Fun Trips
Trip to
Alaska,
including a stop for Chilliwack pie
Starts in Seattle, in a Luscombe.
Alaskan
Journal
Another trip to Alaska, this one by an American flight instructor who
explains
everything so students can understand.
Lucky Escapes
Night
flight
in a C172 wiith a rough-running engine
This one is chilling. Notice the rescue equipment that the hovercraft
crew
brought with them.
C172
Hijacking
This story is serious, but hilariously told. There are no casualties.
The Gimli
Glider
After a chain of oversights, an Air Canada 767 on a scheduled flight
ran
out of fuel. The luck comes because of the combination of skills and
local
knowledge that the crew possessed.
In-Flight
Helicopter Repair
According to this story, a passenger used a Leatherman tool to allow
the
pilot to regain control of the collective of a helicopter in flight.
DC-10
in Sioux City
The centre engine in a DC-10 exploded, taking out all the
aircraft
hydraulics, meaning all control of elevator, rudder and ailerons. Using
power
only, the crew managed to crash land the aircraft in a crosswind. Of
296
on board the airplane, 184 survived the crash.
"Don't
Worry, I Know What I'm Doing"
A B707 pilot ignored the tower controller's warning to pull up and
landed in a lake. A remarkable demonstration of how well an
airplane (and those on board) can survive ditching.
Student Pilot Stories
Persistance
through adversity
An account by a German student of some of the difficulties of learning
to
fly. Despite imperfect English, she beautifully communicates the
frustration
and the triumph.
Don's
Flying Journal
I am adding this to the site after Don's first flying lesson, but he
describes
that lesson very well. I hope he continues with the flying
lessons and
the journal right to the end.
Westminster
College Student Blogs
Journals of students training at an aviation college in Utah.
Tom
Unger's Flight Lessons
A US pilot's record of learning to fly.
Robyn's Flying Start Home
This page written 24 May 2003 by Robyn Stewart. Updated 2 February 2005.
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