REALLY SO IMPORTANT. YEAH. CAPTAIN ROY SAYS FLIGHT TIME EXPERIENCE CAN VARY WIDELY BETWEEN HELICOPTER PILOTS IN THE MILITARY AND IN THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR. AND HE SAYS THAT CAN PLAY A BIG FACTOR IN ...
In the three years before the deadly collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight near Reagan National Airport, at least two other pilots reported near-misses with ...
Andrew Harnik/Getty Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the pilots aboard the Army helicopter that collided with an American Airlines plane this week had night vision goggles — and an expert ...
A single-engine airplane slid off the runway at Centennial Airport on Thursday after the pilot landed without a landing gear, according to South Metro Fire Rescue.
The slight increase in pitch could show the pilots trying to pull the plane up after suddenly noticing the helicopter, Mary Schiavo, former inspector general at the Department of Transportation ...
“At short final for a short runway at night with gusty winds, the odds of seeing the helicopter wouldn’t be great,” the CRJ pilot says. “You would be pretty focused on landing the ...
Phillip Brashear is a retired chief warrant officer 5 — the highest ranking officials within the Army ranks — a helicopter pilot with both the Virginia Army National Guard and the Army Reserve.