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Even though GPS and computers do all the work today, student pilots are still taught to calculate speed the old-fashioned way, by timing how long it takes to fly between section lines, or to know how long to maintain a standard rate turn in order to turn 180 degrees (one minute). As on the sea, accurate timekeeping is essential when navigating by air.
I visited Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson this morning.
We made do with what we had and improvised when we could. So do Russian pilots, apparently.
Here’s to you, Patches, my old friend!
I’m following news reports of the “landing incident” aboard the USS Carl Vinson in January, wherein a Navy F-35C pilot misjudged his carrier landing approach in the last seconds, struck the ramp, and ejected as his aircraft slid off the deck, splashed into the South China Sea, and sank.
Nothing wrong with being a legacy, so long as it’s a good legacy!
The two times I pressed it and landed with emergency fuel, I noticed right away how high the jet rode while taxiing back to parking.
I first posted this in May, 2007. I retold the story at a friend’s retirement party yesterday and forgot a couple of details, so I looked it up this morning to refresh my memory. It’s still a good story, with the added benefit of being true, so I’m putting it back at the top of […]