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Florida pilot reports passenger fell into ocean
...a pilot reported to the Federal Aviation Administration that a passenger fell out of his small plane into the ocean. (www.foxnews.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Great corroboration dear friend Elizabeth Robillard, Am I right to assume that the video shots are from a camera on the chopper from which the passenger fell off ?
And clearly the chopper is well over water !
And clearly the chopper is well over water !
Seems the craft was NOT a chopper but a turbo prop Piper PA-46.
So my remaining assumption may also be questionable !
Correction sought ! Any takers ?
So my remaining assumption may also be questionable !
Correction sought ! Any takers ?
Looks actually to be the piston powered version, from the picture anyhow.
Dear friends THRUSTT and Zachary Colescott, thanX for TRYING to educate me. But it wasn't all that good. Why ?
1. Turboprop is also a turbine engine .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turboprop
2. Piper PA-46 is a turboprop aircraft !
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_PA-46
All this from google search. I had to do it because I knew from my engineering college days that turboprop is short form of turbine propelled or turbine propeller engines. And hence to Q to aviators for quick help.
Yes, I will still be willing to learn more on it . No doubt !
MHCO (my half cent opinion)
1. Turboprop is also a turbine engine .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turboprop
2. Piper PA-46 is a turboprop aircraft !
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_PA-46
All this from google search. I had to do it because I knew from my engineering college days that turboprop is short form of turbine propelled or turbine propeller engines. And hence to Q to aviators for quick help.
Yes, I will still be willing to learn more on it . No doubt !
MHCO (my half cent opinion)
The Piper Malibu comes in three common versions: the Matrix--which is an unpressurized piston-engine version, the Mirage--which is a pressurized piston version, and the Meridian--which is a pressurized turboprop. They all can be classified under PA-46 (The Meridian is usually classified as P46T in order to specify that it is a turboprop). The aircraft involved in this incident was a Piper Malibu Mirage. I'm not an absolute authority on this, but I hope what I've said helps. :)
ThanX my friend Ben Lillie, for a guy like me, at level 0.00, even learning 0.001 is a gain.
:-)
:-)
Hey, I'm probably only at level 2.03 lol. There's a great saying in aviation: "A good pilot is always learning." I think that can be applied to any situation in life.
2.03 !
OMG !
Hellava long way for me to go, impossible in this life time for me !
OMG !
Hellava long way for me to go, impossible in this life time for me !
http://abcnews.go.com/US/video/mayday-call-passenger-falls-plane-20893799