Posted on 05/18/2011 8:19:49 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
the press onboard said they didn’t notice anything.
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This is GWBush fault because he allowed global warming to get worse.
AND
(ssshhhhh it is also dick cheney’s weather machine)
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Trusting ground based systems with zero viz is what got Ron Brown on the side of a mountain right before a 45 went through his head.
Can’t wait for the obama saves Air Force One action figure. (Air Force One sold separately).
Yup, pilot’s decision..
Nothing like flying a hugh plane with the ToTUSes onboard... can’t see the ground and they need to make it to a fundraiser on time..
messin’ it up here would not look good on the ol’ employment record.
Or Midway in Chicago for that matter ... criminy.
The pilot was a wimp. He should have just gone for it. ;-)
Personally I don’t miss flying .. had enough close ones, getting ready to land in Philly on puddlejumper airlines one time out of Islip, solo passenger so I had choice of seat, two young guys flying a twin fokker.. all set to land at Philly and a big prop plane pulls out and takes off right in front of us .. we did the goose it, pull hard and go,,, E ticket ride for a second or two..
"6" is long, (yes I am famliar with the field) Could it have been a biological? i.e. a Deer near the runway. Another field in the area (back in the day..) had DNR permits with special hunts via lottery with the meat donated to homeless shelters etc. since the deer were becoming a problem on the field....
The instrument approach that killed Ron Brown was a poorly designed, non-precision approach compounded by pilot-error in mountainous terrain.
.... oh yeah.... in Croatia....
Apples & Oranges....
Been raining here in CT for a few days, and cloud cover is pretty low.
I hear ya, was gonna stick it in chat but it is AF1, besides We never hear enough about the good things that happen, some folks say.
Maybe they were trying out an Affirmative Action pilot to fly the Affirmative Action Prez. I think that’s a great idea :-)
US President Barack Obama makes his way to board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. The official plane carrying Obama aborted an initial landing Wednesday due to poor weather before safely touching down in Connecticut, federal aviation officials told AFP. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)
Obama In Conn. For Coast Guard Commencement Speech
http://www.wpix.com/news/hc-obama-coast-guard-0519-20110517,0,6840789.story?track=rss
Wrong! The aircraft was at minimum decent altitude and to continue the approach from that point the pilot is required to have visual contact with the runway or lights leading into the runway. What occurred with Air Force One was neither an emergency nor uncommon.
I had a very similar experience over Logan, on Runway 9, specifically, but the pilot came on the PA and told us that there was someone who hadn’t quite cleared the runway or some such. I spent some time in the Logan control tower (long story) with some Lincoln Lab guys and it was illuminating. The LL guys had a surface detection radar that integrated ATC information and announced a warning every time it thought that an ATC separation rule was violated on the airport surface. For just about every landing on Runway 9 that day, a warning was more the norm than the exception. There is a taxiway across the begining (west end) of runway 9, and planes crossed it routinely, often clearing it only seconds before another planed landed behind it. Pilots on approach always landed well long on that runway, assuming that someone would be in the taxiway.
The ATC controllers regarded us, the LL guys and their toy with studied indifference, bordering on mild hostility. Of course FAA ATC personnel tend to be hostile to anyone intruding on their turf.
No evidence AT ALL that Obama is a Bears fan. I don’t even know if teh WON follows college football.
That is the official execuse. All he cared about is the fundraising activities.
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