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I wonder what would have happened if he would have called 30 minutes
before running out of gas and had the Coast Guard giving him "Flight Following" Maybe they could have got there before the plane sank. I don't even know if that was a possibility. Just a thought. Jon Kraus PP-ASEL-IA '79 Mooney 201 Steven P. McNicoll wrote: "Chris" wrote in message ... Its all speculation, the poor planning was one issue, poor execution of his way out of the problem was the other. Poor planning is a certainty, there was no proper execution out of this problem. |
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Jon Kraus wrote:
I wonder what would have happened if he would have called 30 minutes before running out of gas and had the Coast Guard giving him "Flight Following" That would assume he *knew* he had only 30 minutes of fuel left. -- Peter ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 08:04:40 -0400, "Peter R."
wrote: Jon Kraus wrote: I wonder what would have happened if he would have called 30 minutes before running out of gas and had the Coast Guard giving him "Flight Following" That would assume he *knew* he had only 30 minutes of fuel left. If you listen to the ATC tapes (link posted elsewhere in this thread), he knew he was low on fuel. He indicates that he had run one tank dry, and only had 3-6 gallons left in the other tank. Sure it's armchair QB'ing, but at this point, he should have been relaying exact position and asking for the USCG chopper/ships to be rolling. -Nathan |
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"Nathan Young" wrote in message ... If you listen to the ATC tapes (link posted elsewhere in this thread), he knew he was low on fuel. He indicates that he had run one tank dry, and only had 3-6 gallons left in the other tank. Do you know what his position was when he indicated that? Sure it's armchair QB'ing, but at this point, he should have been relaying exact position and asking for the USCG chopper/ships to be rolling. That assumes he was able to determine his exact position. What navigational capabilities did he have aboard? |
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Sure it's armchair QB'ing, but at this point, he should have been
relaying exact position and asking for the USCG chopper/ships to be rolling. That assumes he was able to determine his exact position. What navigational capabilities did he have aboard? Seems easier enough to see an airplane in the air with strobes on, going in a known direction, than to find one ditched at night. True, we don't even know if he had strobes, but it's a good bet. Jose -- Get high on gasoline: fly an airplane. for Email, make the obvious change in the address. |
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"Jon Kraus" wrote in message ... I wonder what would have happened if he would have called 30 minutes before running out of gas and had the Coast Guard giving him "Flight Following" Maybe they could have got there before the plane sank. I don't even know if that was a possibility. Just a thought. I don't know what his route was, but thirty minutes earlier he was probably over land east of the lake. |
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Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
I don't know what his route was, but thirty minutes earlier he was probably over land east of the lake. No, he would have been well offshore. The lake is about 80 nm wide at that point, and that's if you're traveling straight across. The news said he would have been swimming against a 3 knot headwind, so he was fighting higher winds at altitude. Unless his Archer could true at least 175 knots, he was over water 30 minutes earlier. George Patterson There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures. Right next to the mashed potatoes. |
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"George Patterson" wrote in message news:0nBce.505$yd1.85@trndny01... No, he would have been well offshore. The lake is about 80 nm wide at that point, and that's if you're traveling straight across. The news said he would have been swimming against a 3 knot headwind, so he was fighting higher winds at altitude. Unless his Archer could true at least 175 knots, he was over water 30 minutes earlier. You might want to run that problem again. On a direct route from Hamilton NY to Watertown WI the lake is about 68 nm wide, not 80. According to the NTSB he went down six miles east of the lakeshore, so the dry tanks point was a few miles further east and dependant on altitude. He probably crossed about 55-60 miles of the lake. The book cruise speed of the Archer II is 139 ktas but he was probably achieving something a bit less than that. The winds at altitude are also unknown. He may have been over water 30 minutes prior to engine stoppage, but he was certainly not well offshore. |
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Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
You might want to run that problem again. On a direct route from Hamilton NY to Watertown WI the lake is about 68 nm wide, not 80. I've measured the sectional three times now. He went down just east of Milwaukee, and I get 81 nm from Milwaukee to the east bank. George Patterson There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures. Right next to the mashed potatoes. |
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"George Patterson" wrote in message news:CbCce.464$c86.208@trndny09... I've measured the sectional three times now. He went down just east of Milwaukee, and I get 81 nm from Milwaukee to the east bank. On a direct route from Hamilton NY to Watertown WI the lake is 68 nm wide. Perhaps you're using the statute mile scale. |
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