B-17 Lost at CT Airport

[coldsteelva]

Just to clear up a bit of confusion. These aircraft don't do a single/annual 100-hour inspection. There are a number of items on the 100-hour/annual inspection and this aircraft operated under a progressive schedule. Every 25 hours of flight time, a portion of the 100 hour inspection/maintenance would be performed and by the time 100 hours ticked off, all the items had been completed. The cycle would then repeat.

 

[ray66v]

Anyone know how the PIC managed to log 7,000+ hours in one of these??

 

[Industrial Toys]

I saw a video, which I will not post of these old timers flying these large planes. I would not feel comfortable being aboard that plane, based on what I saw in the cockpit. And an accident would not surprise me, although it might be a misguided impression. Aviation speaks of sterile cockpit environments. This wasn't one!

 

[fried1765]

Anyone know how the PIC managed to log 7,000+ hours in one of these??

Apparently the PIC had been flying this particular A/C for the past 20 years.
That works out to only 350 hours per year, and thus does seem plausible.

 

[fried1765]

I saw a video, which I will not post of these old timers flying these large planes. I would not feel comfortable being aboard that plane, based on what I saw in the cockpit. And an accident would not surprise me, although it might be a misguided impression. Aviation speaks of sterile cockpit environments. This wasn't one!

I think I am an "old timer" at 79 now, and although I no longer do fly, I will agree with your "misguided impression".
I compiled just over 30,000 total hours in many A/C types, and am reasonably certain that I could still handle most flying tasks, although certainly not the long over water flights.
The co-pilot was a former Naval Aviator, (I knew him) had more than 22,000 hours, and was a retiree from the same airline I retired from.
I would say it is WAY premature to suggest that the crash was due to pilot error.
That is the EASY explanation, and is very often WRONG.
It is SO EASY to blame dead pilots!
The NTSB will very likely figure it all out, but we won't see any NTSB final results for well over a year.

 

[ovrszd]

What is the Pilot's name that landed the jet airliner in the Hudson? Sully maybe???

He** they tried to blame him and he literally saved all those people's lives!!!! It's always the pilot's fault.....

 

[Diggin It]

The only thing I noticed in the report was that they clipped a light tower on the way in, but not why they were low enough to do that.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I once flew with a friend piloting his Cessna Crusader, many years ago. I was impressed how professional he was, and in his demeanor as a pilot almost becoming a different person. I admired that and it gave me a sense of security. What I saw in the video of these guys flying the WWII bomber was a circus. I actually felt embarrassed for them.

 

[aczlan]

What is the Pilot's name that landed the jet airliner in the Hudson? Sully maybe???

He** they tried to blame him and he literally saved all those people's lives!!!! It's always the pilot's fault.....

In the movie yes, but not in real life (per his statements after the movie came out).

Aaron Z

 

[ovrszd]

In the movie yes, but not in real life (per his statements after the movie came out).

Aaron Z

Enlighten me.