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Originally Posted by oldE
I don't really know enough about the Challenger II. My neighbour has one he flies from a grass strip about a half km from me. I did not approach him for a flight as (a) he had a heart attack last year, (b) he doesn't have his strip mowed yet this year and (c) I am not comfortable watching him land. He comes in low and slow over the river. If he has an engine failure, he is going to make a hole in the river bank.
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Excellent!
I used to get asked all the time by a few gents if I wanted to go fly with them, share the gas.
Nope.
The one guy I fly with is a former Navy pilot and still carries that discipline into his Cub.
Duck! Sea Story ahead!
When I was the Chief Pilot at the Sikorsky Factory the first thing I heard when I checked aboard was that none of the LT's wanted to fly with the CO, who was, to be frank, an idiot.
I listened but was dubious. I thought it was because he was an O-6 and cramped their style.
About a month later, the CO and a young LT were scheduled for a hop in a UH-60L Blackhawk. At that time, there were generally a minimum of 15 brand new Blackhawks on the flight line.
The CO, the Aircraft Commander, got in the wrong BH and went flying!?!
The Sikorsky Operations guy runs into my office and gives me the news. The first thing I ask is, "is the aircraft in 'Up' status"?
Thank god it was. I get on the horn and tell the CO he has an important something or other he needs to attend to and he needs to get back to the factory.
After that, the only folks who flew with him were the XO a CDR, a USMC Major, and me, a LCDR, for the next year until his Change of Command.
It sucked.