#4088868 - 03/07/15 06:57 AM
Re: Harrison Ford injured in plane crash
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I guess Harrison will bring his Dad along as co-pilot and navigator next time he tries to make the kessel run in less than 12 parsecs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flXCWdhJnGYNew images of the crash site. HONEST! Some funny and priceless comments here:http://twitchy.com/2015/03/05/never-tell-me-the-odds-the-harrison-ford-jokes-begin-photoshops/All joking aside for a minute, regarding my comment about I rather have a 2 or 3 engine aircraft if I had the $ to rent/buy an aircraft; I am not a pilot. The only time I have been on an aircraft is when I fly commercial. I was just going by basic logic: better to have 2 engines instead of just one in case of mechanical failure. I didn't know about all the other thing people here mentioned regarding that sometimes having more than one engine is not going to make a difference.
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#4088970 - 03/07/15 05:32 PM
Re: Harrison Ford injured in plane crash
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Two engines doubles your opportunity for trouble, IMHO. The flip side of redundancy is that now one has two systems that can malfunction rather than just one. Losing one engine in a twin on takeoff sounds like a bigger deal than Whisper Mode. Our twin pilot types can correct me and I'll listen intently. My experience is in light (Champs) aircraft that are forgiving gliders. Some of the media stuff is hilarious, like the reporter that commented that older planes tend to have more problems mechanically than newer ones. I'll take a '46 Champ that's been maintained well and regularly flown over a decade old Carbon Cub that's rarely flown and sits in a hangar most of the year, ignored. It's not like technology for piston engines has evolved from the late 1940's very much. It's all still the same magnetoes and carburators and the same engine models coming off the factory line since then. Harrison Ford is an official Good Guy in the Aviation world. His contributions to both AOPA and the EAA go beyond the financial. He's the spokesman for the General Aviation Serves America campaign and served as the chairman for EAA's Young Eagle Program. And hands out the Harrison Ford Legacy in Aviation award. 
The opinions of this poster are largely based on facts and portray a possible version of the actual events. More dumb stuff at http://www.darts-page.comFrom Laser: "The forum is the place where combat (real time) flight simulator fans come to play turn based strategy combat."
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#4088991 - 03/07/15 06:17 PM
Re: Harrison Ford injured in plane crash
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The carbonite stretcher got to me. LOL He should be quite well protected.
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#4088995 - 03/07/15 06:35 PM
Re: Harrison Ford injured in plane crash
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Greased that one in ... not so much. But we don't have all the details. Looks like he did a lot of things right. Didn't screw it up.
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#4089033 - 03/07/15 09:33 PM
Re: Harrison Ford injured in plane crash
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Looks like he did okay in bringing it down and living to tell the tale.
Now, the question is...... did he fly Solo?
In all my years I've never seen the like. It has to be more than a hundred sea miles and he brings us up on his tail. That's seamanship, Mr. Pullings. My God, that's seamanship!
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#4089040 - 03/07/15 09:50 PM
Re: Harrison Ford injured in plane crash
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And was he on autopilot, or flying by Han?
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#4089539 - 03/09/15 12:28 PM
Re: Harrison Ford injured in plane crash
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Landing that plane on a golf course ain't my idea of courage...more like...suicide...
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#4089638 - 03/09/15 03:08 PM
Re: Harrison Ford injured in plane crash
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Landing that plane on a golf course ain't my idea of courage...more like...suicide... Hmmm, if so, what would you have done? Looks like the right/smart move to me with what I know so far.
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#4089654 - 03/09/15 03:30 PM
Re: Harrison Ford injured in plane crash
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Nixer is not an accredited geek like most of us here on SimHQ. Landing that plane on a golf course ain't my idea of courage...more like...suicide...
Don't worry. She'll hold together.
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#4089664 - 03/09/15 03:49 PM
Re: Harrison Ford injured in plane crash
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*watching the fairway coming up to meet him* No reward is worth this!
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The anteater is wearing the bagel because he's a reindeer princess. -- my 4 yr old daughter
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Go USAF
by RossUK. 02/22/19 10:44 AM
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