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Carrier Quals

By lex, on June 29th, 2009

You’re doing it wrong.

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June 29th, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: Flying, Small Stuff

24 comments to Carrier Quals

  • Quartermaster
    June 29, 2009 at 4:32 pm

    I don’t get anything when I click the link. No album comes up.

  • Hammerspace
    June 29, 2009 at 4:38 pm

    If you click on ‘photo albums’, it brings up the thumbnail.

    ~AND~

    I’m no aviator, but I’m thinking that’s a FAIL.

  • Casey
    June 29, 2009 at 4:42 pm

    If the F-14 were still in service, Lex could start a LOLtomcats site!

    Hmmm… LOLviators, anyone? :)

  • Hammerspace
    June 29, 2009 at 4:50 pm

    LOLviator: LOLviator#1

  • Steve
    June 29, 2009 at 5:21 pm

    You gotta give the pilot credit for hitting a “deck” that small ;)

  • Hammerspace
    June 29, 2009 at 5:33 pm

    LOLviator #2: LOLviator#2

  • Brian
    June 29, 2009 at 5:39 pm

    Taxi 1 wire?

  • OldSchool
    June 29, 2009 at 5:49 pm

    On June 16, 2009, about 1620 Alaska daylight time, a Cessna 207 airplane, N1623U, sustained
    substantial damage during a forced landing about 2 miles south of the Crooked Creek Airport,
    Crooked Creek, Alaska. The airplane was being operated by Bush-Tell, Inc., Aniak, Alaska, as a
    visual flight rules (VFR) other work use flight under Title 14, CFR Part 91, when the accident
    occurred. Of the three people aboard, the commercial pilot and one passenger were not injured, and
    one passenger sustained minor injuries. The flight originated at the Sleetmute Airport, Sleetmute,
    Alaska, about 1530, and company flight following procedures were in effect.
    During a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
    investigator-in-charge (IIC) on June 17, the pilot noted that the purpose of the flight was to
    transport a crew of telecommunications technicians from Aniak to Sleetmute, then continue on to
    Crooked Creek before returning to Aniak later that evening. He said that the flight between Aniak
    and Sleetmute was uneventful, but noted that he had some difficulty starting the airplane’s engine
    before departing Sleetmute. He said that once the engine started, it operated without difficulty,
    and he departed for Crooked Creek.
    As the flight approached the Crooked Creek Airport the pilot said he saw a large rain squall moving
    over the airport, and he elected to remain south of the airport to allow time for the rain squall
    to move away from the airport. The pilot reported that while maneuvering the airplane at 1,500 feet
    msl, all engine power was lost. After completing the emergency procedures for a loss of engine
    power, the pilot said he was unable to restart the engine, and he selected a marshy tree-covered
    site as a forced landing area. During the forced landing, the airplane collided with trees, and
    sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and wings.
    The airplane was equipped with a Teledyne Continental Motors (TCM) IO-520 series engine. A
    postaccident engine examination is pending following recovery of the airplane wreckage.
    Updated on Jun 22 2009 4:54PM
    No No
    N1623U CESSNA 207
    NTSB
    Minor
    Crooked Creek AK 99575 1620 ADT
    Accident
    06/16/2009
    ANC09LA058

  • ManlyDad
    June 29, 2009 at 5:55 pm

    Pic is visible in Explorer for me, not in Firefox.

  • G-man
    June 29, 2009 at 5:59 pm

    Any one think it unusual that he “landed” from bow to stern? I’m sure the LSOs had some unusual critique comments. Nose? Guess he shoulda been a rotary wing type with a small deck sign-off.

  • SCOTTtheBADGER
    June 29, 2009 at 6:45 pm

    Nope, nope, nope, yer wrong, all of you. As can be plainly seen, that is a straight deck carrier, and they have the ability to land from either end, that’s why they had arrestor gear at both ends. What impresses me, is that they actually seem to be stowing it down in the hanger deck.

  • Airmial
    June 29, 2009 at 8:02 pm

    What I want to know is how did they lift it up to put it on the boat? No crane and no helo…..

  • Saltydog
    June 29, 2009 at 8:50 pm

    Cut OC HAR PNDTL Lex, here is my grade of the pass (simplified ). [Overcontrol High at Ramp Push Nose Down to land]

  • Wilko
    June 29, 2009 at 9:25 pm

    Not a carrier landing. A new type of float plane.

  • Combat Wombat
    June 30, 2009 at 5:29 am

    Unclear on the concept: “Flying Boat?”

  • Hammerspace
    June 30, 2009 at 11:47 am

    Just what the world needs, another blog: LOLNav blog. Then again, when you LOL, the world LOLs with you… LOLNav.

  • steveegg
    July 1, 2009 at 1:04 pm

    I think he caught the one-wire.
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