Simviation Forum - Most terrifying real aiviation experience?

Reply #15 - May 11^th, 2003 at 2:35am

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hm..i don't know if a winch-take-off in a sailplane is terrifying. but for me,it was very uncommon,because it was the first flight after staying on ground for about eight years. we had at least 45 degrees pitch angle during take-off. urgh! Tongue

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Reply #16 - May 11^th, 2003 at 3:44am

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I would have to say doing a flapless landing at FAJS which has a alt of around 5500ft... man that was scary! i was sitting in the jumpseat and watch the airspeed... on touch down it was around 190kts!!!! we declared a full mayday so we had all the pretty fire trucks on the runway Wink

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Reply #17 - May 11^th, 2003 at 5:21pm

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Nothing happened to me, either than eating some bad airline food then felt nauseated.

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Reply #18 - May 11^th, 2003 at 7:28pm

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Nothing happened to me, either than eating some bad airline food then felt nauseated.

Looking at this "food" makes me nauseated.

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Reply #19 - May 12^th, 2003 at 9:13am

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hm..i don't know if a winch-take-off in a sailplane is terrifying. but for me,it was very uncommon,because it was the first flight after staying on ground for about eight years. we had at least 45 degrees pitch angle during take-off. urgh! Tongue

All my glider training was done from winch launches. Note I say glider rather than sailplane. I'm sure it was around 45 degrees but it felt more like vertical. I would use the word exhilarating to describe the experience & I enjoyed every moment.

The only time I've ever been frigntened in an aircraft was just after take-off in a DC-10 "hangar queen" out of Newark in a storm - but that's another story. Wink

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Reply #20 - May 12^th, 2003 at 12:49pm

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All my glider training was done from winch launches. Note I say glider rather than sailplane. I'm sure it was around 45 degrees but it felt more like vertical. I would use the word exhilarating to describe the experience & I enjoyed every moment.

yeah,flying gliders is exciting and you can enjoy it. it's so exciting,that i'm going to do that again on this weekend with a friend of mine and a digital camera. but it depends on the weather... Tongue

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Reply #21 - May 12^th, 2003 at 11:52pm

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When this was posted i thought
it was just for "flying experiences"
BUT, after reading the title agin,
I have other thoughts

My worst "Aiviation" experience

In 1962 I was in the Ark. National Guard
We were call out to do a groud search for a
Downed aircraft, I think it was a beech
The group I was with found it, nine souls
were lost, a 4 month old baby survived
18 hours in 30 f snow and high wind
It was a bad day but with a great
Blessing, I see her at churc every Sunday

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