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This intersection is the coffin corner, or more formally the Q corner. [3] The above explanation is based on level, constant speed, flight with a given gross weight and load factor of 1.0 G. The specific altitudes and speeds of the coffin corner will differ depending on weight, and the load factor increases caused by banking and pitching maneuvers.
The plane was approaching the coffin corner of its flight envelope, when the turbulence was encountered. After that near disaster, the stall mach buffet margins were widened on all jet aircraft, to preclude a plane getting into that situation again, where severe turbulence narrows the "coffin corner" margins so severely that the pilots do not ...
Dangerous Flights is a documentary-style reality television show that airs on the Discovery Channel.The show follows the pilots of C.B. Aviation as they ferry light aircraft to their new owners across distances the aircraft weren't designed to fly and often over routes that are generally considered to be dangerous by the aviation community.
The pilots' unprofessional behavior, deviation from standard operating procedures, and poor airmanship. The pilots' failure to prepare for an emergency landing in a timely manner, including communicating with air traffic controllers immediately after the emergency about the loss of both engines and the availability of landing sites.
The plane departed from Nadzab at 16:47 local time. The captain, 64-year-old Australian William "Bill" Spencer, had logged 18,200 hours of flying experience, of which 500 were on the Dash 8. The first officer was 40-year-old New Zealander Campbell Wagstaff, with 2,725 hours logged, of which 390 were on the Dash 8. [3] [6] Spencer was the ...
Gooderham also told local news channel WGAL that though he walked away unscathed, the experience still left him shaken. “I hate saying things like this, but that was probably the scariest thing ...
Altitude envelope (H-M diagram).Contour is load factor. Turn rate envelope, described in an E-M diagram (doghouse plot). Contour is specific excess power. A doghouse plot generally shows the relation between speed at level flight and altitude, although other variables are also possible.
The pilots denied suggestions from some aviation safety experts that they had fallen asleep. [8] The cockpit voice recorder retains only the last 30 minutes of audio after being powered off and thus audio recordings were not available for the complete duration of the flight's loss of radio contact.