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He is deployed to Afghanistan advising the Afghan National Army Air Corps’ rotary wing squadron as part of the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Combined Air Power Transition Force.

Here's the link to our web page article-- http://www.ntm-a.com/news/categories/aircorps/682-american-mi-35-pilot-flies-in-combat

Click here to read the full story ]]> Sun, 03 Oct 2010 18:24:04 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/224/No-overflight-of-Cuba.-Returned-for-more-gas. Click here to read the full story ]]> Sun, 03 Oct 2010 18:22:37 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/212/Scary-incident-in-small-jet--ANYONE-have-answer? Click here to read the full story ]]> Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:44:26 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/185/South-West-Airlines-.Early-days I started flying SouthWest Airlines in 1973 . Only three cities where included in the flight schedule . Dallas Love Field , Houston Hobby and San Antonio. It was known as the " Love line " The flight attendants wore orange hot pants and skimpy tops.
One flight from Hobby to Love field the passenger next to me pionted out a cute little black
flight attendant . He told me on a previous flight she had made the usual safety announcements to the male passengers and ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:12:56 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/210/Sinking-Seabee Click here to read the full story ]]> Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:10:07 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/182/A-flight-to-the-Holy-Land four seater single engined Percival Proctor. The only thing I knew about my passenger was a nickname given her by ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:02:32 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/109/F-22-proof Click here to read the full story ]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:34:09 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/121/CIRCADIAN-FATIGUE-SCARE Click here to read the full story ]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:32:55 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/115/Is-FlightSafety-worth-20?
Recently an unemployed friend of mine wanted to get a type rating in a Citation Excel. After calling FlightSafety and being quoted an off the street contractor price of ,600, he then called Simuflight. Their price was far, far lower, to the tune of ,680. Now I am curious, is the training that much better in a FlightSafety training center? Is it 20 better?

Given that these two training programs are essentially the same, I can only think that ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:32:47 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/126/Mustangs-and-Memories
There and Back

By Owen Zupp

Once in a while you get the opportunity to tear up the sky in something a little out of the ordinary. Ain’t it great!

As the four flat blades slowly turned, reality was slowly sinking in. I was strapped in, low and tight, in the rear of a World War II vintage fighter; the Mustang. As the vapour searched for spark, the Merlin engine pushed the ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:30:06 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/128/A-Wild-Logair-Flight Click here to read the full story ]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:29:27 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/118/Dancing-Cessna
We're flying along when the plane starts to yaw. I dampen it with rudder, but I have no idea why it would happen.

It starts again. Again I dampen it with rudder.

A few minutes later it starts again. The nose is swinging back and forth through about 30 degrees and I'm close to freaking out, because ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:16:21 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/114/DASH-8-400-returned-to-munich
At the gamma ray passenger control i was stopped because and forced to buy a plastic bag pack and pack my liquid cosmetics into it.
At this moment my thaughts were .. o.k., fine - this makes flying even safer... - we will see.
I got at the gate on time, but the plane was delayed...
After 20 Minutes delay we could board. The bus then was stopped for a minute by the airport ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:54:04 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/113/First-Flight
My next step was to go up in a cesna to get past this fear of both flying and heights.

A bright sunny morning I headed north towards the smaller local airport where I had booked a 30 min cesna tranining ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:52:57 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/112/What's-going-on? Click here to read the full story ]]> Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:57:20 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/105/Southwest-Airlines-engine-explosion-
Upon takeoff, after the front wheels had just left the ground, we heard a loud bang followed immediately by fast pulsing sound, which slowed graduatioally within about 5 seconds (like the sound a tire makes when it blows and buzzes as it slows down).

