tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352377410388410195.post8586641970709508709..comments2024-03-28T17:38:51.301-07:00Comments on Flight To Success: BREAKING EVENKarlene Petitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17910702587514001827noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352377410388410195.post-78486240336471899782013-06-28T19:50:28.746-07:002013-06-28T19:50:28.746-07:00Rob,
I know exactly how that feels. I have my ow...Rob,<br /><br />I know exactly how that feels. I have my own share of things that still gnaw at me. I prefer to remember them as learning points for the future. <br /><br />I what I failed to mention in my article is the double extra challenge of flying a slow-mover at one of these things. Unlike aircraft with afterburners--like we used in my story--you simply don't have the speed variable to make up time. A mission commander in a slow mover formation has a much harder time, as if it wasn't hard enough.<br /><br />I talked to a friend of mine about this. Until hearing about this story and others, she said she had no idea how hard these things where. "They just looked calm and collected." She reflected she'd never take these fly-bys for granted again. And, where she lives in a major metropolitan city, fly-bys cruise by her house all the time.<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />TomTom Hillhttp://www.tom-hill.biznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352377410388410195.post-13839055121360793902013-06-28T11:50:24.529-07:002013-06-28T11:50:24.529-07:00Rob, Thank you for the great comment...story! When...Rob, Thank you for the great comment...story! When we're late in the airline world, we just apologize and keep our door closed. ;) <br /><br />Seriously, I have never thought about the timing this took. So... my friend, time to move on and put that event behind you! Being a punchline could be an honor. :)Karlene Petitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17910702587514001827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352377410388410195.post-56052322996676852052013-06-28T11:46:01.665-07:002013-06-28T11:46:01.665-07:00I would rather be lucky than good. I was unlucky o...I would rather be lucky than good. I was unlucky on one of my two flyovers. <br /><br />I was doing a fly-by for the Governor's inauguration in 2000. It was a C-130 two-ship and we did all of the things you talked about. <br />I spoke to the person tasked with event on schedule. I kept telling them, that we couldn't appear out of no-where. We needed a hard time to shoot for. We could be a minute early or late, but we needed a hard flyover time. It was set and everything was a go. <br /><br />Like you, the event started late, the band played long, the speakers spoke too long, ect. Our guy on the ground was standing next to the coordinator. We were holding, just three miles away. <br /><br />Ready to start the run-in, the guy on the ground told us another five minutes. No big deal, but it did require a turn away from the Capitol building.<br /><br />No sooner did we get wings level, pointed the wrong way did we get the call to start the run-in. An aggressive 60 degree bank, max power and full speed. You know the Herc flies at the speed of slow. I told the wingman to get ready to abort the flyover because we were so late.<br /><br />The coordinator knew how late we were going to be and still wanted it. We became the punch line in the Governor's speech, the crowd laughed. Everyone except the Wing Commander and the General. Number two was tucked in tight when we went over, but it is no good to be late. I am still embarrassed over it.<br /><br /> rob akershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03119682986212406304noreply@blogger.com