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SkyWest CRJ stolen, crashed, and suspect committed suicide
ST. GEORGE — A commercial pilot wanted in connection with the killing of his girlfriend in Colorado Springs tried to steal a commercial airplane early Tuesday at the St. George Municipal Airport, then committed suicide, investigators said. (www.deseretnews.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
We sell are planes to the south and this is how they treat them.......lovely.
wow
And what would tsa have done to stop him if they had intercepted him? Shoot him with their flashlite? They would have called a cop and by the time the cop got there it's over. So what valuable part did the tsa play here?
Why are so many news outlets unaware that jets don't go in reverse like a car? This is one report. "...it appeared Hedglin had climbed into the aircraft through a cockpit hatch. He had removed the blocks and started the plane, but backed it into a jet bridge where it clipped the wing." Earlier and wilder media speculation was it must have taken a group of people to push it into into the parking lot. Why is it the media so often appears to be disconnected with reality? And not just with aviation.
My comment on reversing was totally wrong but I've never seen a passenger jet back up before, even though I got my training at a busy jet airport and have been a passenger countless times. I always heard thrusters must be reset to normal below a certain speed or the engines might quit from eat their own thrust and the FOD risk would be greatly elevated. Now I'm learning many jets are certified for backing up and it's a movement left to an airline and/or captain's discretion. Look at this Youtube "DC9 Back Up With Reversers" http://youtu.be/ID3jfc39x3E The coolest is the C-17 at Oshkosh http://youtu.be/GNRXAHasFvk There's always something to learn in aviation. Still, I don't think he backed the wing into the skybridge. Has anyone ever seen a skybridge behind the wing?
Dennis, it's called "blow back". The reasoning behind it is it doesn't require a tug for the "push back". Negatives are the FOD that could be kicked up. I guess it's up to the airport and the company to allow it.
Some aircraft in Microsoft FS are able to back out with the reverse thrusters. I have seen it several times while actually flying over the years, and have been on a few planes that did it.
B17 bombers could back up and they didn't have beta on their props like todays turboprops. Hold one brake and rev engine on the same side. The other side would go backwards some feet. Repeat the process on the other side and in effect you walk the plane backwards.BTW, I'm not old enough to have done it--I read it.lol