The pilot immediately slowed down so the wheels came back to the ground and he applied the brakes to come to a long stop fortunately ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:53:05 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/102/Stranded-at-Christmas Click here to read the full story ]]> Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:05:31 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/99/Allegiant-602-L.V.-to-B'ham Click here to read the full story ]]> Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:33:45 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/97/Down-to-Earth---A-Veteran's-Tale



By Owen Zupp
www.owenzupp.com

Along the way we all have cause to encounter all sorts of personalities; some interesting, some complicated and others that spring to mind for all of the wrong reasons. They can be found in a marketplace in some far-away hidden corner of the globe, or right around the corner next to the ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:31:05 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/92/IB227-MD-approach-to-Madrid-July-30-2008 Click here to read the full story ]]> Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:08:05 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/91/Abnormal-Landing-at-SLC- He finally announced a suspected landing gear problem, and that he was ordering an "abnormal landing" emergency procedure . The crew then began an emergency briefing for everone. He circled ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:38:57 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/88/Shock Click here to read the full story ]]> Thu, 15 May 2008 13:54:11 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/85/My-Dad-And-Those-Wonderful-Flying-Machines My Dad And Those Wonderful Flying Machines
By Earlaiman
Words 1451
October 2, 2002

It was back in the early thirties; I couldn't have been more than four or five years old. I remember I was still small enough for my dad to carry me on his shoulders when we went to see the airplanes.

Barnstormers used to fly in and use the pastures along the road north of our home in Southeastern Michigan on summer weekends. They would line their ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:57:46 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/83/You-dont-always-get-what-you-want DHL guys spoke up: "Is there a reason why we are waiting 5 minutes in between dash 8s to depart?"
the girl with a cute voice up on the concrete throne was caught off guard: "please repeat?"
DHL: "Are we going to get the runway or should we just shut down our ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:59:11 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/81/Flight-420-Engine-Failure
It seemed like at least five minutes passed before the piolt announced we had lost ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Sat, 08 Dec 2007 10:38:09 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/80/Cell-Phones-on-Airplanes-...-Just-Try-It

But for once, I’m not going to wait until airline travel becomes even more excruciating than it already is.

I’m taking matters into my own hands with a promise - no make that ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:56:44 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/79/Don't-mix-the-hand-set! One houre before landing the captain left the cockpit to use the forward lavatory. In accordance with security regulations, a flight attendant stayed with the first officer while the captain was gone.
When the captain came back, he called the cockpit for re-admittance. Before he could say anything, the flight attendant opened the door as the first officer accidentally used the intercom hand set, and said ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:34:47 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/78/Freezing-pax
I was on a SAA flight from Cape Town -> Frankfurt this spring, and had a pax sitting behind me, asking the stewardess roughly short before take off, if it would be possible to heat the plane a bit because he was freezing... (It was while she was getting her seat for take off..) she said that she would tell the Captain as soon as possible after take off.

about a minute or two after take off he was being grumpy to his wife that it is still not warmer and he will ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:50:43 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/77/Airline-Life
Click here to read the full story ]]> Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:05:40 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/76/The-Shaved-Flight-Attendant
F/A: Dude, my back itches like a mf
Capt: What happened to you at home?
F/A: My ol' lady decided to shave my back while I was asleep. She did a good job because I didn't wake up.
F/O: Damn, Larry, how many beers did you drink last night?
F/A: A few. I just know my back itches like hell!
Capt: I'm glad Nandi finally shaved your back. Now ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Sun, 30 Sep 2007 15:00:58 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/75/Travolta-707-reunion-in-Orlando

More Travolta 707 photos



Original Qantas 707-138B’s reunited

It was 40 years ago when the first and last Boeing 707-138B produced flew under the Qantas livery. History was recently repeated in December 2006 ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:09:44 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/74/Elderly-lady-died-during-flight
Flew FRA-LAX on LH 450 in F. (Loved the FRA terminal). Interesting how things happen. We met two ladies on the ride from the terminal to the plane. Mother and daughter. Mother was 92. They were going to the funeral of another daughter. A parent should never have to outlive a child. As we climbed the stairs to the jetway, we marvelled at what good shape the 92 year old was in.

