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Texting While Flying Is Dangerous Too: Pilot Forgets to Lower Landing Gear

April 20, 2012 at 8:23pm

First, the nacelles are designed for a gear up landing. Gear dowwn at glideslope intercept is the accepted procedure which is approximately 2000ft AGL. Failing to deploy the landing gear will give you the incorrect pitch, thrust,speed and rate of decent. Should be obvious to pilots of their experience. The down gear is a lot of drag and effects the performance of the aircraft. Some one said there are two kinds of pilots, those who have and those that will execute a gear up landing. Nonesense, good pilot will be aware of the performance envelope. It is the same for a J3 Cub or a F4. The Blaze scribe mentions the ‘appropriate gear’ and missed approach 5000ft. He is not an aviator obviously. The gear up alert first came on when the second position of the flap setting was initiated. Second was the radar altimeter alert. The aborted landing was was initiated with the flaps probably in full down position but to retract the flaps at that altitude would have resulted in a crash. There was a fine line between completing the gear up landing or an aborted landing. His higher gear up speed was the most important decision making factor. Although he screwed up big time, he grasped the situation and saved everyones lives in doing so. If his decision resulted in a gear up landing at that point, it would have shown immense character, but would have cost him his carreer.Character may not be evident in his actual decision, but it could have been.Pos rate of climb- begins flap retraction.
Have You Seen the First Ever Double Barrel .45 Caliber Pistol Ready to Hit the Shelves?

March 16, 2012 at 1:10pm

That’s cool. You don’t have to mess up the guy’s face by putting a big hole between his eyes. You just remove the back of his head by removing both his eyes at the same time. It will be easier on the scuzzbag’s family. You gotta be considerate.
Obama Campaign Zeros in on ‘Sarah Palin and the Far Right’

March 11, 2012 at 12:56pm

Liberals are so dumb. That is actually a good commercial for America. If Obama spends his $billions on ads like this, he will actually spread conservative message. It just may lead to a few converts.
He already is the best gun salesman in history.
New Super 8 Footage of Challenger Shuttle Disaster Surfaces

March 10, 2012 at 3:00pm

I was flying at 10 000′ westbound over Freeport Bahamas enroute to FXE in my Baron at the time of the explosion. That makes it about 200 miles SE of the Cape. I had heard the whole countdown and launch from a Miami AM radio station on my ADF. I saw the cloud immediately. I turned to about 300 for about 10 minutes and saw the cloud heading south. I turned toward FXE and landed about half an hour later. We pulled into customs and as we got out the plane, the cloud drift directly over the airport in good definition in an otherwise clear blue sky. Must have been about 30 to 50 thousand feet above us. I’m 66 now and can remember it as though it was yesterday.
Here is a time line of the event. http://spaceflightnow.com/challenger/timeline/
Limbaugh Rejects Company That Suspended Ads From Show Over Fluke Remarks

March 8, 2012 at 5:55pm

Fluke sound like she needs a bed sponsor.
‘Sympathy’: See the Terrorist Paintings by Norman Rockwell’s Granddaughter

March 6, 2012 at 11:09am

What do you expect, her father was a progressive and a product of the New Deal government programs of the 1940′s which financed artists and brought us Ansal Adams, Aaron Copland, Martha Graham, and Woody Guthrie. He frequently spoke out against the profligate spending of the 1920′s and the hands off policies of Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover. He spoke at universities in the 1950′s during which time he articulated his respect for Roosevelt and love of the common man He also on more then one occasion spoke of his abiding distrust of big business and the rich.
‘Mutual Respect’: Obama Welcomes China’s Incoming Communist President

February 15, 2012 at 5:35pm

In reply to hempstead1944.

@Hempstead1944. I can assure you that they do. Xi Jinping is a decent man and very pro business and his generation’s children will really accelerate the Chinese renaissance. We don’t stand a chance if we get in their way. We must embrace them because they are the future. We have 3rd world invaders who will out number us in a few years which will ensure Democrat rule for life. My son and daughter live in Shanghai and my son has a Chinese wife. Both have Chinese born children. Xi Jinping and his beautiful superstar wife live in Shanghai and are leading the cultural revolution. They are very popular and our Kenyan tribal chief has no idea who they are. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=2R5SCXKrWpo Jinping’s wife.
Van Jones Dubbed ‘Star’ At Calif. Dem Convention Where Dems Praise Occupiers…Who Are Protesting Outside

February 13, 2012 at 11:16am

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=HcBaSP31Be8&vg=medium
Fighter Plane Makes Amazing ‘Belly Landing’ Without Landing Gear

February 10, 2012 at 11:55am

In reply to RetUSAFVet.

That would be the Navy’s version, either TO-2 or TV-2
Former Russian Gen.: Russia Is ‘Defending the Entire World From Fascism,’ Is Ready to Use Military Power to Defend Iran, Syria

February 6, 2012 at 8:09pm

In reply to progressiveslayer.

@PS. Guess who woudn’t let him and who he wanted as an ally?