Reading
Tue May 27, 2008 2:25 pm
So at Reading, everybody should go up to Bob and tell him that there is an Allison down in the flea market...
Wed May 28, 2008 9:08 am
If loosing your helmet or your RIO is scary, how about " I´m loosing my captain". Remember British Airways flight 5390? 
Sat May 31, 2008 3:31 pm
Bob has his account posted on the WOLI website. Sounds good that the P-40 will make it to RDG.
http://www.warbirdsoverlongisland.com/news.shtml
Peter
http://www.warbirdsoverlongisland.com/news.shtml
Peter
Sat May 31, 2008 4:18 pm
Maybe it should go to its own thread, but I wanna hear more about the topless Tomcat and the missing RIO!
Also thanks for clearing up how Airbosses and airshow procedure operate.
Canso four-two
Also thanks for clearing up how Airbosses and airshow procedure operate.
Canso four-two
Sat May 31, 2008 5:01 pm
Canso42 wrote:Maybe it should go to its own thread, but I wanna hear more about the topless Tomcat and the missing RIO!
Canso, did you miss the blue link Peter-Four-Oh provided on the previous page?
P-40 Emergency
Sun Jun 01, 2008 1:15 pm
yakdriver wrote:I can't believe the radio chatter from the other airplanes worrying about their time slots and other unrelated things. The controller never cleared the airspace and barely acknowledged an emergency was happening. Very, very unprofessional in my opinion. Great that he got it on the ground undamaged. Don
Don -
I've read a couple of other posts in response to your comments and I'd like to clarify a few things about the incident.
I was announcing the show and was standing right next to the air boss, Wayne Boggs, all day. We saw Bob Baranaskas departing the box at the same time and we both saw something streaming from the aircraft. Wayne put out a call to Bob and got the reply that he was heading home to FRG. Wayne didn't have to clear the airspace. Bob was already clear of the box and there was no traffic to the northeast of the box.
In EVERY ONE of Wayne's pilot briefings he tells pilots that if they have a problem, he will "...not pester you on the frequency." At a time like that the Boss doesn't need to be distracting a pilot who's dealing with a disabled aircraft.
Wayne did turn immediately to the FAA official next to him and instruct her to call Farmingdale tower and alert them that hey had an emergency inbound.
The calls from other aircraft about when they'd get the box were, in my opinion, initiated because if there was going to be any delay in the show, fuel might be an issue. That's not always the case with warbirds but with Extras, Edges, Pitts, Staudachers, and the like, fuel is very much an issue, particularly when the airport is about 10 miles away.
BTW, I got a report that Bob was inbound to Runway 01, was high and fast. He bounced the airplane and then hooked around to a landing on Runway 14. He ran it off the end of the runway and came to a stop with no damage to the airplane, other that what had already happened to the engine.
I hope that brings some perspective to a situation that all of involved with the show was handled correctly. There were no negatives expressed in the briefing the next morning.
Sun Jun 01, 2008 9:51 pm
I received an email from Bob today "The P-40 is up and flying again!!!"
It will be at Reading, PA on Friday morning!!
This is GREAT NEWS!!!
Greg Witmer
Mid Atlantic Air Museum
WWII Weekend Aircraft Coordinator & Airboss
It will be at Reading, PA on Friday morning!!
This is GREAT NEWS!!!
Greg Witmer
Mid Atlantic Air Museum
WWII Weekend Aircraft Coordinator & Airboss
Baranaskas' P-40
Mon Jun 02, 2008 6:42 am
LARGEFLYER wrote:I received an email from Bob today "The P-40 is up and flying again!!!"
It will be at Reading, PA on Friday morning!!
This is GREAT NEWS!!!
Greg Witmer
Mid Atlantic Air Museum
WWII Weekend Aircraft Coordinator & Airboss
Greg -
That is great news indeed! Hope you all have a great show at Reading. Like Republic airport at Farmingdale, Reading is one of the most historic airports in the country to have a show! I've seen pics of the ramp, crowded with B-24s. What sight!
Best to all there.
Rob
Mon Jun 02, 2008 9:03 pm
airnutz,
My bad. I wasn't paying attention. Was the missing RIO okay?
Canso
My bad. I wasn't paying attention. Was the missing RIO okay?
Canso
Tue Jun 03, 2008 4:37 am
Canso42 wrote:airnutz,
My bad. I wasn't paying attention. Was the missing RIO okay?
Canso
Don't know about not paying attention..more about P-F-0's blue-lettered-hot-link-click-on thingy with an embedded address..
"I've Lost My RIO" here at..
www.safetycenter.navy.mil/media/approac ... tMyRIO.htm
If it doesn't work for you..the answer is yes, the 1st-timer(on multiple levels
) survived with
a coupla' scratches and an initiation of what not to do with his hands!
EDIT: My comments were in no way a deragatoy reference to P-F-O's netiquette..just an FOG's
preference for analog info..I still sharpen a wooden pencil with a knife...
Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:03 pm
Hi airnutz,
Well we're way the heck and gone off the original topic but it's still been pretty entertaining. No problem with the link; that's a good read. The pilot made a good point. Show the wide-eyed new guy what to hold on to. I might have done the same.
On the other hand, he looks pretty badass flying the tomcat topless.
Canso42
Well we're way the heck and gone off the original topic but it's still been pretty entertaining. No problem with the link; that's a good read. The pilot made a good point. Show the wide-eyed new guy what to hold on to. I might have done the same.
On the other hand, he looks pretty badass flying the tomcat topless.
Canso42