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Old 03-23-2009, 09:28 PM
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FedEx Plane crash in Japan

video of crash

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/5034882/Two-dead-after-cargo-plane-crashes-in-Japan.html

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Old 03-23-2009, 09:53 PM
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One of my hairy-ist landings ever was there- with two aborted attempts. Winds must have been over 30. I swear the port wing tip was less than 5 feet from the grass- this was a plane that came from Houston. Everyone erupted with joy at the landing.
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Old 03-23-2009, 10:10 PM
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Somebody said the wind was over 45 mph. Man, you guys can have that job
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Old 03-23-2009, 10:17 PM
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Somebody said the wind was over 45 mph. Man, you guys can have that job
I was a passenger- I drive stuff on the Ocean- just as hairy sometimes however.
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Old 03-23-2009, 10:35 PM
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This is the first time I can recall seeing such clear video of a airliner crashing, not counting 9/11 footage. It's amazing how far technology has come to allow us to have almost instant video access to news happening across the world. But when you watch the said footage, you come to a sobering realization that this advancement in technology is also a double edged sword. It made me a bit sick to see that MD-11 flip like a toy and burst into flames.
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Old 03-23-2009, 11:06 PM
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I remember the crash in Iowa back in '89. My wife and two kids were flying back to Cincy from Sacto that day, but a different route. Terrible films of that crash.
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I remember the crash in Iowa back in '89. My wife and two kids were flying back to Cincy from Sacto that day, but a different route. Terrible films of that crash.
i live about 10 miles from where the rear engine fell off that plane.the crew on that plane did an unbeilivible job to get it on the ground.
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Old 03-24-2009, 05:24 AM
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First ever FedEx plane crash involving a fatality...my sympathies go out to the families of the 2 crew members who perished...
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Old 03-24-2009, 08:09 AM
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That was certainly a sepctacular crash. My sympathies are with the families of the crew. At least it wasn't a fully-loaded passenger flight. It think Brian Williams said the authorities thought it was due to wind shear. What do you pilots think, judging from the video?
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Old 03-25-2009, 03:55 AM
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Wow, did you see that thing bounce? It must me a Boeing...get it? boing?
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I was a passenger- I drive stuff on the Ocean- just as hairy sometimes however.
We’ve been into NRT quite a few times. I don’t really recall any of them being: “just another approach.”

As for your driving stuff on the ocean and that being “just as hairy sometimes”: I tend think that would be harder (Hairier) in many ways. If I get into a bad situation on an approach to a runway. I can usually just power up and go around.
If you’re heading into a slip and things aren’t just so. You have lots of momentum you have to keep under control. Momentum is my best friend. Not yours.
I’m thinking you have the “harder job” when it comes to bringing your adventure to a close.

Not to mention. I have a third dimension I can go looking for better conditions in. You stuck on the surface battling rough conditions until Mother Nature says you’re done. (or done for)
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Worst place I ever had to fly into (passenger, I only fly paragliders)
Telluride, CO not for the faint hearted or weak stomach crowd

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-RBpJ0PFCjyU/pilots_eye_landing_in_telluride/

used to know where there was a really hairy video of a winter landing
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Old 03-25-2009, 05:35 PM
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Holy *****! Must have been a freak crosswind or something?
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Worst place I ever had to fly into (passenger, I only fly paragliders)
Telluride, CO not for the faint hearted or weak stomach crowd

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-RBpJ0PFCjyU/pilots_eye_landing_in_telluride/

used to know where there was a really hairy video of a winter landing
I used to love flying into Telluride (TEX) on warm summer days just after it had rained. We could go straight in with the Citations, when most of the Lear’s had to wait for the runway to dry off. They don’t have the gear/brakes/tires to stop on that length of runway when it’s wet, given their warm/high altitude approach speeds.

Giggled my a-s off more than a few times listening to them talk about who wanted to go first.

I guess the thought of running off the end of that one would seem a bit intimidating.
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I used to love flying into Telluride (TEX) on warm summer days just after it had rained. We could go straight in with the Citations, when most of the Lear’s had to wait for the runway to dry off. They don’t have the gear/brakes/tires to stop on that length of runway when it’s wet, given their warm/high altitude approach speeds.

Giggled my a-s off more than a few times listening to them talk about who wanted to go first.

I guess the thought of running off the end of that one would seem a bit intimidating.
While nowhere near the same as the real thing, I've practiced the approach to TEX lots of times in FS-X. I've ever never lived through it in the Lear but the C200 seems pretty easy to bring in without bending. I can't imagine having to do that for a living or, with pax.

Hats off to you pilots...you must have 'nads-0-steel.

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