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Teckair

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  1. Human factors, education is the ONLY thing that can stop it!Jim.

    Yeah wishful thinking, it's been going on for years if people cannot learn from that then so be it. Do you really think that those 3 people had no idea that flying in those conditions has killed a lot of people? and that no one had explained that to them? What is that saying? there are no new ways to kill yourself in a aeroplane.

     

     

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  2. Scud running is a choice some pilots make because they want to get there, they know it is risky but they still do it. It is much like driving through flood water. Human Factors and training will not stop it, some pilots think they are good enough to get away with it. When a guy made a flight in very bad weather some time ago I said I don't know how you can fly around in this stuff. He said he had done a lot of it, I though there lies the problem every time he gets away with it he gets a bit gamer until.....

     

     

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  3. That's not a test though.

    Correct it is not, I am not sure how practical it would be to make students do it, or how much value it would be, teaching to avoid it in the first place might be better. The most common problem is the turn onto final which is too low for recovery. The steering on final with rudder is a recipe for disaster in the event of a engine failure and yet there are so many being taught to do that.

     

     

  4. I took a second look that looks like tail wheel Pulsar, a very slippery aircraft, the speed will build up if you put the nose down like that. I had a engine failure after take off in the same type of aircraft as that only this one had a 912. I think mine was a bit higher than that one maybe 800 ft we were able to get back on the strip but were too high to go straight in, first thing to do, get the airspeed stabilised at 65 kts with flap down. Then I did a dog leg to get rid of some height then I was too low so flap comes off. Without flap I made the strip at an ideal height then the flap goes back down and a successful landing with no damage. The hairiest dead stick I ever did only made possible because I always practice glide approaches.

     

     

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  5. Anybody who thinks they can ride that bike has no idea how riding a bike works. If you practiced long enough maybe you could but then you would not be able to ride a normal bike. I am not sure how that relates to flying accidents. What I think happens sometimes is, the more flying you do the better you think you are, because you are now so good you can get away with things less experienced people should not attempt. When doing a BFR for very experienced pilots who have had very few accidents I would talk about complacency but I did feel I was wasting my breath.

     

     

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  6. You obviously didn't watch the video at the top of this page or perhaps you think that the video was doctored in some way. And with an I-Pad you can see exactly what the onboard video sees.

    Just watched it again. I don't know how real that video is like most things on the internet you cannot be sure. One thing I am sure about if it is real then it would be real expensive. I think you can feel safe from them at this stage.

     

     

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