Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters

2020-02-25 Thread chuck
, February 25, 2020 10:04 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters Is this public information? bp On 2/25/2020 9:02 AM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: Yes, they have radar info showing almost the entire last 5 minutes of the flight. From: Bill Prince

Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters

2020-02-25 Thread Cameron Crum
l Prince > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 25, 2020 10:04 AM > *To:* af@af.afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters > > > Is this public information? > > bp > > > > On 2/25/2020 9:02 AM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: > > Yes, they have radar info showing

Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters

2020-02-25 Thread Robert
news I suppose. *From:* Bill Prince *Sent:* Tuesday, February 25, 2020 10:04 AM *To:* af@af.afmug.com *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters Is this public information? bp On 2/25/2020 9:02 AM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: Yes, they have radar info showing almost the entire last 5 minutes of

Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters

2020-02-25 Thread chuck
It was part of a news piece I read. They had a very nice graphic. Not sure where I saw it. Could have been fake news I suppose. From: Bill Prince Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 10:04 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters Is this public information? bp

Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters

2020-02-25 Thread Bill Prince
.    From: Bill Prince Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 10:00 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters   Where

Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters

2020-02-25 Thread chuck
Yes, they have radar info showing almost the entire last 5 minutes of the flight. From: Bill Prince Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 10:00 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters Where are you getting the information on the flight profile? bp On 2/25/2020 8

Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters

2020-02-25 Thread Bill Prince
.    From: Cameron Crum Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 9:11 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters

Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters

2020-02-25 Thread chuck
Crum Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 9:11 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters A good friend of mine flew helos in the Army and is rated on everything from Apaches to Chinooks, and is now a helo pilot instructor. After looking at the FAA video and

Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters

2020-02-25 Thread Cameron Crum
thing outside. > > [image: N5NJ | Sikorsky S-76B | Untitled | Cam | JetPhotos] > > -- > Steven Kenney > Network Operations Manager > WaveDirect Telecommunications > http://www.wavedirect.net > (519)737-WAVE (9283) > > ---------- > *From: *"Bill Pr

Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters

2020-02-25 Thread Chuck McCown
>> (519)737-WAVE (9283) >> >> From: "Bill Prince" >> To: "af" >> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2020 2:04:32 PM >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters >> >> The Sikorsky S-76B is a big bird. Not cheap. Maybe 10 to 13 m

Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters

2020-02-24 Thread Robert
work Operations Manager WaveDirect Telecommunications http://www.wavedirect.net (519)737-WAVE (9283) *From: *"Bill Prince" *To: *"af" *Sent: *Monday, February 24, 2020 2:04:32 PM *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe

Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters

2020-02-24 Thread Robert
It was a charter flight with a fully IFR capable a/c that was only _rated_ for VFR through the charter company.. On 2/24/20 10:47 AM, Steven Kenney wrote: Doubt it.  It was poor decision after poor decision. Should never have flown.  Mist rolling in from the hills could obscure things below 1

Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters

2020-02-24 Thread Robert
One point about the the autopilot, it requires a minimum forward speed, which I believe was about 60 knots.  I believe he went below that at one point just before the turn, climb and then decent.   He was only 50-100 feet below the reported tops when the decent and increase in speed started wit

Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters

2020-02-24 Thread Bill Prince
Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters   Tight circling while waiting for a clearance followed by a rapid acceleration and climb is a textbook recipe for vertigo and spatial disorientation.  I’m

Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters

2020-02-24 Thread Ken Hohhof
Choose your experts based on their profile pictures. https://dilbert.com/strip/2020-02-23 -Original Message- From: AF On Behalf Of Adam Moffett Sent: Monday, February 24, 2020 2:54 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters They're basically wrong on any

Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters

2020-02-24 Thread chuck
I only got it bad once. Just trusted the instruments until I got out of the clouds. From: Ken Hohhof Sent: Monday, February 24, 2020 1:56 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters I’m clearly not cut out for any of this. I get ve

Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters

2020-02-24 Thread Ken Hohhof
I’m clearly not cut out for any of this. I get vertigo just driving over an interstate overpass on a foggy day. From: AF On Behalf Of Mark Radabaugh Sent: Monday, February 24, 2020 2:44 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters Tight circling

Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters

2020-02-24 Thread Adam Moffett
They're basically wrong on any topic with any technical nuance at all. On 2/24/2020 3:43 PM, Mark Radabaugh wrote: The media is always idiotic when it comes to flying -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters

2020-02-24 Thread Mark Radabaugh
<> > Sent: Monday, February 24, 2020 12:17 PM > To: af <> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters > > You'd never catch me flying in a chopper IFR unelss I had some sort of > terrain following radar or radar altimeter. Too many wind towers, > powerli

Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters

2020-02-24 Thread Bill Prince
t, if you get in trouble, fess up and start to climb.    From: Steven Kenney Sent: Monday, February 24, 2020 11:47 AM To: af Subject: Re: [AFMUG]

Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters

2020-02-24 Thread chuck
12:17 PM To: af Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters You'd never catch me flying in a chopper IFR unelss I had some sort of terrain following radar or radar altimeter. Too many wind towers, powerlines, and those pesky telecom towers .. I've flown with real chopper pilot

Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters

2020-02-24 Thread chuck
: af Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters Doubt it. It was poor decision after poor decision. Should never have flown. Mist rolling in from the hills could obscure things below 1 mile easily. Choppers and mountains don't mix with all the updrafts and unpredictable wind patterns. E

Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters

2020-02-24 Thread Steven Kenney
onday, February 24, 2020 2:04:32 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters The Sikorsky S-76B is a big bird. Not cheap. Maybe 10 to 13 million depending on condition. I suspect this has some parallels to the thing with Bill Graham 20 years ago or something. I think Graham pressur

Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters

2020-02-24 Thread Bill Prince
The Sikorsky S-76B is a big bird. Not cheap. Maybe 10 to 13 million depending on condition. I suspect this has some parallels to the thing with Bill Graham 20 years ago or something. I think Graham pressured the pilot to fly even though the conditions were not very

Re: [AFMUG] OT Kobe and helicopters

2020-02-24 Thread Steven Kenney
Doubt it. It was poor decision after poor decision. Should never have flown. Mist rolling in from the hills could obscure things below 1 mile easily. Choppers and mountains don't mix with all the updrafts and unpredictable wind patterns. ESPECIALLY downdrafts. (I like to fly the Huey in DCS and