LAZYB
Time wounds all heels.
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mushroom said:That being said, I flew with a captain once who did a "vertical" takeoff at TUS to impress the ground crew at the FBO, but without telling me first. Pulled the gear and flaps up on takeoff, put on the yaw damper, and stayed about 10 feet off the deck until the end of the runway. Then pulled up to about a 45 degree deck angle and climbed like hell. It was fun after I got over the initial shock of it, I guess, but I still gave him major hell for doing that without telling me. What if we had stalled right there at 10 feet if he pulled up too hard?
That same captain was killed a couple years later when he crashed his Lear. It's true that there are no old, bold pilots.
Hmmm, sounds like a guy who flew freight out of TUS, on a DHL contract, for Direct Air. He did an aileron roll coming into PHX. And his demise wasn't a question of IF, but WHEN? No surprise.