Fri, Jan 28, 2005
Aero-News: Quote of the Day
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Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we
reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing
on the day's events and issues.
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content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be
thought-provoking.
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Aero-News Quote of the Day
"The instructor stated that he
briefly scanned at the student pilot's altimeter on the left side
of the instrument panel (a standard practice for T-37 flight
instructors). As he was turning his head back to the right, he
noticed a "high visibility yellow airplane" out of the right corner
of his eye. The student pilot stated that as the flight instructor
took control of the aircraft, he scanned outside the airplane to
the left, and started to look back to the right when he saw the
yellow Air Tractor heading towards the right side of the T-37B.
Subsequently, the instructor and student pilot recalled feeling a
spinning sensation, and rolling inverted. Both the instructor and
student pilot initiated emergency egress procedures and ejected
from the aircraft."
Source: NTSB preliminary report on a mid-air
collision between a T-37B and an Air Tractor cropdusting aircraft
near Frederick, OK, on January 18th. The pilot of the Air Tractor
was killed in the accident.
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