Post by LOU on Feb 20th, 2015 at 3:06am
Last page I mentioned that "Hoot" Gibson died.
He was the Captain on the 727-100 that had a rudder hard-over near DTW and the plane went supersonic during the event.
Captain Gibson was an institution at TWA. Here is a link to a TV story about the flight. The portions of the video in the cockpit were shot in TWA's old 727 simulator which I taught in at JFK.
The Plane That Fell From The Sky (Full Version) TWA 841
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYHfrk6EVHU
A decade later I flew that very same plane while based in Berlin.
It was bent, and had all kinds of scab plates, but it still flew.
A few of the junior pilots who had been to the “Office” earlier in the evening,
decided to do a little Plein Air art work on the old wall. 8-)
Lou
He was the Captain on the 727-100 that had a rudder hard-over near DTW and the plane went supersonic during the event.
Captain Gibson was an institution at TWA. Here is a link to a TV story about the flight. The portions of the video in the cockpit were shot in TWA's old 727 simulator which I taught in at JFK.
The Plane That Fell From The Sky (Full Version) TWA 841
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYHfrk6EVHU
A decade later I flew that very same plane while based in Berlin.
It was bent, and had all kinds of scab plates, but it still flew.
A few of the junior pilots who had been to the “Office” earlier in the evening,
decided to do a little Plein Air art work on the old wall. 8-)
Lou