 PM |
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real nasty weather..and low ceilings and foggy...this is not |
flyarm |
Oct-11-06 02:45 PM |
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1800 ft. cig, 8 mi viz. |
karlrschneider |
Oct-11-06 02:57 PM |
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Where's the info from? NWS? |
patcox2 |
Oct-11-06 03:03 PM |
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I checked it at my DUATS a few minutes after it happened. |
karlrschneider |
Oct-11-06 03:05 PM |
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thanks for clearing all this up. |
alyce douglas |
Oct-11-06 02:45 PM |
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of course NY'ers are scarey no matter what..NY news says |
flyarm |
Oct-11-06 02:48 PM |
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I hope we're scarey. I am so furious right now I could scream. |
aquart |
Oct-11-06 02:54 PM |
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What would you suggest, outlaw aircraft? |
karlrschneider |
Oct-11-06 03:07 PM |
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Post of the Day! |
calimary |
Oct-11-06 03:21 PM |
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I don't understand how they get a license if |
Jim4Wes |
Oct-11-06 02:47 PM |
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An instrument rating is NOT necessary to fly clear of the clouds. |
karlrschneider |
Oct-11-06 02:59 PM |
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Pilot could have had a stroke or a heart attack |
brazenlyliberal |
Oct-11-06 02:49 PM |
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More on spatial disorientation. |
patcox2 |
Oct-11-06 02:49 PM |
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very grey sky right now..and low foggy like weather..not full fog.. |
flyarm |
Oct-11-06 02:52 PM |
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"condensation type fog"??? Is there another kind? |
karlrschneider |
Oct-11-06 03:01 PM |
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Cranky? |
brentspeak |
Oct-11-06 03:10 PM |
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Actually, I do get cranky when people post ridiculous crap. |
karlrschneider |
Oct-11-06 03:12 PM |
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Well, uncrank, and have a soda on me |
brentspeak |
Oct-11-06 03:15 PM |
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I'll uncrank with a beer. |
karlrschneider |
Oct-11-06 03:57 PM |
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The horizontal indicator |
Jim4Wes |
Oct-11-06 02:53 PM |
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That is possible with very low visibility and/or at night. |
karlrschneider |
Oct-11-06 03:01 PM |
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Oct-11-06 02:53 PM |
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Legally yes but very very stupid to attempt to do so at night |
karlrschneider |
Oct-11-06 03:04 PM |
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What I don't understand is why it's legal for someone who isn't |
brentspeak |
Oct-11-06 03:08 PM |
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Well, if it were up to me, they wouldn't but they don't let me make the |
karlrschneider |
Oct-11-06 03:14 PM |
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REPEAT: Visibility was 8 miles the night JFK Jr. died. |
dailykoff |
Oct-11-06 03:16 PM |
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A cherokee is a single engine aircraft. |
karlrschneider |
Oct-11-06 02:55 PM |
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Oops, it was a Bechcraft Sierra, crashed in Manahawkin, NJ. |
patcox2 |
Oct-11-06 03:01 PM |
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A Sierra is also a single engine plane. |
karlrschneider |
Oct-11-06 03:06 PM |
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I stand corrected. |
patcox2 |
Oct-11-06 03:08 PM |
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"plane flying at 800 feet when it made a radical turn and crashed" |
patcox2 |
Oct-11-06 03:15 PM |
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Remote control? |
dailykoff |
Oct-11-06 03:20 PM |
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Headed for La Guardia and turned the wrong way? |
Cassandra |
Oct-11-06 03:28 PM |
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My husband, who's a pilot (among other things) points out that |
calimary |
Oct-11-06 03:25 PM |
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But it was already off the flight plan. |
Marie26 |
Oct-11-06 03:18 PM |
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