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10-17-2009, 07:34 AM
#141
Day puke
Joined APC: Feb 2006
Position: Out.
Posts: 3,865
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.
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.
10-17-2009, 07:47 AM
#142
Day puke
Joined APC: Feb 2006
Position: Out.
Posts: 3,865
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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10-17-2009, 02:14 PM
#143
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2007
Position: 744 CA
Posts: 4,772
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.
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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