i think they're close to (or at) 100% survival rate when deployed in the envelope. Planes are always totaled but that's what insurance is for.
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i think they're close to (or at) 100% survival rate when deployed in the envelope. Planes are always totaled but that's what insurance is for.
The Metro sure seems sturdy. I knew a guy who was at the controlls of a Wings West Metro in the mid 80s when a prop blade separated at cruise. Sliced into the cabin leaving a huge gash and subsequently the engine was torn off. Fresno was on the nose. All they could do was manage the decent rate a bit but it was enough to make it to Fresno. Until the engine flew off the vibrations made it almost impossible to fly. A few years later at another operation I flew with the pilot's brother. He used his big brother's kit bag investigators found in a field having blown out of the gash in the fuselage at FL240.
Army National Guard used to fly Metros. They still around?
Army National Guard used to fly Metros. They still around?
As of a year ago, they still had a few in Hawaii.
Air National Guard and the Navy fly them as well. The Navy used to run (still?) a shuttle service between Pt Mugu and China Lake with them, we had a few pilots go down there to fly those as a 'primary' aircraft and DC-130's or NP-3's as a 'secondary' aircraft when they were needed and at least one guy flew the VIP ones out of Italy. Both popular orders for guys who were planning on getting hours and then out.
Navy TPS has one for the ASTARS “Flying lab”
California ANG uses them to snoop on “people” in the “wrong neighborhood.”
How a surveillance plane was sent to one wealthy suburb
National Guard troops were called in after group of young Black entrepreneurs toured a town.
www.nbcnews.com
Did one on my first student cross country at Dayton Intl in a Piper Traumahawk. Got by doors blown off by a Lear.
I think key lime now does some passenger Ops. Not sure under which part, though.
I was just joking about this with a buddy yesterday. Every dangerous doctor 'pilot' who would have died in a V tail Bo now owns an SR-20 or -22 and is swimming safely in the shallow end of the piloting gene pool with their CAPS water wings.
There have been a number of cases where the Cirrus CAPS was deployed well outside the envelope, and it still saved lives. It’s an impressive system.
Surprisingly, a CAPS deployment doesn’t always mean the Cirrus will be totaled. I personally would not want mine rebuilt, but they have done it.
Although they get the rap of being the new “doctor killer”, the owner/pilot association is quite aggressive in pushing the safety agenda. And those Cirrus pilots that are part of the organization tend to be much better than your average GA pilot when it comes to training. No doubt there are some yayhoos out there. But I’ve met some very solid Cirrus pilots that value the safety and community corporate knowledge... and the parachute.
If you can afford to operate one, it’s a fantastic airplane.
Surprisingly, a CAPS deployment doesn’t always mean the Cirrus will be totaled. I personally would not want mine rebuilt, but they have done it.
Although they get the rap of being the new “doctor killer”, the owner/pilot association is quite aggressive in pushing the safety agenda. And those Cirrus pilots that are part of the organization tend to be much better than your average GA pilot when it comes to training. No doubt there are some yayhoos out there. But I’ve met some very solid Cirrus pilots that value the safety and community corporate knowledge... and the parachute.
If you can afford to operate one, it’s a fantastic airplane.
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Their sales people have a good reputation around their airshow booths for things like talking to people who don't necessarily look like they can afford an airplane right now (but you never know if they may later). The Textron-owned GA manufacturers have sort of the opposite reputation among civil piston pilots, fairly earned or not...
I thought they damaged the wing spar beyond repair, as well as other structural components.
2:06: Trident 11 is spun up for the CSAR and gets told to sit down ?