Yes. Apparently, yes.
Not a sight you see every day - Traffic on the runway, err, ummm parking lot at last weekend’s Adirondacks Balloon Festival at KGFL
I see it every year. Military jets taking over runways. GA pilots taking off from taxiways. People in fields directing air traffic to follow railroad tracks stacking one plane above the other. It’s a madhouse I tells ya.
Festive runway activities always make me think of the Gimli Glider:
And why you should always carry an air horn while flying. Which reminds me of the person who converted a Helio Courier to a tricycle gear and turbine engine. An added item was a train horn. It made quite a statement when it flew over.
What a place to crash; sadly their last flight was where the first (fixed wing) flight took place. 5 killed by Wright Bros monument in Kill Devil Hill, NC when their Cirrus impacted trees off the side of the runway.
Is there going to be controls for aircraft in the devasted Carolina flood area?
You’ll have military, state civilian, and as Johnny mentioned, volunteers all in the area.
I imagine some airport radars may be up and running on auxiliary power. Is there a procedure as to who is in charge?
From discussions on a pilot’s forum I read, lots of Temporary Flight Restrictions as FAA says who can go where. Looking now I only find this one:
https://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_4_3123.html
And then two big security TFRs for the presidential and vice presidential visits.
It sounds like a go around that added stress to the pilot.
Not the usual thing that causes your flight to be delayed:
That’s right up there with the USS Greeneville sinking the Ehime Maru…in 2001!
Your response makes no sense in the context of the post you replied to.
Perhaps you meant to reply to a different post?
The post he replied to is one by Spiderman which is a reference to:
which says:
Online data shows the plane approached runway 21 from the northeast.
“The airplane made an initial approach and subsequent takeoff, where it remained in the pattern and made a second approach and landing attempt,” Enders said.
“During the second attempt, the aircraft made a left turn and impacted trees adjacent to the left side of the runway,” Enders said. “The impact resulted in a post-crash fire, and the five occupants sustained fatal injuries.”
thus Magiver’s reply makes sense.
However the post he quoted by Johnny_L.A. has nothing to do with this: perhaps it was some previous reply which he never completed and remained a draft.
I’ve been told that rules for some air racing classes include a requirement for the addition of a chain attached to engine and firewall. When the (often experimental) prop throws a blade, the imbalance instantly shakes the engine so badly that the engine mounts fail. The chain’s job is to keep the engine from departing - which would make the plane unflyable (CG too far aft). With the engine hanging from its chain, the CG is not too badly disturbed and the pilot can glide to a safe landing.
Exactly what I was thinking of. The propellers were often cut down certificated props (made shorter to handle higher engine RPM). This changed the resonant frequencies of the blades causing them to fatigue off in a short time.
Better be a very beefy chain. Or three.
Yep, o once stood next to a RR merlín engine and that thing was HUGE…
… Like laying a full size fridge on its side - big
But it does make a very impressive noise if you stand nearby.
Briefly. And then nothing makes any noise any longer.