Bill was one of those feast or famine guys who had scraped together just enough to buy his airplane. He didn’t fit the profile of an aviator; a washed up semi-pro bull rider back West with a slow … [Read more...]
Fly Safe
The B1B crew should have asked, “What’s that beeping sound?”
April 25, 2011 By
Landing on runway 31 at Diego Garcia, skidding 7,500 feet down the runway. The aircraft was landing at the end of an 11 hour ferry mission that started at Andersen AFB, Guam . During the landing, … [Read more...]
When the engine explodes…Fly the Airplane!
April 1, 2011 By
Now you know why they call him Smokey...his plane caught fire! In this case the board concluded: “The failure of a magnesium alloy restraining band surrounding the afterburner section of the GE … [Read more...]
Don’t Fly Naked
January 30, 2011 By
I have a friend, Joe, who often flew naked. He would get in his airplane with no plan, a pair of flip-flops, and point toward a new destination. He’d just hit the direct button on his GPS, climb … [Read more...]
