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But For The Grace...(Amazing pic of Mid-Air between Baron and Cessna)
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| March 22, 2004
| Russ Niles
Posted on 03/23/2004 7:08:28 PM PST by Veloxherc
March 22, 2004
But For The Grace...
By Russ Niles Newswriter, Editor
Sometimes you see the wreckage and wonder how anyone got out alive. If this Beech Baron had been flying a few inches to the right, we likely wouldn't be wondering how Robert Hollis Gates, of Tehachapi, Calif., managed to land the plane safely after a midair with a Cessna 180 last Jan. 16. The Baron lost a section of fuselage, but Gates walked away with cuts and bruises. The 180 broke up in flight and the pilot, 40-year-old David Lazerson, a civilian test pilot instructor at Edwards Air Force Base and deputy director of the Joint Strike Fighter Integrated Test Force, was killed. According to the NTSB report, Gates said he was in cruise climb between 5,500 and 6,500 feet near Tehachapi when he saw the right gear leg of the Cessna coming at him from one o' clock. He ducked, then saw a dirt strip and managed to set the Baron down. AVweb wasn't able to reach Gates.
TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: airplane; aviation; flying
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Wow one lucky guy, but I feel bad for the man in the Cessna that did not make it.
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posted on
03/23/2004 7:08:30 PM PST
by
Veloxherc
To: Veloxherc; HairOfTheDog; Johnny Gage
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posted on
03/23/2004 7:37:18 PM PST
by
Professional Engineer
(3/11/04 saw the launching of the Moorish reconquest of Spain.)
To: Professional Engineer
You can say that again. Gulp.
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posted on
03/23/2004 7:41:02 PM PST
by
Samwise
(In the battle between Good and Evil, Evil often wins unless Good is very, very careful. --Spock)
To: Aeronaut
Can you ping the GA crew on this?
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posted on
03/23/2004 7:41:38 PM PST
by
FreedomFlynnie
(Your tagline here, for just pennies a day!)
To: Professional Engineer; Ramius
Indeed!
To: Veloxherc
Less than a grand to actually know where the bogeys are located...
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posted on
03/23/2004 7:52:07 PM PST
by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: Veloxherc
It's inna hole!
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posted on
03/23/2004 7:53:24 PM PST
by
Sender
("Let there be no compulsion in religion." - Mohammad)
To: Veloxherc
DUCK!!!! Ouch!
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posted on
03/23/2004 8:05:55 PM PST
by
GeronL
(http://www.ArmorforCongress.com......................Send a Freeper to Congress!)
To: HairOfTheDog; Professional Engineer
I'd rather be lucky than good.
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posted on
03/23/2004 8:56:12 PM PST
by
Ramius
To: Tijeras_Slim; FireTrack; Pukin Dog; citabria; B Knotts; kilowhskey; cyphergirl; Wright is right!; ..
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posted on
03/24/2004 1:10:57 AM PST
by
Aeronaut
(John Kerry's mother always told him that if you can't say anything nice, run for president. ....)
To: Veloxherc
OMG!
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posted on
03/24/2004 1:17:43 AM PST
by
bootless
(Never Forget - And Never Again)
To: Veloxherc
Haysus Marimba! Gates is probably thanking his lucky stars that Beech built the Baron as a low wing airplane with strong longitudinal stability.
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posted on
03/24/2004 3:59:56 AM PST
by
Archangelsk
(Shall we have a king?)
To: Veloxherc
A better looking Baron:
Also, does anyone know why Beech went with the "royalty" names (Baron, Duchess, Duke, Queen, King)?
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posted on
03/24/2004 4:03:02 AM PST
by
Archangelsk
(Shall we have a king?)
To: Veloxherc
This pretty much dispels the "big sky" theory.
To: banjo joe
Big sky is a myth. Back when Archie League was controlling traffic and everyone practiced IFR (I Follow Roads, I Follow Rail) there was enough room to fly for fun. In today's climate with GA aircraft, like the Baron, zipping along and competing for airspace with part 121 and 135 operations, that's no longer the case.
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posted on
03/24/2004 4:48:12 AM PST
by
Archangelsk
(Shall we have a king?)
To: Criminal Number 18F
Ping
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posted on
03/24/2004 4:49:58 AM PST
by
Archangelsk
(Shall we have a king?)
To: Southack
Or you could just use your Mk. 1 eyeball, those work pretty well, espicially when traffic is THAT close.
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posted on
03/24/2004 5:10:01 AM PST
by
AntiKev
(Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, and hate leads you to vote Democrat.)
To: Archangelsk
Haven't had any close calls... but I've had other a/c closer than I'd like, especially around non-towered a/p.
To: Veloxherc
Have aircraft manufacturers been sued for the design defect that prevents 360 x 360 degree vision from their aircraft?
All seem to have some major blind spots. Another trial lawyer cash cow!
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posted on
03/24/2004 6:39:43 AM PST
by
JimRed
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To: Veloxherc
Here's a question from someone who knows a whopping zero about flying but...
...it seems the wheel of the Cessna, from the picture, came at the plane from a left to right trajectory, and if anything, from the pilots perspective, it would seem to be in the "11 o'clock postion" not the "1 o'clock position" as the article states. Am I right about this or am I missing something in the pilot language here?
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