Cirrus over the Pacific ditches!
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donjohnston
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Wouldn't have happened if he had an AOA.
mulligan
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cash me outside howbow dah
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FTFYWouldn't have happened if he had done a proper job of making sure he had enough fuel and reserves to make his destination.
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Interesting to see the various videos edited together into a marketing video. The originals of both the coast guard C-130 footage and his selfie cam were out a couple of years ago, separately.
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I thought the claim was that one of the ferry tanks failed to deliver fuel.
That's not the same as not planning enough fuel.
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??? Huh.
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ktup-flyer
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There is a guy that flew his SR-20 from SYD to TUP. You couldn't pay me to do that.
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I had to ask
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Latest internet meme fodder. Being plastered all over all sorts of photos of celebrities and politicians doing bad things now. LOL
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What does that even mean? Does she have a lot of extra casino chips? Is she trying to say "catch me outside"? Not worth the pursuit...let her run into the woods or back to her double-wide.
I haz problemz undrstndng.
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Isn't that something you'd check on the ground before even taking off ????
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I'd climb to altitude and check feed from each of the tanks. Better to RTB with a poor feeding tank than to be surprised hours later.
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I believe is was a valve that WAS checked before the ferry flight, but failed in-flight. The pilot was able to troubleshoot and diagnose the problem, with help from his company experts via a SatPhone. There was no way to correct the problem in-flight and no way to make it back. The CG and a local ship were notified and he flew for another hour getting closer to the rescuing vessel where he finally pulled the red handle.
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Yeah.....,that would be my story too !
donjohnston
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No way! That's incredible, any idea how long it took him?
ktup-flyer
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His name is Joe Corrigan. He's on FB and Instagram and whatnot if you want details. Interesting guy to say the least lol
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A good friend of mine flew solo in an SR22 from California to Australia. He also flew one from Massachusetts to France.
Uh, NOPE. I can't even fly across a small lake without being nervous.
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Gave a Doc some instrument refresher training last fall. Originally from Germany, he flew his Super Viking from BHM to Germany. A couple of times.
When the airline bought some additional ATR 72s, a couple of IPs picked one up in France, and were flying back from France and the headwinds were much stronger than forecasted. Numerous computations had them being short of fuel in order to make it to Greenland, maybe Iceland, forget which. They made it somehow.
When the airline bought some additional ATR 72s, a couple of IPs picked one up in France, and were flying back from France and the headwinds were much stronger than forecasted. Numerous computations had them being short of fuel in order to make it to Greenland, maybe Iceland, forget which. They made it somehow.
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Bold move Cotton.
Timbeck2
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I wonder if he's any relation to Douglas Corrigan, aka "wrong way."
ktup-flyer
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Don't think so. His dad is Chris Corrigan.
ktup-flyer
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He's doing a similar trip later this year. Stopping in Ireland iirc