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Anyone got the number to that truck drivers school. Truckmaster I think it is.

Sorry. Had to be said
 
Just goes to show you, the only hour of flight time that really counts is the next one. Not too clever.
 
There are a lot of Navy pilots on another forum that know this guy. Not one of them has any sympathy for him.
 
See that is what you get for letting a Retired Navy pilot fly a retired Airforce jet!!! If it had been a Panther instead of a Sabre this kind of thing would not have happened!!! :)
 
Bummer, I see a new callsign of "Sparky" just around the corner.

Looks like he needed that backseater all along!!
 
KeroseneSnorter said:
See that is what you get for letting a Retired Navy pilot fly a retired Airforce jet!!! If it had been a Panther instead of a Sabre this kind of thing would not have happened!!! :)
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That's why a tailhook is handy. If you lower it and hear it scraping during the flare you know you forgot the gear. Unfortunately, in a Panther there would be no flare so you gotta have really quick reflexes.;)
 
HAHA.....Huggy thats funny you say that. I saw an L39 belly land in RFD a year and half ago. Guy did the same thing just "forgot." Hes now known as slider to us. Lucky for him he only had to replace the front landing gear door, speed brakes, flaps and a few GPS antenna's.
 
Huggyu2 said:
There are a lot of Navy pilots on another forum that know this guy. Not one of them has any sympathy for him.
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I've hung out with him before. He deserves it. I feel sorry for the F-86 to have to be flown by such a total doosh-bag.
 
He got busted at Oshkosh a few years back. Set back lines really didn't mean anything to him. Blew right over the crowd in his pass with the corsair. The FAA had enough.
 
Huggyu2 said:
There are a lot of Navy pilots on another forum that know this guy. Not one of them has any sympathy for him.
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As long as there are pilots and airplanes that fly over water, US Navy Mobile Diving and Salvage Units One and Two will have a mission.
 
OldPilot said:
Long history as a "Teflon Don" in Naval Aviation, but a good stick nonetheless.
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And an awesome officer to work for. He took care of his guys and watched their backs. Best boss I ever had.
 
What happened to his flow and checklist? Something for all of us who sometimes get complacent in an airplane to think about!!!
 
satpak77 said:
not "IF" but "WHEN"
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Thats ignorant. That's like saying, "It's not IF a doctor will one day amputate the wrong, it's WHEN." I'm not the best pilot in the world and am not free of mistakes by any strech of the imagination, but I hope and pray it (forget to extend landing gear) will never happen to me.
 
I met the guy and delt with him in the general aviation world some years back. I found him to be a courteous and likeable individual. His background is impressive by any standard. Its amazing how pilots with an inferiority complex are so quick to take a stab at him.

Sure the accident "shouldn't" have happened, but I have looked at many accidents over the years and believe me, it can and sometimes does happen even to the best. He certainly didn't acquire more flight time in F14s than anyone else and command the entire fleet just because he was lucky.

Come on guys and gals, build your own Resume, don't begrudge someone else's.
 
This is a more forgiveable than the ex-Top Gun pilot who forgot that congressmen aren't supposed to take bribes.
 
pal said:
Come on guys and gals, build your own Resume, don't begrudge someone else's.
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Please don't misunderstand me: I do not know the guy. I'd love to fly what he's flown.
The "other" forum I referred to is made up of a number of pilots that served with, flew with, and knew this guy. I was amazed that not one of them cared for him, and not one of them wanted to work with him again... although they did respect his flying credentials.
 
At least he didnt try and BS his way out of it saying it collapsed. He still has his integrity in my opinion.
 
Hope he can just forget about it and press on. Have had that gentle reminder a few times when asked to slow to min approach speed and lowered landing flaps before gear. Guess I never will since I haven't flown in the last three years but after 23,000 hrs feel lucky nothing bad has happened. I probably shouldn't press my luck and get an F86 to have fun. My wife already told me what she was going to buy if I got that ultralight on floats.
 

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