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Title: Flying freight in winter.
Post by: Golfer on November 20, 2005, 06:47:21 PM
A buddy sent me this link he found on a message board or an email or something of the sort.

This is a video of a Commander for an air-freight company doing it's daily grind most likely somewhere up north in the winter.

Rockwell Commander (http://www3.flightlevel350.com/videos/1124648041.wmv)
Title: Flying freight in winter.
Post by: Skilless on November 20, 2005, 06:51:14 PM
Says it's an unauthorized link...
Title: Flying freight in winter.
Post by: Fishu on November 20, 2005, 07:31:08 PM
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Originally posted by Skilless
Says it's an unauthorized link...


Open a browser window and copy & paste the link manually.
Title: Flying freight in winter.
Post by: NUKE on November 20, 2005, 07:42:04 PM
WOW! Screw that job.
Title: Flying freight in winter.
Post by: Debonair on November 20, 2005, 07:52:41 PM
...and they say nosewheel aircraft are for sissies.  I know a 737 pilot who once went missed three times at the CatIIIb ILS minimums before proceding to the alternate, but I bet his defrost was more effective than that
Title: Flying freight in winter.
Post by: Russian on November 20, 2005, 08:34:34 PM
That's one way to test out IFR skills....
Title: Flying freight in winter.
Post by: ChickenHawk on November 21, 2005, 12:03:25 PM
I'm sure there must be a good reason but why isn't there a defroster in the plane?
Title: Flying freight in winter.
Post by: Mustaine on November 21, 2005, 01:13:59 PM
<-- have never flown a plane myself, but DUYAMN that looks nasty!! :O :O
Title: Flying freight in winter.
Post by: Golfer on November 21, 2005, 03:30:17 PM
There is a defroster and it was working...you didn't see the tank-driver vision slit he was peeking through on final :)

If he had a TKS deicing system on the wings most likely he had a spray nozzle on the nose to shoot the fluid on the front window.  I don't know if he elected not to use it for landing (because it restricts visibility...just like windshield wiper fluid on your car with no wipers!) and that's what built up since the last spray.  It might have frozen over and all he had was his defroster up front powered by a small heater unit which burns a small amount of fuel to keep things toasty.

Either way...I wouldn't want to do that all winter long.  I spent enough time being the guy on the tractor that I don't want to go up in that junk to take a box from A to B.
Title: Flying freight in winter.
Post by: cpxxx on November 21, 2005, 03:48:52 PM
Enjoyed that video, turned the sound up full and was reaching for my David Clarkes:eek:

He has posted several other videos on the same site which look even scarier!

Who says flying has lost it's sense of adventure and romance?
Title: Flying freight in winter.
Post by: SFRT - Frenchy on November 21, 2005, 05:31:02 PM
Been there, done that. No biggy when it's your daily job.