HeyEng Posted July 12, 2013 Posted July 12, 2013 I heard some rumors at the KMC sports bar that two C-5M's collided during taxi and another C-17 landed short at Dover. There might have been some beers consumed by various crew members at said bar so I don't know how true either of these incidents are.
Butters Posted July 12, 2013 Posted July 12, 2013 On 7/12/2013 at 1:04 AM, HeyEng said: I heard some rumors at the KMC sports bar that two C-5M's collided during taxi and another C-17 landed short at Dover. There might have been some beers consumed by various crew members at said bar so I don't know how true either of these incidents are. I can only tell you the C-17 rumor is false, they did not land short... They crashed 1000 feet short and the aircraft saved everyone's life. Much like the 777 in SFO. Caveat: The 777 had help from the flight attendants saving the lives.
CHS17 Posted July 12, 2013 Posted July 12, 2013 On 7/12/2013 at 1:04 AM, HeyEng said: I heard some rumors at the KMC sports bar that two C-5M's collided during taxi... True.
Azimuth Posted July 12, 2013 Posted July 12, 2013 (edited) On 7/12/2013 at 3:18 AM, CHS17 said: True. Impossible, that's minimum of four FE's between two jets. Edited July 12, 2013 by Azimuth 6
HeyEng Posted July 12, 2013 Author Posted July 12, 2013 Supposedly the wingtip of one C-5 cut through the visor of the other one. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2
Tonka Posted July 12, 2013 Posted July 12, 2013 On 7/12/2013 at 3:46 AM, HeyEng said: Supposedly the wingtip of one C-5 cut through the visor of the other one. Forgive the ignorance, but I'm assuming that "visor" = the pivoting knight's mask on the nose?
BitteEinBit Posted July 12, 2013 Posted July 12, 2013 On 7/12/2013 at 1:16 AM, gearpig said: I was at a bar and someone told me BQZip's mom could suck a golfball through a garden hose, but I'm not sure how true that is. True
HeyEng Posted July 13, 2013 Author Posted July 13, 2013 I finally saw pictures of the damage and it looks like the visor is gone! I don't know if a visor can be replaced with one from another aircraft or not but I don't think the crews have to worry about being put in bravo! Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2
DirkDiggler Posted July 13, 2013 Posted July 13, 2013 On 7/13/2013 at 2:45 AM, HeyEng said: I finally saw pictures of the damage and it looks like the visor is gone! I don't know if a visor can be replaced with one from another aircraft or not but I don't think the crews have to worry about being put in bravo! Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2 Can you post the pics?, be interesting to see
HeyEng Posted July 13, 2013 Author Posted July 13, 2013 I don't have the pics, only saw them, they haven't been released to the public. Check with your safety office they might have them. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2
HerkFE Posted July 13, 2013 Posted July 13, 2013 On 7/13/2013 at 10:41 AM, matmacwc said: WTF is a visor? It's this thing we use to keep the sun out of our eyes because it hurts to wear sunglasses with headsets. We keep them stored in the galley right beside the coffee maker and the waffle iron. All you have to do is snap your fingers and point outside and the Nav jumps up and retrieves them. 3
WheelsOff Posted July 13, 2013 Posted July 13, 2013 True. Happened at Diego. Saw a pic of the nose of the C-5 that got torn up. We flew the crew involved back to their home station just 2 days ago.
Buddy Spike Posted July 13, 2013 Posted July 13, 2013 On 7/12/2013 at 2:51 AM, Butters said: I can only tell you the C-17 rumor is false, they did not land short... They crashed 1000 feet short and the aircraft saved everyone's life. Much like the 777 in SFO. Caveat: The 777 had help from the flight attendants saving the lives. Maybe it's time to start putting booms on C-17s... for help reading the approach plates and general flight attendant duties..
Fuzz Posted July 13, 2013 Posted July 13, 2013 (edited) On 7/13/2013 at 2:01 PM, Buddy Spike said: Maybe it's time to start putting booms on C-17s... for help reading the approach plates and general flight attendant duties.. I thought that was what flight engineers were for, and now you're saying we need booms too? We're gonna have more people on a crew than the C-5s before long. Edited July 13, 2013 by Fuzz
Buddy Spike Posted July 13, 2013 Posted July 13, 2013 On 7/13/2013 at 2:15 PM, Fuzz said: I thought that was what flight engineers were for, and now you're saying we need booms too? We're gonna have more people on a crew than the C-5s before long. Well we're going to have to keep adding people until you can land on speed, in the zone, with the gear down, and at the correct airport. 1
Champ Kind Posted July 13, 2013 Posted July 13, 2013 On 7/13/2013 at 2:21 PM, Buddy Spike said: Well we're going to have to keep adding people until you can land on speed, in the zone, with the gear down, and at the correct airport. That's really asking a lot. 2
BitteEinBit Posted July 13, 2013 Posted July 13, 2013 On 7/13/2013 at 2:21 PM, Buddy Spike said: Well we're going to have to keep adding people until you can land on speed, in the zone, with the gear down, and at the correct airport. Are the strippers still an option?? I'll bet I can land on speed, in the zone, gear down, AND at the right airport with her sitting on my lap! Oh wait, my boom might be extended... (that wasn't very officerlike of me was it?)
moosepileit Posted July 19, 2013 Posted July 19, 2013 My crew chief can beat up your... wait- what do you do in the AF? 1
Grabby Posted July 19, 2013 Posted July 19, 2013 On 7/19/2013 at 1:26 PM, moosepileit said: My crew chief can beat up your... wait- what do you do in the AF? "Impersonate pilots on the internet" -joe1234 2
Rusty Pipes Posted July 19, 2013 Posted July 19, 2013 (edited) On 7/13/2013 at 2:21 PM, Buddy Spike said: Well we're going to have to keep adding people until you can land on speed, in the zone, with the gear down, and at the correct airport. From what I hear adding more pilots to the crew will be pretty easy since we have such a glut of 11Ms... especially in the C-17 community that is supposidly manned at something like 569%, right? Maybe we could use a boom in the cockpit though... then he can go back to tell his buddies how stupid they sound when they say, "Forward 1, Sir". And for the record... we do have multiple Guard C-17 units now, so their jets OBVIOUSLY have stripper poles installed already. Edited July 19, 2013 by Rusty Pipes
FallingOsh Posted July 20, 2013 Posted July 20, 2013 On 7/13/2013 at 3:50 PM, BitteEinBit said: Are the strippers still an option?? Not sure how that would work out around these crews. My guess.... 1
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