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nico(at)cybersuperstore.c
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 Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 10:34 pm Post subject: Twin vs Single engine |
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This is a report I picked up form avWebFlash news. My rant has nothing to do
with the circumstances that killed Bruce Kennedy.
Once again, I am astonished that folks would fly single engine planes over
hazardous terrain, such as heavily populated areas, mountains or water.
I usually get into an argument about multi vs single engine planes, and they
never end with my counterparts seeing the light. Even though the chances of
getting an in-flight engine failure are doubled in a twin, the chances of
having to contend with an unscheduled landing aren't doubled. More often
than not, an engine failure in a twin would get you to an airport where you
can walk to the local FBO's offices for coffee. Shaken, perhaps, but nothing
more than what a good dose of caffeine wouldn't fix.
In the usual argument, at this point, I have to respond with "don't get
yourself worked up about more training to stay proficient in a twin" because
if the pilot is not proficient, don't fly. That goes for anything that
leaves terra firma.
Any number of hours in one's logbook won't save one when the choices have
been reduced to a landing either on a rooftop or in a parking lot.
My most sincere condolences with Bruce's family.
Nico
Quest Aircraft Chairman Killed In Crash
Bruce Kennedy, 68, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Quest Aircraft, died
in the crash of his Cessna 182 near the Cashmere (Wash.) Airport on
Thursday. Kennedy had a long career with Alaska Airlines and retired as its
CEO in 1991. He was on his way to Wenatchee to see his grandchildren when
the plane went down in a high school parking lot while attempting to land.
The airplane hit a truck and a tree before catching fire next to a house. No
one on the ground was hurt. Weather was reported to be mostly clear with
light winds at the time of the crash. Kennedy worked for Alaska Airlines and
its predecessor for 32 years and is credited with the modern expansion that
turned it into an international carrier. He took early retirement in 1991 to
pursue humanitarian causes. According to a news release from his family, he
was especially fond of his involvement with Quest Aircraft, which is on the
cusp of certification for its turboprop Kodiak bush plane. The Kodiak will
be sold in the general market and profits from those sales will be used to
donate aircraft to humanitarian organizations flying into remote areas
around the world.
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rsrandazzo(at)precisionma
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| Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 11:15 pm Post subject: Twin vs Single engine |
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Nico-
Ouch... That's tragic. And to think of all the people in the world NOT
contributing to the greater good- we really could use keeping people like
him around on this rock of ours.
All of aviation is about risk management. I've had five engine failures
while flying twin engine airplanes- and non flying a single engine airplane.
To the uninitiated- that should tell you that twins are far less dependable.
When flying my wife and daughter around- I much prefer to fly them in a
twin. I'm a competent multi pilot- so my risk factors are properly
mitigated- and if one quits- I have lots more time to plan a safe resolution
of the flight than I do in a single.
The single engine advocates ask all kinds of questions about loss of control
if an engine quits on rotation, or during a go around... But my answer
sounds much like yours. Proficiency, training and GOOD JUDGMENT. A
competent pilot puts quite a bit of effort into making sure that an engine
failure within 500' AGL won't result in a twin that won't climb... You plan
that out of the flight IN ADVANCE.
In the T-6, if the engine quits anywhere in flight- I don't have the option
of "planning it out of the flight."
Robert S. Randazzo
<fingers crossed that any further engine failures are also in the multi's!>
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