Re: Buzzed on the D&SNG high line

KevinM Wrote:
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> tgbcvr Wrote:
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> > I wonder if the
> > pilot got their knuckles rapped, or worse. This
> > was one of the first excursions with the
> engine,
> > and it sure ruined a lot of people’s photos
> as
> > well.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Ralph
>
> The 70s were a little before my flying career got
> started, but I can tell you that today, if an FAA
> Operations Inspector became aware of a situation
> in which someone flew recklessly close to an
> assembled mass of people (such as a crowded
> train), and there was video evidence of the deed,
> they would likely pursue a certificate action
> against the pilot, and if there was a commercial
> operator involved, they'd go after the parent
> organization as well. NTSB Law Judges look very
> unfavorably upon this kind of thing. Revocation
> of certificates and substantial civil
> penalties....even jail time, could be the result.
> A certificate revocation is a big deal. Unlike a
> suspension, you don't get your certificate back.
> If you ever want to fly again, you have to retake
> all of the exams and flight tests for every
> certificate and rating you once had. Of course,
> in some cases, the FAA doesn't need to pursue
> actions against people who do this sort of thing.
> They just have to clean up the wreckage and
> scrape up the remains.
>
> /Kevin Madore

Time sure changes things. My dad was a bomber/tanker pilot and flew straight and level for hours and got to hate it. On an occasional weekend in Louisiana my dad would wake me early and he's rent a Cessna and we'd go "flying" as long as my stomach would hold up. He loved to buzz the fishermen in the bijou. Once in Minnesota he took my photographer uncle to take aerial pictures of the farm. My uncle has a photo looking down into an 80' silo from pretty dang close. All of this was pre-1962. JP