Or he was extremely lucky,
Everyone is allowed one(or two)screw up. No harm, no foul.
Thanks, I found Vector
(Which BTW has an error in the instructions about approaching a helicopter - the S76ās rotor is low in front of it.)
And I found The Pilotās Lounge #38:Yes, Pogo, the Enemy Is Us - AVweb.
In over his aviation experience head. Going into Oshkosh is no different than you first trip into ORD or something similar. Lots of ground study first. Flying it on simulation first is very helpful. Have an informed and Oshkosh experience person go over the Notam carefully. And only then give it a shot keeping in mind an escape if you still get totally confused.
I hear what you are saying. When I was an Instructor Pilot in the Air Force, I taught my students the difference between a mistake and a crime. A mistake can include forgetting to lower the gear, or missing a checklist item. We all make mistakes. A crime is a willful act, like flying under a bridge, or taking off without having read (and mostly memorized) the OSH NOTAM and thinking āIāll just figure it out when I get thereā, knowing full well you shouldnāt. One is forgivable, the other is not.
His FlightAware picture says it all.
This guy was a dumbass endangering others. I have a friend with horses ā¦
So difference is foolishness vs intentional?
Ah, trying it in simulator is a very good idea.
At the very least, sit in your aircraft and walk through it mentally, pointing to instruments and areas of them you will use.
Going opposite traffic, ignoring controller, ignoring waved warnings?
You donāt describe it correctly, dead is a foul.
This man is apparently a CFI and has a Wright Brothers award for flying 50 years. From what Iāve read, it seems that he is no longer cognitively capable of flying. If I were king of the FAA (maybe itās just as well that Iām not), Iād send a very cordial pair of examiners out to visit him with a letter for him to sign, voluntarily relinquishingthey all his licences. If he declines, theyād give him the second letter, which is an emergency revocation of all his licences. No point in being mean about it, and these events were so egregious that this course of action seems well justified. By the way, Iām the same age, same licenses, same Wright Brothers award, and monitoring my own flying closely as to when to hang it upā¦
Well, I donāt know about an evaluation by an AME. You have a lot more faith in doctors and the medical profession than I do.
The guy has some problems, but so do we. Some of the memes on Facebook and elsewhere are unhelpful to say the least. Whatās more we are simultaneously asking that towns donāt use ADS-B data to charge us for landing fees while, collectively, stringing this guy up using flight tracking services. Our collective hypocrisy is off the charts here. Having seen this, nobody with sense is going to let their plane be publicly trackable knowing that an influencer is waiting to ruin their day. And the Fisk arrival, which is really easy, will become that much more fraught for the weekend pilot who really wants to attend the show. So what have we really achieved here?
Every Oshkosh there are a few people who screw things up royally. Often there are fatalities. This year we are focused intensely on a guy that seemed confused about his orientation on arrival and departure. A 709 ride might be in order along with retraining. Iām not saying he should be given a free pass.
What I am saying is the schadenfreude around this is pretty gross. Itās also unhelpful and possibly detrimental. I hope he filed an ASRS report. The group think that we get into so often is exactly why I avoid going to meetings.
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