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Low Flying- Hey watch this ....
Apache helicopter gunship swoops low over troops, pulls up to do an impressive hammerhead maneuver and another swoop. In the thin air, or an unexpected down draft, or his rotor from moments before (or all three, or something else) his impressive maneuver becomes too impressive .... It's a mir...Tags: Hey Watch This, Apache helicopter Crash, Density Altitude, Crash, Helicopter Crash, Hammer Head
Density Altitude part of chain of mistakes-- Narrow Escape on Take Off !!!
Resisting the powerful urge to lift the nose may have ultimately saved her / them. The pilot actually comments on the takeoff on this page: http://www.supercub.org/forum/showthread.php?40591-Wow!-It-doesn-t-get-any-closer-than-this!&p=503483&viewfull=1#post503483 Along with other...Tags: Density Altitude, Take Off, Grass Strip, Chain of Events
Where we Flew- latest Conquests
Here's the SkyVector Map for the area we flew last week. When the other guys weren't looking, I took Nate, or Dave G, or someone to go hit as many airports as we could in the area. On my Profile page is the full list & map of airports I've flown to. Nate (@Nwhit...Tags: Picking off Airports, SkyVector, Density Altitude, Engine Out
- From Pilot Tips / Workshops "Under VFR, you should be flying at a cardinal altitude (odd or even thousand-foot altitudes e.g. 4,000, 5,000, 6,000, 7,000, etc.) plus 500 feet. This provides separation from IFR aircraft and other VFR aircraft on crossing courses. Your alt...
Tags: Altimeter, GPS, Pressure Altitude, Density Altitude, AGL, MSL, Hemispheric rules., setting, correction, relative, indicated altitude, altimeter setting