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Doug Matthews Inducted into Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame

Vintage Aviation News

A 28,000-hour pilot, Matthews began flying at age 14 and went on to serve two tours in Vietnam as a U.S. Doug Matthews in the cockpit of the F-86 Sabre ” Skyblazers” Matthews spent 11 years flying for Delta Air Lines, piloting the DC-9, DC-8, B-727, and L-1011. Matthews impact extended well beyond business.

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Challenger 300 Fatal Upset Wasn’t Turbulence

Fear of Landing

He was interrupted when an employee of the fixed base operator arrived with ice for the aircraft’s bar. ” That day, the captain was the Pilot Flying and the first officer was the Pilot Monitoring. Both pilots called out “abort” together. He called out that he had no airspeed.