Juliet Mike One Four Black

[Scattered Thumbs]

When I was 7 of age I saw one of these go down into my Hometown river.

They said it was pilot error, cause he was trying to impress a girlfriend.

[Delmonico]

Sounds like double pilot error, doing something dumb and trying to impress a girlfriend.

[Scattered Thumbs]

Sounds like double pilot error, doing something dumb and trying to impress a girlfriend.

He was a local boy, and was showing off. My guess is, he forgot what the altimeter was for.

[litl rooster]

He lost that Lovin' feeling

[Four-Eyed Buck]

I hate when that happens.........Buck

[Silver Creek Slim]

Altimeter? 

Slim

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

The thing that tells you how far from the ground you are, Slim, for altitude.



AnnieLee

[Silver Creek Slim]

Is that altitude or attitude? 

Slim

[Derby Younger]

Slim:

For a fighter pilot, you can never have too much of both.

[Scattered Thumbs]

Slim:

For a fighter pilot, you can never have too much of both.

Very true.

As the other said to explain why he bailed out: I lost airspeed altitude and ideias.

[Delmonico]

I'm guessin' he survived?  If so I bet he really got yelled at when he got back to base.

[Scattered Thumbs]

I'm guessin' he survived?  If so I bet he really got yelled at when he got back to base.

No he didn't. That explanation was given in another case. The fellow in the Tweetiebird just went straight into the water. When he tried to bail (and he did try) it was too late.

[Russ T Chambers]

Sounds like double pilot error, doing something dumb and trying to impress a girlfriend.

He was a local boy, and was showing off. My guess is, he forgot what the altimeter was for.

Not sure how high the river was, and whether military pilots set their altimeters to sea level barometric pressure, or as aerobatic pilots do, and set altimeter to zero at airport elevation, either way, you can hit dirt or water anywhere up to or over a mile above sea level!!!

[litl rooster]

So he did crash and burn...Well in his case sink

[Four-Eyed Buck]

Hey, lR! That Gooney Bird is on a private field with a Navarre, O. mailing address...........Buck

[Scattered Thumbs]

Not sure how high the river was, and whether military pilots set their altimeters to sea level barometric pressure, or as aerobatic pilots do, and set altimeter to zero at airport elevation, either way, you can hit dirt or water anywhere up to or over a mile above sea level!!!

I'm on the coast, we're talking the mouth of the river here. It is sea level, and so was his base. 

So he did crash and burn...Well in his case sink

Yep.

[Marshal harpoluke]

 

Love da Goony bird, aka DC-3--C-47, was the first plain I flew in.

[litl rooster]

Love da Goony bird, aka DC-3--C-47, was the first plain I flew in.

as far as i am concerned it's the greatest plane ever...However Singer Ricky Nelson may disagree.

Hey, lR! That Gooney Bird is on a private field with a Navarre, O. mailing address...........Buck

Buck... is it off of RT62?

[Forty Rod]

In spite of their reputation, they do not fly well in the dirt.

I saw some in 'Nam that looked like they'd tried, though.  Darned old beasty can sure take a lot of punishment.

The one at Long Beach landed with one wheel up back in '78, skidded all over the runway, and ended up in the dirt.  They flew it out three days later.

[Four-Eyed Buck]

lR, yep, it is. IIRC, west of Navarre actually. Well, if you're picking nits, actually southwest. Maybe with in 5 -10 miles, hard for me to tell, I was busy with the kids on the bus. That's my job, ridin' herd on the indians...............Buck