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Virginia Plane Crash: 'Air Force General' Dies
Sky News ^ | April 20, 2013

Posted on 04/20/2013 10:19:11 AM PDT by Fennie

A pilot who died when his light aircraft crashed just a few metres away from a house was reportedly a US Air Force general.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: afgeneral; airforce; aviation; military; nuclear; obama; planecrash; usaf
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To: UCANSEE2

I like that one.

It reminds me of another one involving engine failure.

You are flying at night. Dark night. Over rough terrain.

Engine quits.

What to do? What to do?

When you are down to about 400 ft., turn on your landing light.

If you don’t like what you see, turn it off.


61 posted on 04/20/2013 1:14:02 PM PDT by old curmudgeon
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To: billorites

I have never had any actual death threats from any of the many aircraft I have flown. I have had a few stern warnings though. Even a tsk, tsk, tsk on occassion. Thankfully, they generally happen on the ground.


62 posted on 04/20/2013 3:55:37 PM PDT by B4Ranch ( There's Two Choices. Stand Up and Be Counted ... Or Line Up and Be Numbered.)
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To: Fennie

RIP.


63 posted on 04/20/2013 7:21:06 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: old curmudgeon

Thanks. Had not heard that one.


64 posted on 04/20/2013 9:27:52 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: Fennie

How many military officers does this make who are gone now? Anyone know?


65 posted on 04/20/2013 9:38:36 PM PDT by JouleZ (You are the company you keep.)
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To: SunTzuWu

I should have been more clear: That was an F-16 with a windmilling engine producing residue hydraulic pressure.

Lose an engine, meaning it stops, means you have NO hydraulic pressure and can’t dead-stick anything. If you have no RAT then you really are toast. NO cable and pulleys for modern jets.

(The A-10 has a “manual reversion” capability if it loses its triple-redundant hydraulic system. It is the only fighter to have that capability)

I couldn’t be more right.


66 posted on 04/22/2013 3:34:48 PM PDT by Hulka
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To: Huebolt

I would rate that as great hanger talk.

Windmilling engine provides some hydraulic pressure. . .that is all. And the hydraulic pressure bleeds off rather quickly when you activate control inputs.

And absent hydraulic pressure, the control are not movable -—the air-pressure aligns it with the relative wind and the stick and rudder attached to hydraulic actuators are doing nothing because there is no hydraulic pressure to move them around.


67 posted on 04/22/2013 3:41:18 PM PDT by Hulka
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To: Huebolt

Never flew the 104, so don’t know if it had pulleys. . .


68 posted on 04/22/2013 3:42:27 PM PDT by Hulka
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