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The Fateful Call

Photographic Logbook

With March being one of those "you never know what you're going to get" months in the wintry north, I found myself creeping forward, state to state, VFR only, and hypervigilant of weather conditions. These were days before the proliferation of AWOS/ASOS stations and the advent of ADS-B (FIS-B) weather displayed on a tablet in the cockpit. (A

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Somatogravic: All Was Well for a Pilot, and Then It Suddenly Wasn’t

Flying Magazine

About two minutes after takeoff, it was at 2,900 msl with a heading of 090 and a ground speed of 200 knots, but the pilot had yet to check in with Nashville. After reaching 2,900 feet, the Citation had begun to descend, its airspeed rising to 290 knots. It was in a 120-degree left bank when it hit the water at 350 knots.

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