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Personal Diversion Lands Air Force Pilot In Hot Water
A Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) pilot checked in on time for his flight but will carry a stain on his record for the expense and disruption it caused. Capt. Nathaniel D’Arcy was commanding a CP-140 Aurora, the RCAF equivalent of the U.S. Navy P-3 Orion, in a training exercise off the west coast of Canada in May of 2019 when he remembered he’d forgotten to check in for an airline flight booked for the next day. He broke off the mission in search of a cell signal, flying the thirsty four-engine… (www.avweb.com) المزيد...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
What an idiot
Why didn't he wait til he landed before checking his civilian flight? How long was the training mission?
During the Cold War surveillance of the Mediterranean was handled by a squadron based in Rota, Spain. There was a period of several months during which the planes simply could not be made airworthy. They were not performing the mission---which the US Airforce would have been happy to take over. The solution was to handle surveillance out of Brunswick, ME. The P-3 Orions flew from Maine to the eastern Mediterranean and back without, as far as I know, refueling. They did not land in Rota, anyway. The commander of the squadron in Rota was relieved of duty.
You can’t use a cellphone on a plane. Why is he searching for a cell signal on a plane. (Even though we all know that the cell signal doesn’t affect the planes flight.
Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft, not your typical passenger plane.
True that, true that