Recent content by 845flier

More comments on the "tricky" approach..... are we talking about the same place, lol. I consider the NDB approach into PSF as tricky, but the 20N approach is a straight in VOR to 3000+ foot runway. Additionally, there is lighting controlled on 123.30 that turns on a vertical guidance to the...

P.S. the neighbors were not complaining about the noise of a Cessna, Piper, or Beechcraft (or any other GA plane). But..... they were ****ed that a British Fighter Jet was doing Barrel Rolls over their homes..... followed shortly afterwards by it crashing into the Hudson and spilling the...

Before we spread anymore mis-information..... The housing development was there long before the airport was, and it was IBM Kingston that was instrumental in getting the airport up and running. There haven't been many noise complaints over the years, this is due to good pilot knowledge, a...

The news outlets were saying anything that came to mind. I heard from the airport manager that she was not there the day it happened, or the next day when they were trying to recover the body. There were nine or ten of his friends that were watching the event first hand, and the trauma has...

I was at the wake last night, and it was very crowded. He was obviously well liked, and had many people who knew him through aviation, and through his podiatry practice. It is truely a pity that none of those people were influential enough to see where this was going to lead, and to...

Bobanna - Yes I believe this was 100% avoidable. There are many mindsets when it comes to aviation safety, and common sense. This event showed a lack of attention to either. Worsened by the fact that it causes a great deal of bad PR, and headache for the rest of the pilots that use the...

NTSB Preliminary - Spouse says no Aerobatic Training From the Prelim NTSB report it seems that he only had 21 hours in the Jet, with a type rating in December, 2010. His spouse reported to the investigator that he had no aerobatic training. This is very sad..... I knew this gentleman, as I...