CL-60 Challenger down in CO

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Man this is sad. I work at an FBO and ever since I started working there I kept track of all the aircraft I have come in contact with. I remember writing down on Oct 31st that I refueled a Challenger. My first Challenger. I remember it because the fueling system on it is so difficult. Sure enough when I read the N-number I knew it was the plane I refueled on the 31st. Im just hoping it wasn't the same crew I met. Thoes guys were so cool and nice. Anybody else have a similar situation where they came in contact with a plane that later crashed?

 

[MikeD]

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So is the motto for the F-117A: "When it absolutely, positively has to be there without radar contact in non-icing conditions"?

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We can get it there. We have a this funky deicing system that utilizes multiple methods to help clean that crap off. But prior to that, we have an anti-ice system that works real good for the inlets as well as the sensor probes, since the latter is what the FBW depends on.

 

[mtsu_av8er]

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Do you mean the 123 rule in terms of requiring an alternate?

Throw them the "141 - 22 & 1/2" part 121 rule!

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My student's Dad is a NWA training Capt, and we were discussing all of those technical rules tonight, while my student just looked at us liike we were nuts (he rode along for a lesson tonight).

I haven't felt that geeky in a while....

 

[derg]

123, exempt 3585, 141 22-1/2 -- it becomes second nature after a while.

 

[MikeD]

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Do you mean the 123 rule in terms of requiring an alternate?

Throw them the "141 - 22 & 1/2" part 121 rule!

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LOL. I'd forgotten about that. We use a 3-3-2 rule for needing an alternate. If WX at destination, +/- 1 hr, is forecast to be less than 3000/3 or 2 above the lowest landing min, then file an alternate. For the alternate it's 1/2/5/1....that is, at ETA at the alternate, forecast must be 1000/2 or 500/1 above the lowest landing min available.

 

[Malko]

What was the subject of the post again?

j/k All this lingo talk and I was feeling left out.

I had to say something. Not really. Carry On men. I am off to see the sand man.

 

[Jason]

Man I must be getting slow in my old age - it took me a solid 5 minutes to figure out what you were referring to with "141- 22 1/2" but that does make it a little easier to remember doesn't it?

Now if you reallllly want to get things rolling let's start discussing the definition of "marginal" and when and why that definition changes!

Jason

 

[Windchill]

It's been a nasty season for aviation accidents. Thoughts and prayers with the victims, survivors, families, and friends

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[ My student's Dad is a NWA training Capt ...

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how convenient--I'm sure you don't forget to apply the Networking Three-Step Rule ... 1)Network 2)Network 3)Network

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[mtsu_av8er]

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how convenient--I'm sure you don't forget to apply the Networking Three-Step Rule ... 1)Network 2)Network 3)Network

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Well, of course I remember that one!!!

 

[Van_Hoolio]

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Killed in the crash were the pilot, Luis Alberto Polanco Estaillat, 50, from the Dominican Republic, and a flight attendant, Warren T. Richardson III, 36, of Coral Gables, Florida. The co-pilot, who has not been identified, remains in "very critical" condition in the burn unit of a Denver hospital, Young said.

Source: CNN



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Are there many foreign nationals working in the US as pilots? Or did this guy pay for his seat?


Mike

 

[eeg]

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Are there many foreign nationals working in the US as pilots? Or did this guy pay for his seat?


Mike

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I didn't know the pilot but for what I understand, He was highly experienced. I don't think he bought his way into the Captains seat.

And to answer your question, yes I know a few foreign nationals flying here in the US.