Planes on YouTube: I came across a series by The Flight Channel on YouTube. It shows plane crashes, with the video, but it's all computer generated. It's very realistic, but there are...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I came across a series by The Flight Channel on YouTube. It shows plane crashes, with the video, but it's all computer generated. It's very realistic, but there are no people in the planes. They go through each disaster from boarding to flight to crash, followed by the results of the investigation.

I've watched the other recreations of crashes on YouTube, and like The Flight Channel videos, they were all caused by human error. Management was cutting costs, maintenance was taking shortcuts, pilots weren't following the rules.

One thing surprised me. I didn't know that the pilots and the tower spoke in their native language when flying within the country. I know that English is the universal language on international flights, but I thought it was the universal language for all flights.

It's not that I'm a should who likes to see crashes. I like t see the causes and how the crash could have been prevented. Some of the stupidity is unbelievable. I'm always surprised that management wants to cut corners to save money, yet they lose a plane costing millions, and they get bad publicity, especially when the report comes out. Remember that Aloha flight that lost a section of the roof and sides? That was way overdue for retirement, and the inspections were not done correctly. Now there is no more Aloha Airlines.

timcc Loc: Virginia

If you get the Smithsonian channel on your TV, it has hour-long shows on Air Disasters that focus on the investigations of actual crashes. It's fascinating how they can ultimately pinpoint the problems that led to the crashes, a critical need in order to prevent future disasters.

Shellback Loc: North of Cheyenne Bottoms Wetlands - Kansas

I was presented with this poster when I got my pilots license - something a good aviator will never forget...

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

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medphotog Loc: Witness protection land

And I'm sure you've heard that, there are more planes in the ocean than there are ships in the sky.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

timcc wrote:

If you get the Smithsonian channel on your TV, it has hour-long shows on Air Disasters that focus on the investigations of actual crashes. It's fascinating how they can ultimately pinpoint the problems that led to the crashes, a critical need in order to prevent future disasters.

I think I've watched all of them. : )

Fortunately, they don't keep adding crashes because they are now few and far between.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Shellback wrote:

I was presented with this poster when I got my pilots license - something a good aviator will never forget...

I was at an event at a small, privately-owned airport years ago. I was sitting next to one of the women in the family of pilots. She said, "Well, I'm not a very good pilot." Right away, I thought - that sentence should not even exist. She went on to explain. She said that most members of her family seemed to be natural-born pilots. She was technically competent, but it wasn't "in her blood." Still, I would rather fly with a different member of that family.

nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

Shellback wrote:

I was presented with this poster when I got my pilots license - something a good aviator will never forget...

I got that same poster many years ago for the same reason!40 years of flying with no incidents or crashes.

brobill Loc: Fort Worth, Texas ( Haslet)

My sister, wanting to become a flyer like our brother, took a “ Discovery Flight”.
The instructor told her to yell “ Clear!” Out the window before starting the engine.
Yep... she put her head out and yelled,
“Clear Out The Window!”
Never did get license.

Shellback Loc: North of Cheyenne Bottoms Wetlands - Kansas

nimbushopper wrote:

I got that same poster many years ago for the same reason!40 years of flying with no incidents or crashes.

Well done - that is a milestone to be proud of...
I recognize that avatar and have a few hours in them - VP10 / VP48 / VP31 CNAP - those were fun days...
No crashes but had a dead stick landing in a field due to engine failure - no damages/injuries...
That sure got my heart rate up

Would love to get back up but due to medical issues, cannot be a pilot anymore...

Blair Shaw Jr Loc: Dunnellon,Florida

jerryc41 wrote:

I came across a series by The Flight Channel on Yo... (show quote)

I enjoy watching those Russian Dash Board Videos where crazy drunken Russian idiots wreck the Universe daily........it makes my day so much better.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

brobill wrote:

My sister, wanting to become a flyer like our brother, took a “ Discovery Flight”.
The instructor told her to yell “ Clear!” Out the window before starting the engine.
Yep... she put her head out and yelled,
“Clear Out The Window!”
Never did get license.

"Say goodnight Gracie." "Goodnight, Gracie."

EdJ0307 Loc: out west someplace

jerryc41 wrote:

It's not that I'm a should who likes to see crashes.

You're not a what???

Los-Angeles-Shooter Loc: Los Angeles

Some crashes are due to affirmative action hiring, or nepotism. Re: the latter, see the Korean crash at SFO as a good example. As to affirmative action, see, e.g., Lt Cara "Revlon" Hultgreen's crash of an F-14, and the recent incident in which a Los Angeles-based affirmative action controller ordered a jetliner to fly into a mountain side. the plane missed by only a few hundred feet.

Jeffers

Having flown Navy fighters for 20 years and in one tour was the squadron safety officer, I learned a few things about crashes. First, an airplane crash is almost never the result of a single event. Rather, it's the result of a string of events, either maintenance related, or pilot related, or both. Recognize and break the string before the crash and the crash won't happen.