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Air Traffic Monitoring => Aviation Audio Clips => Topic started by: stan1541 on April 03, 2012, 06:52:50 PM

Title: Anyone have this? 80 year old woman lands plane after husband dies in route
Post by: stan1541 on April 03, 2012, 06:52:50 PM: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hK8u0JI-CYjGe4b48FwP4Mxjo5LQ?docId=13a11751a8b744d5bfd5ba5f1059263c (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hK8u0JI-CYjGe4b48FwP4Mxjo5LQ?docId=13a11751a8b744d5bfd5ba5f1059263c)

What an amazing story. Sorry to hear about the pilot, but as they all say, I'd rather die doing what I loved.
Title: Re: Anyone have this? 80 year old woman lands plane after husband dies in route
Post by: eltors0 on April 04, 2012, 08:12:22 AM: Try looking in the Green Bay tower archives. I was listening to the event happen over the DEN while on shift. It was quite interesting.
Title: Re: Anyone have this? 80 year old woman lands plane after husband dies in route
Post by: zerok on April 04, 2012, 07:54:41 PM: http://localtvwiti.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/door-county-airport-scanner-traffic-04042012.mp3

http://fox6now.com/2012/04/04/audio-pilot-helps-guide-80-year-old-womans-plane-down-safely/
Title: Re: Anyone have this? 80 year old woman lands plane after husband dies in route
Post by: phil-s on April 04, 2012, 10:50:26 PM: Wow, a fantastic bit of flying instruction for all of us wannabees and impressive work by both pilot and instructor. Really impressive job by all. Sad of course, but I'd guess that getting Helen down safely is what her husband would have wanted most.

Thanks for posting.
Title: Re: Anyone have this? 80 year old woman lands plane after husband dies in route
Post by: MSN ATC on April 05, 2012, 01:34:18 PM: The county Sheriff's office has a clip posted to their website. Pretty good listen. Its a big file so I didn't attach it here, but go to this URL

http://doorcountysheriff.homestead.com/April_2012_002.mp3
Title: Re: Anyone have this? 80 year old woman lands plane after husband dies in route
Post by: patmike on April 05, 2012, 08:00:44 PM: Quote from: phil-s on April 04, 2012, 10:50:26 PM
Wow, a fantastic bit of flying instruction for all of us wannabees and impressive work by both pilot and instructor. Really impressive job by all. Sad of course, but I'd guess that getting Helen down safely is what her husband would have wanted most.

Thanks for posting.

that could have turned bad real quick if she ran out of gas on one of those climb outs or on the crosswind while he had her doing pattern work. the poor woman had so many people talking to her it was a miracle she made it.
bravo helen
Title: Re: Anyone have this? 80 year old woman lands plane after husband dies in route
Post by: stan1541 on April 06, 2012, 11:34:58 AM: Doesn't the FAA give awards to Controllers for their actions in emergencies? The chase pilot here needs that award. While everyone could have done things different, in the heat of the moment, i give them all the credit for landing that plane safely.

I just couldn't have been listening if it was my mother flying that plane.
Title: Re: Anyone have this? 80 year old woman lands plane after husband dies in route
Post by: av8er71 on April 06, 2012, 05:36:08 PM: Wow. What an amazing job by everyone. Big ups to Helen most of all, she kept her cool really well.