Yield to landing aircraft!

[MMDad]

Originally Posted by tomchamp

It didn't turn 180...it just crashed at the other end of the same runway...it was still heading on a 320 degree course and the vehicle it was at the opposite end of that runway. Which would be 140 degrees.

BTW..I don't racall if it was a "Cat-Shot" or not. But that's the runway it took off from. Any plane that does take off from TC-7 would be on the same course. 320!

Settle down. I know it was a bounce, not a cat shot. Either way, it was bad ju-ju. The pilot got out, and thought he was clear, then the plane hit the truck. There was no fault, but someone still died.

[tomchamp]

Originally Posted by MMDad

bad ju-ju.

Are you white?

[MMDad]

Originally Posted by tomchamp

Are you white?

Does that matter?

[K_Jo (Premo)]

Originally Posted by tomchamp

Are you white?

[tomchamp]

Originally Posted by K_Jo

Because he "Ju-Jued" It was a joke!

[Softballkid]

Originally Posted by RoseRed

Ask Rose Emory. Oh ya, you can't... besides, that was at Pax if I remember correctly. :sad:

You cant even compare Rose Emory to that... because I know the whole story, cuz Im related to her

[Softballkid]

But yeah, your supposed to yeild for any landing or taking off aircraft.. I know when I was at webster, we always had to yeild to UAV's and them prop planes, and sometimes the Glider.... Ya should got out and waved to the guy honking..that woulda been great

[redfish]

The F/A-18 crash was not after a cat shot or during bouncing. The acft was RTB with a flight control failure. Multiple cautions and resets of the flight control computers were conducted by the pilot. Final failure could not be reset and acft entered an uncommanded roll. Pilot and back seater ejected as acft was rolling towards the ground. Root cause was a CCDL (cross channel data link) failure between the flight control systems.

[Toxick]

Originally Posted by MMDad

I've worked at Webster Field on and off for more than 14 years. There has always been a sign that says "yield to landing aircraft". Today was the first time I have ever needed to yield, and the idiot behind me laid on his horn. The plane was no more than 20 feet above the runway.

So, those of you who work down there, how often do you have to yield?

I've had to do it twice. One time when I worked here before, and once since I've been back.


Did you give the guy behind you a great big finger? Even if there was no sign, common sense would dictate that you don't zip underneath a landing aircraft. Duh.

[DoWhat (Premo)]

There have also been numerous aircraft ground fatalities at Pax.