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September 22, 2015
The Missing Pilot and the Crash That Rocked Alaska’s Golden Age of Aviation
His schedule called for working more than sixteen hours that day, with about nine of them in the air. It was a plan that would not be legal under modern regulations, which permit only eight hours of flight in a twenty-four-hour period and fourteen total hours on duty for single-pilot operators. His situation was complicated even further as his Travel Air was an open-cockpit aircraft that required more concentration to operate than modern planes. Fatigue makes everything more difficult and many pilots have fallen asleep in the air only to wake up too late, after something has gone terribly wrong. - - Narratively | Human stories, boldly told.
Posted by gerardvanderleun at September 22, 2015 9:39 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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...hours and hours of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror. Been there, done that. Not open cockpit. Closed cockpit, four round engines, dozens of passengers or tons of cargo to keep safe.
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at September 22, 2015 11:07 AM
Well pilots are always the first to arrive at the crash site.
Posted by: Vermont Woodchuck at September 22, 2015 2:53 PM