Category : Airline stories…
I was almost born in the cabin of my father’s twin engine Beechcraft. I wasn’t, but almost was. My parents were enroute from Greeley to Cheyenne, a short flight, when my mother went into labor. I was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming September 30, 1941 less than five minutes after.
“HAPPY LANDINGS” Captain Ralph S Johnson… Ralph loved Purdue University. It was a huge part of his life and provided him many of the tools by which he made amazing things happen. The following was done by a team of Purdue student historians. They exceeded that which I had hoped.
ROGER & ME 24 DEC 1998 Naming this piece “Roger n’ Me” fits albeit is a bit troublesome. Troublesome as it shares the title to a 1989 Michael Moore movie a movie of much disdain by we conservative folks. January 12th, 2019 Colonel Roger K. Parrish joined the.
TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION …..………………………………………………………….. 3 #01 HYDRAULIC LOCK ON ROUND ENGINES …………………………………………………………………………….. 5 #02 DECELERATING APPROACH…………………………….…….. 9 #03 RECIPROCATING LOAD (MP VS RPM)………………………..11 #04 MIXTURE MISCUES & MIX-UPS …………………………………….. 15 #05 FEATHER BUTTONS & PROPELLERS……………………………… 18 #06 GAUGE INDICATIONS ON A FAILED ENGINE …………………….21 #07 PRE-IGNITION VS DETONATION ………………………………………
Towards the end of my airline flying career I was asked by pilot/author, Captain Mark Holt, a Delta Airlines pilot, if I would be interested in writing a book that would help pilots transitioning into the airline world. Mark wrote Turbine Pilots Flight Manual. Mark’s book has sold well over the.
I copied the following from the website Jake Lamkins put together and has hosted since the Frontier demise. A more readable copy can be found with this link: http://lamkins.tripod.com/WalkerReport.htmlA DEATH IN THE FAMILY The following report was written by Captain Billy Walker in 1987 on the First Anniversary of the cessation.
Jim Rhyne flies an Air America Douglas B-26 above the Mekong River in Laos on April 13, 1968. Rhyne started Aero Contractors in 1979 in Johnston County. James “Jim” Howard Rhyne— Beginning in a Piper Cub in Lafayette, Georgia, Jim turned his love of flying into a lifelong career spanning.
Felix Smith, Who Piloted Covert Flights Over Asia, Is Dead at 100 Felix Smith in a Douglas DC-4 used by Civil Air Transport in the 1950s. Mr. Smith flew secret missions in Asia for the airline, which was run by the C.I.A. By Sam Roberts Oct. 17, 2018 Felix Smith, a.
After some back and forth with a couple of long-time friends from good ol’ Frontier Airlines I got into recalling some things about a few of some really superb ol’ pilots. I hope you enjoy a quick trip back in time… When FAL first acquired the 737’s I had a.