Flight began superbly. About 5.5 hours in, I noticed that many people were ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:01:48 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/73/The-smoking-hot-girl-Ashley Tower: Cessna XXX, enter left base, runway 13L, report hospital.
Cessna: Roger. (with mic still on) Dude I was in Bellevue last Saturday, this girl Ashley was smoking hot! You know her? No way man! That is awesome.
Tower: Cessna XXX you're still on tower, attention all aircraft, has anyone else met this smoking hot Ashley!
Pilot1: That's affermative
Pilot2: Affermative
Pilot3: I tapped ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:06:30 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/72/Cleaning-the-lavatory
Horizon xxx: Tower, cancel that call for some cleaning on the lav, one of our flight attendants determined the smell was coming from one of our passengers, not the lav.

Tower: Uhhhh...okay. They might already be on their ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:55:41 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/64/Too-low-entry-door Click here to read the full story ]]> Fri, 18 May 2007 15:27:03 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/71/The-Perfect-Landing Click here to read the full story ]]> Fri, 18 May 2007 15:25:11 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/70/Checking-on-Husband Click here to read the full story ]]> Fri, 18 May 2007 15:24:36 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/69/Duplicate-Seats Click here to read the full story ]]> Thu, 17 May 2007 14:20:25 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/68/It’s-Not-McDonald's Click here to read the full story ]]> Thu, 17 May 2007 14:20:14 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/66/Going-to-Mexico-City Click here to read the full story ]]> Tue, 01 May 2007 14:16:20 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/65/59-Dials The kid says “How ya doin” looks around and says: “Look at all those round dials. There must be 59 of them.” He then asked some typical little kid questions – What does this and that do. He asked why there were two control wheels.
The Captain said: “Sometimes I fly and sometimes he flies.”
The kid says: “What - do you get tired?” Then he says: ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Tue, 01 May 2007 14:08:33 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/63/Nude-Woman-Thrown-Off-Plane
A woman seated in the BusinessFirst cabin began to take her clothes off because she had urinated in her seat and her clothes were drenched in urine. The woman was lying down in the aisle completely nude. She also lost her teeth, which were later found one row behind her urinated seat. Her upper set was found lodged between seat cushions.

The cockpit ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:15:22 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/62/Exit-the-plane-at-30.000-feet

After some time I noticed a man standing up and going straight to the hindmost of the 2 cabin doors located on the ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:30:55 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/61/The-1st-Lieutenant-prank Click here to read the full story ]]> Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:26:21 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/60/Airbus-A380-First-Time-at-JFK After Landing

Ground: "Lufthansa 8940 Heavy switch to Ramp frequency..."
LH8940 (A380): "Roger do you want us to switch now?"
Ground: "Yes, you must have eight radios on that thing its so big"
LH8940 (A380): " *laughing* Roger ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:30:25 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/59/CH-53E-traffic-on-railroad-track
I was snooping around with the FLIR, seeing what was out there to see, and when I re-caged it forward I picked up a good-sized blob on the FLIR, on the ground. I thought it was a fire at first (we had already seen numerous small brushfires that day, both on the FLIR and the Mark ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Sat, 17 Mar 2007 23:49:02 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/58/Pig-On-Board Click here to read the full story ]]> Sat, 17 Mar 2007 17:03:41 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/57/The-sweet-female-controller Washington Center: "USAir 1170 you are Cleared to FL 280."
USAir 1170: "Ehm, we're only filed for FL 260 but 280 is fine. Which would you prefer?"
Washington Center - sweet voice of the female controller: "I'm kind of warm and fuzzy about 280."
USAir 1170 speecheless for a few moments
USAir 1170: "That works for me, we'll ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Sat, 17 Mar 2007 16:28:29 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/56/Center-not-answering USAir 123: "Washington Center, there is no answer on 124.45. "
Washington Center (another controller): "He's sitting right next to me. Try him again. If he doesn't answer this time, I'll hit him."
Click here to read the full story ]]> Sat, 17 Mar 2007 16:28:22 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/55/The-Lodermaster Click here to read the full story ]]> Sat, 17 Mar 2007 16:28:15 +0100