Gulfstream with gear problem, Live!

[satpak77]

level at 10K for about 10 minutes now

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N225GV

checkout those tracks

 

[Superpilot92]

I cant watch the news anymore. They are doing horrible. Between the private pilots talking and pictures of falcons and CRJs. The news brod is now instructing on what might need to be done.

 

[satpak77]

I cant watch the news anymore. They are doing horrible. Between the private pilots talking and pictures of falcons and CRJs. The news brod is now instructing on what might need to be done.

dude I second that, I think I saw an MD-80 on the screen also

KPDX is now 3/4 mile

http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/KPDX.html

I would sure rather have a little better forward viz with this kind of situation....but who knows what the final plan is

 

[BoilerUP]

Fox News is always on in our office. I had to run, not walk, away from the television. I got to witness the King Air at PDK last week, and the JBU incident before that courtesy of Fox.

I'm still waiting for Fox to have somebody by the name of GVFlyer on there...then I'll go watch.

Does this mean the WSCoD has a more reliable gear system?!?

 

[Oakum_Boy]

Fox commentator says the "chocks" might have gotten stuck in the gear well.

yeah.

 

[gkrangers]

Fox commentator says the "chocks" might have gotten stuck in the gear well.

yeah.

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[WMUchickenhawk]

From an entertainment aspect (we all know the news is just another form of it now), does the circling make the viewers go away because they get bored and turn off the TV. Or does it lure them in because it also heightens the tension and the suspense, along with also giving other viewers more time to tune in?

 

[capt_zman]

Nothing like speculating before the thing is even on the ground, "Could be this, could be that, yada yada yada."

I love the, "They could use the nitrous oxide bottle to blow the doors open."

 

[capt_zman]

John King, "There won't be any brakes on the right side, therefore I'd choose the longer runway."

WTF

 

[ultrarunner]

Nothing like speculating before the thing is even on the ground, "Could be this, could be that, yada yada yada."

Hey man, if we had anything better to do we wouldn't be on flightinfo ;-)

 

[mu2]

http://www.thumper.net/atc.htm

Live KPDX ACT.

 

[satpak77]

still maneuvering, now 11,000

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N225GV

KPDX 4 miles viz.....airport diagram seems busy, lots of terminals and stuff around the runways, never been there, so do not speak from experience

http://myairplane.com/databases/approach/pdfs/00330AD.PDF

 

[SiuDude]

With the Jet-A prices where they are, they could've been tankering fuel to YYZ. So this thing could go into Prime Time. That'll give TV executives a boner.

 

[ultrarunner]

With the Jet-A prices where they are, they could've been tankering fuel to YYZ. So this thing could go into Prime Time. That'll give TV executives a boner.

As long as we can watch MNF!


Oooooooo....entering agressive manuevers! Cool!

 

[Erlanger]

Live feed can be seen here.

http://mfile.akamai.com/12441/live/reflector:39570.asx

 

[Jack Mehoff]

FOX, news caster/ super private pilot John Scott suggested that they could pump the all the fuel from the right wing into the left to prevent a Fire with the wing scraping on the runway!

I say we start putt'n these guys a go team to talk us down when we have problems

 

[canadflyau]

They just told ATC they believe they have the gear down!!!

 

[wickedpilot]

Fox News is always on in our office. I had to run, not walk, away from the television. I got to witness the King Air at PDK last week, and the JBU incident before that courtesy of Fox.

King Air landed at FTY (Fulton-County Airport). About 12 miles SW of PDK

 

[satpak77]

still maneuvering, south of KHIO, 9000 to 11,000

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N225GV

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N225GV/tracklog

 

[2000flyer]

From Carol Dean-Toder, GV EXPERT being interviewed on FoxNews, "Just before landing the crew will shut off the fuel control..."

Really? Now, I realize I only fly a Falcon and Citation, but in all my training I've never "shut off fuel control" until the emergency evacuation. Do you really shut down the engines on Gulfstreams prior to landing? <note sarcasm>

 

[canadflyau]

They were restarting the right engine and then planning a low pass at KHIO, to visually confirm the gear is down.

 

[2000flyer]

They were restarting the right engine and then planning a low pass at KHIO, to visually confirm the gear is down.

Why was the right engine shut down??? Or did I miss the sarcasm here?

 

[Jack Mehoff]

HAHA or the wing to cause a "tailspin" on rollout if they land on the 2 gear that are down! shes really an expert

 

[BoilerUP]

King Air landed at FTY (Fulton-County Airport). About 12 miles SW of PDK

oops, whatever, you know what I mean

 

[satpak77]

still at 11,000

have not been below 9-10,000 since 1 PM Central Time

 

[satpak77]

KHIO wind is calm, maybe they will use RW 30 and hold it off as long as possible

http://myairplane.com/databases/approach/pdfs/05063AD.PDF

still at 11,000, south of airport

 

[canadflyau]

That is verbatim what they told Portland App. Your guess as to why is as good as mine...

 

[wickedpilot]

insanity

http://chicagotv.feedroom.com/iframeset.jsp?ord=262224

Channel 5

Brenda: "Reports say that the pilot has requested a FULL STOP LANDING! What does that mean Dave?!!!"

 

[G4G5]

Quick question. How did they know they gear would not come down when their destination was Toronto?

Things that make you go hummmmmmmmmmmm.

It must have gotten stuck on the way up.

 

[SiuDude]

They're descending, passing 3000 feet