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Mystery of pilot's metal CLIPBOARD crammed with aviation documents that fell from the sky in New York City suburb
Adam Rosenberg, a pilot and Federal Aviation Administration examiner, told NBC New York that while it is possible the aviator in question forgot the clipboard on top of a wing before flight, it is unlikely that the item would have stayed in place during takeoff. Rosenberg added that it’s unusual, but not unheard of, for an item to fall out of a plane if the cockpit door was accidentally left ajar, or if the plane has an exposed cockpit. (www.dailymail.co.uk) Ещё...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
As a matter of interest, aren't ALL our(crew) clipboards crammed with aviation documentation (half of which tatty and out of date)? :)
When I was a kid I lived four miles from the threshold of 13L at KJFK. If I climbed the tree in front of the house I could look straight down the runway. I remember back in the 60's hearing about a lady a little closer in waking up one morning to find a pair of wheels and chunk of gear embedded in her front yard.
That mystery piece that went through the roof?... it was from a woodchipper!
No one has come forward and claimed it!
No one has come forward and claimed it!
Talking about objects being ejected from airplanes, I have a story (true as I was there at the time) about an infamous flight examiner in South Africa. Infamous because very few candidates passed his check rides at the first attempt. (I was one of them...) He was conducting a check ride in a C210 with a pilot of equally strong personality. During the instrument let down he kept on knocking the guy with his briefcase. Eventually the pilot lost his cool and said, "What the hell do you think you're doing?" to which he replied.."I'm testing you to see what you do under duress.". Well, he just opened himself up to what he received. The pilot opened the window, grabbed the guy's briefcase and threw it out the window. "That's what I do under duress", was his reply. Well I understand that he passed his test and the examiner mellowed somewhat from that point on.
A LONG time ago, I flew with a Captain in a Twin Otter who did his Jepp revisions while inflight over northeast TX. Guess where the discarded charts went afterward? Yep, out the side window...
I'm wondering who thought of lead as an attribute as near weightless portion of any aircraft unless it was ballast from a h
ot air balloon.
ot air balloon.