Comments on: Plane pr0n, Texas-style http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/01/30/plane-pr0n-texas-style/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:48:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sid http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/01/30/plane-pr0n-texas-style/comment-page-1/#comment-422039 sid Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:54:12 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/01/30/plane-pr0n-texas-style/#comment-422039 Had time to watch the video again, and the flat approach to landing reminded me of this <a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2158/2234831405_62f053ef3e_b.jpg" rel="nofollow">other dicey kind</a>... In both cases there is no chance of a go around. Landing short is probably not good for your actuarial standing. Of course the gent in the latter had only a single, slower responding engine. Likely less fuel anyway. More pics in the series can be found <a href="http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1950s/1955/mar55.pdf" rel="nofollow">inside here</a>. Had time to watch the video again, and the flat approach to landing reminded me of this other dicey kind…

In both cases there is no chance of a go around. Landing short is probably not good for your actuarial standing. Of course the gent in the latter had only a single, slower responding engine. Likely less fuel anyway.

More pics in the series can be found inside here.

]]> By: John http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/01/30/plane-pr0n-texas-style/comment-page-1/#comment-422052 John Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:27:28 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/01/30/plane-pr0n-texas-style/#comment-422052 A bit like Telluride, CO, but, er, more interesting. Another video at Courchevel, shot from the inside of a Pilatus PC-12 (oh, if I could win the lotto ...): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxfpfrVyJDg A bit like Telluride, CO, but, er, more interesting.

Another video at Courchevel, shot from the inside of a Pilatus PC-12 (oh, if I could win the lotto …):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxfpfrVyJDg

]]> By: J.M. Heinrichs http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/01/30/plane-pr0n-texas-style/comment-page-1/#comment-422051 J.M. Heinrichs Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:08:38 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/01/30/plane-pr0n-texas-style/#comment-422051 Other versions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFzP9CRFdWw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzhrvq7V6W0&NR=1 Cheers Other versions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFzP9CRFdWw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzhrvq7V6W0&NR=1

Cheers

]]> By: John http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/01/30/plane-pr0n-texas-style/comment-page-1/#comment-422050 John Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:29:18 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/01/30/plane-pr0n-texas-style/#comment-422050 I learned pitch for airspeed, power for vertical speed in a 172; when transitioning to the 182, the reverse seemed to work better on the ILS. I learned pitch for airspeed, power for vertical speed in a 172; when transitioning to the 182, the reverse seemed to work better on the ILS.

]]> By: sid http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/01/30/plane-pr0n-texas-style/comment-page-1/#comment-422049 sid Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:27:52 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/01/30/plane-pr0n-texas-style/#comment-422049 <i>“nose attitude controls airspeed, power controls rate of descent.” </i> As a born and bred "Fly Over Ferguson's" <i>(a moniker given to us by certain Derring-Do Types oft seen wearing gold striped blue flightsuits that are usually a bit too tight)</i>, thats how I got taught in a low speed, high wing Cessna... “nose attitude controls airspeed, power controls rate of descent.”

As a born and bred “Fly Over Ferguson’s” (a moniker given to us by certain Derring-Do Types oft seen wearing gold striped blue flightsuits that are usually a bit too tight), thats how I got taught in a low speed, high wing Cessna…

]]> By: sid http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/01/30/plane-pr0n-texas-style/comment-page-1/#comment-422048 sid Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:19:13 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/01/30/plane-pr0n-texas-style/#comment-422048 Fields like that go a long way in explaining why the Swiss came up with <a href="http://www.claytor.com/photographs/images/picPilatusPorterNepalTomClaytor.jpg" rel="nofollow">Flying Platypusses</a> [sic] Fields like that go a long way in explaining why the Swiss came up with Flying Platypusses [sic]

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