When It's Not Your Time To Go !

[Charlie Brown]

If you ever experience a mechanical failure on a plane in the air, you'd want this pilot !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9dl7UcVy90

Fake ? Or real ? You pick !

[Texas Contrarian]

Originally Posted by Charlie Brown

Fake ? Or real ? You pick !

It's fake.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/airplane/onewing.asp

[doug_dfw]

Originally Posted by CaptainMidnight

It's fake.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/airplane/onewing.asp

Two real life's experiences: flying into a northern bush camp in 1958 in a Corporate Mooney turbo jet, the fuel system shut down and the pilot glided to the runway, foamed, no gear down: and we all walked out of the wreckage with bruises and muscle aches. Our pilot was a former bush pilot. Flew hundreds of hours with him over the 6 years I was employed by the paper making company.

The other: I had missed a flight home due to late departure of the first leg at DFW in 1987 ( best recollection) but as we landed, after another delay flying in circles, i saw a black plume of smoke off to th eside. At th egate I learned that was the plane I was supposed to be on. Never ever grumbled about delays since. I am a believer.

[MooneyFlyer]

No such thing as a "Corporate Mooney Turbo Jet" . . .for the record.

[Poppa_Viagra]

Sure that wasn't a Mooney (Mitsubishi) Turbo Prop?

Dozens of them nest in Rogers, Arkansas at the WalMart terminal.

[doug_dfw]

Originally Posted by MooneyFlyer

No such thing as a "Corporate Mooney Turbo Jet" . . .for the record.

Oh you must be born after 1990; or older than me- close to death.

FYI, You can still buy one.

One crashed landed on the Municipal Hospital in front of the Municipal airport at Edmonton in 1982 - same failure- frozen gas tank transfer switch. Japanese made .

[doug_dfw]

Originally Posted by Poppa_Viagra

Sure that wasn't a Mooney (Mitsubishi) Turbo Prop?

Dozens of them nest in Rogers, Arkansas at the WalMart terminal.

Yes sorry turbo prop. We called them baby jets being Canadian rednecks.

Now that reminds me, I was on the first 737 flown in Canada when it didn't have reverse thrust. Landing at Port Hardy on northern Vancouver Island, a runway too short, between rocky beach on ocean at both ends, failing to brake in time, dropping the front gear over the embankment. No injuries- a days delay with few accommodations ( including no beer ) while CP Air mustered up enough smaller planes to rescue us. That was in or around 1966-67. no I was not scared, until after I told my wife who wanted me to put up drywall and not fly anymore. I hated drywall and kept flying.

My wife divorced me. Years later, she became my bff and our kids hold family get togethers. She is OK with me flying now.

I will stop. Yes many flying memories. I am a multimillion flyer, now retired, flying only 2 maybe three times a year.