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Old 10-17-2009 | 07:25 AM
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Originally Posted by g-code
Being honest though, how many plane crashes have occured while the captain was in the forward lav? .
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I am pretty sure the answer is zero for B1900s
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Old 10-17-2009 | 07:34 AM
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Originally Posted by usmc-sgt
Doing a forward slip in a cessna with full flaps is a bandaid for bad technique to begin with. But yes, it can be done and you will not die.
Quite true. A wise pilot understands that and says "I botched this one, going missed."

But having the skill in your back pocket could be helpful if a wing was on fire, he had to dead stick, or other time one could not afford the luxury of going around.
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Old 10-17-2009 | 07:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Mason32


How many of you have burried friends from accidents over the years?
Weren't they all excellent pilots too.....

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Three friends and six coworkers: one bad luck, two complacency, two pilot pushing, and three collateral damage. And I trusted them all.
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Old 10-17-2009 | 02:14 PM
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More than I care to remember.... hum.... 2 in UPT.... 7 the first week in my first squadron....6 more in a AC-130 crash.... 7 more in a squadron crash .... 2 while in the airline biz the first time.....

I have witness three aircraft accidents...... horrific.... F-5 at willy in 1986, KC-135 Fairchild in 1987.... C-130... Sicily Lapes zone 1987....images that I will always have with me.
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