Passenger Lands Plane - Pilot Incapacitation Cessna 208 Caravan, Florida. He managed to get to the front seat during a 6500fpm dive. Apparently he has absolutely no flight experience and is a manager at an interior design firm. What a legend. by Chipit in Aviation

[–]Drewski 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I read about this, totally crazy! Props to the guy for keeping it together and landing the plane, hopefully the pilot is ok.

Jet Refueling Goes Wrong by Chipit in Aviation

[–]IkeConn 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I watch this channel on YouTube sometimes.

Basketball Tragedy | Here’s What Really Happened to Kobe Bryant’s Helicopter (Final Report) by Chipit in Aviation

[–]Tums_is_Smut_bkwrds 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I have no comment on your comment about Kobe but I do know about when pilots get disoriented in cloud banks. It seems incredible to us sitting on the ground on a sunny day but when you're up there, surrounded by white, and your instruments are telling you that your descending BUT you 'feel' like you're ascending then too many pilots will disregard the instruments.

It happens even to experienced and otherwise good pilots. The plane is found piled into a hillside after an inexplicable steady descent in low or zero visibility conditions, and everyone is scratching their heads while saying things like "But Bob was such a good pilot".

Basketball Tragedy | Here’s What Really Happened to Kobe Bryant’s Helicopter (Final Report) by Chipit in Aviation

[–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Kobe killed himself with "get-there-itis", a condition that causes pilots to ignore dangerous conditions. Kobe had already fired two pilots who put safety first. He found a yes-man who flew into IFR conditions and got predictably disoriented, and guided a perfectly working aircraft into a hillside.

And he's also a rapist.

Basketball Tragedy | Here’s What Really Happened to Kobe Bryant’s Helicopter (Final Report) by Chipit in Aviation

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Surprisingly gripping viewing.

Germany's Air2E orders fleet of eFlyer 800 electric Planes from Bye Aerospace by denyo69 in Aviation

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Until enplanes are affordable I will keep my 172.

Maiden flight for Rolls-Royce's new electric airplane by denyo69 in Aviation

[–]IkeConn 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's a fucking old timey tail dragger. Did the design team get lazy or what.