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Mountain Crash - AOPA real pilot story

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GusMcRae

May 19, 2015, 11:10:52 am
http://www.aopa.org/AOPA-Live?watch=55F46B63-D74E-4B81-A81D-BC74932BFE6D&CMP=ADV:1

Lucky pilot and family.

Wife and daughter wearing capri pants and sandals in a winter time flight over mountains.... 

Probably hard for a pilot to get back into the left seat after a deal like this, and even harder for the family to get back in a small plane at all.
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john c

May 20, 2015, 07:19:40 pm #1
Very good video.  Low time, cross country over mountainous ...  Would have thought IFR rating would have been a high priority.  Did he say 300 hrs since he was 16 and he had to be around 40 - about an hour/month?

Thanks for posting.
 

Flying Razorback

May 20, 2015, 09:00:38 pm #2
I'll try and watch this tomorrow.  I really like when AOPA puts these out.

I'm a big fan of "dress to egress".  It's engrained in to us and I see it all the time at commercial airports.  I used to live in Chicago and it'd be January and 20 degrees and snowing outside but people would be boarding planes for Mexico or Miami wearing shorts and flip flops because of the destination.  I always wear shoes with traction and long pants and keep my jacket with me in case we go off the end of the runway or have to egress in to that freezing weather.  Or end up in Hudson or something.
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Warbirdhog

June 03, 2015, 08:21:51 pm #3
Quote from: Flying Razorback on May 20, 2015, 09:00:38 pm
I'll try and watch this tomorrow.  I really like when AOPA puts these out.

I'm a big fan of "dress to egress".  It's engrained in to us and I see it all the time at commercial airports.  I used to live in Chicago and it'd be January and 20 degrees and snowing outside but people would be boarding planes for Mexico or Miami wearing shorts and flip flops because of the destination.  I always wear shoes with traction and long pants and keep my jacket with me in case we go off the end of the runway or have to egress in to that freezing weather.  Or end up in Hudson or something.

Ironic you mentioned ending up in the Hudson. I recall watching an interview with a female passenger who was on that flight. She said that was the last time she got on a plane with high heels on, from then on she would wear footwear that would have some chance of traction & protection. As for myself I have always worn jeans and either my boots or other leather footwear.
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