A-rod

[Hugh Johnson]

So which fly by night operator ran their Gulfstream off the runway at Burbank with Arod on board?

 

[gutshotdraw]

That would be his own flight crew. Used to use Marquis. Bought his own G-II

 

[Hugh Johnson]

If he was talked into that kind of airplane, I wonder what kinda crew he has.

 

[check6]

A G-2? Aren't those old now?

 

[skiandsurf]

Sammy Sosa has one too.

 

[Makesheepnervus]

If he was talked into that kind of airplane, I wonder what kinda crew he has.

I can't speak for the crew but the G-IIB is one hell of a good value in a biz jet; large cabin, high speed cruise up to Mach .83 and 3,200 nm range that can be had for less than 3 mil. True, it drinks a lot of JetA, but hey, if you are going to burn a lot of fuel, you might as well make a lot of noise too!

 

[DX Rick]

It's his own. He filled up at the FBO, D2Aero, I work at this morning. When he goes into LAS, his pilot brings it down to Havasu to spend the night. Pilot has a house here in town, then he tops her off with JETA here. $3.25 a gallon.

 

[learflyer]

It's his own. He filled up at the FBO, D2Aero, I work at this morning. When he goes into LAS, his pilot brings it down to Havasu to spend the night. Pilot has a house here in town, then he tops her off with JETA here. $3.25 a gallon.

What, are you the media? only one "pilot"?

 

[DX Rick]

What, are you the media? only one "pilot"?

A-Rod can't afford two pilots.

I only saw and talked with one pilot.

 

[Lear60Guy]

The truth is that the aircraft was stopped on the runway, the capt. had even added power to make the turn and didn't realize it wasn't concrete on the end and rolled into it while making the turn. It was not a bonafide overrun on landing....

 

[icefr8dawg]

Who's cheaper, Arod with his GII or George Steinbrenner with the Citation III? Don't they both have ##NY tail numbers?

 

[landlover]

i think it is a fractional deal with a company called air charter professionals based out of boca.

 

[w_lloughby]

New York Yankees Players Need to stay out of the air

40th floor midtown Manhatten....Burbank...need I say more.

 

[Hung Start]

Heck,, throw Thurman Munson into that crowd also.

Hung

 

[Lear Wanna Be]

N113AR and as Youens said, it really was not any big deal. The aircraft is back in Miami as of Sunday.

 

[Lear Wanna Be]

The interesting thing is that it is registered as a 1973 G1159B, yet they file as a G3. Now wasn't the first G3 deliverd in 1980? So how could his be a G3? Even with updates it is still a G2B. Guess he needs people to think he has a G3 over a G2. Just a difference of a couple million bucks.

 

[Lear60Guy]

I hear now the JEPP airport diagram is incorrect... It depicts the end of the runway where the plane taxied into the EMAS to be all concrete (dept end of 08). It depict EMAS incorrectly on the opposite end of the runway (approach 08).. Anybody have the jepp chart handy?

 

[Makesheepnervus]

I'm unable to post a copy of the jepp diagram here, but it deffinitely does not show the emas at the approach end of rwy 8. It does not however, show the emas at the departure end of rwy 8, rather it just shows an area of grey, the same as used for taxiways and ramps.

It should be noted that the end of rwy 8 is clearly marked with yellow chevrons.

check out the video and pics here;

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=local&id=4658934

Last time I checked yellow chevrons meant a "non operation area"; that is no take-off, landing or taxi, so that does beg the question what were they doing there?

Here is a link to an FAA diagram of BUR, which does show the emas;

http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0610/00067AD.PDF

 

[TangoIndiaMike]

No Big Deal

Alex was in the a/c...asleep through the whole thing.

No Big Deal.

 

[Makesheepnervus]

Interesting post script:

The latest edition of the Burbank 10-9 plate now shows the emas at the end of Rwy 8.

I'll bet there were a few heated corporate board meetings and finger pointing sessions with the company attorneys at Jepp recently. I think that emas has been installed at Bur for about 3 years now and only now after an aircraft runs into it does Jepp update the chart. Of course, I'm sure Jepp is saying that this update with the emas was "previously scheduled".

Makes me wonder if there will now be a law suit holding Jepp responsible.