Dangerous Flights
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I wouldn't fly with him 
doogz said:
Some dodgy decisions, his flying seems a bit ropey too?
Although seeing someone else snatching control from him on touchdown was a bit off. It was his second attempt, if you didn't like his first that much, take control then and do it yourself. Don't let him do it, then snatch control at the last second.
Indeed. That's not something you should ever do unless you feel there is a serious life threatening situation developing.Although seeing someone else snatching control from him on touchdown was a bit off. It was his second attempt, if you didn't like his first that much, take control then and do it yourself. Don't let him do it, then snatch control at the last second.
CAPP0 said:
How does this work with Type Rating for all the different aircraft they fly?
You don't need one, as long as the aircraft is below 5.7T (EU) we only separate between single engine, multi engine, and complex types. As for aircraft over 5.7T, such as the king air, metro liner, and Dornier. You would need a type rating, but this can be very straight forward and done in a afternoon, if you know the right people.
jonnyb said:
You don't need one, as long as the aircraft is below 5.7T (EU) we only separate between single engine, multi engine, and complex types.
As for aircraft over 5.7T, such as the king air, metro liner, and Dornier. You would need a type rating, but this can be very straight forward and done in a afternoon, if you know the right people.
I assume you are referring to FAA land Jonny as any JET aircraft requires a type rating in JAA land irrelevant of weight.As for aircraft over 5.7T, such as the king air, metro liner, and Dornier. You would need a type rating, but this can be very straight forward and done in a afternoon, if you know the right people.
I have been watching this with interest too. It is quite obviously hammed up a lot to meet Discovery's seemingly normal drama levels for its programming (cue dramatic music, repeated loops of "ah, this is bad news" or "I'm not sure we're gonna make it", stall and master caution alarms, etc.), but if you can see past that I like to see the variation of what they fly, where they fly them, and how they get them there.
Agree with some of the other posters though that I am hoping that Corey Benson (the boss) has been told by the show's producers to give them something to film otherwise some of his decision making would appear to be questionable to say the least!
Agree with some of the other posters though that I am hoping that Corey Benson (the boss) has been told by the show's producers to give them something to film otherwise some of his decision making would appear to be questionable to say the least!
FuzzyLogic said:
jonnyb said:
You don't need one, as long as the aircraft is below 5.7T (EU) we only separate between single engine, multi engine, and complex types.
As for aircraft over 5.7T, such as the king air, metro liner, and Dornier. You would need a type rating, but this can be very straight forward and done in a afternoon, if you know the right people.
I assume you are referring to FAA land Jonny as any JET aircraft requires a type rating in JAA land irrelevant of weight.As for aircraft over 5.7T, such as the king air, metro liner, and Dornier. You would need a type rating, but this can be very straight forward and done in a afternoon, if you know the right people.
Beati Dogu said:
It's entertaining, but I can't help thinking it would be much cheaper to take the wings off, stick the plane in a container and ship it to the destination. Paying for two pilots, fuel, expenses etc to fly it half way round the world must cost a bloody fortune.
If it was cheaper that way that is what they would do. The problem is that most aircraft aren't designed to have the wings taken off and put back that easily.There wa a case of few years back when the IWM at Duxford wanted a B29. They found one in the US that wasn't flyable, but they only wanted it for static display so that wasn't an issue. But it turned out that the easiest way to get it across the atlantic was to restore it to flying condition purely for the trip.
doogz said:
Watching this show the other night, did the figure $10k not get mentioned? for flying a small aircraft from the states, to Argentina?
By the time you pay the pilots, fuel, airport fees etc, there's probably not much left.
Even if there's only $2k profit it's worth doing. I'd imagine most of his bread and butter stuff is much shorter trips though.By the time you pay the pilots, fuel, airport fees etc, there's probably not much left.
I went off it after the King Air episode when they flew out of Shoreham & showed the pilots snapping pics of the white cliffs of Dover...over Beachy Head.
Add in the Top Gun music, endlessly recycled stock footage & powerfully built goatee & I find I can get my interest tickled elsewhere.
Add in the Top Gun music, endlessly recycled stock footage & powerfully built goatee & I find I can get my interest tickled elsewhere.
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