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17 year old solo student pilot lands her plane without one wheel - it fell off on takeoff
Posted on 4/4/19 at 4:09 am
Posted on 4/4/19 at 4:09 am
17 year-old Maggie Taraska's first solo cross-country flight. Youtube audio of tower to pilot prep and landing. Was airborne and at altitude before she realized (was informed by the tower) that the right wheel was gone. Very interesting audio.
YouTube LINK
Both her parents are Air Force Academy grads - Maggie got this tweet from the AF Academy:
quote:
Maggie, if you haven't decided on a college yet, we might know the perfect place for you! ?????? #LetsFly
More high drama in this YouTube audio than any Hollywood movie I've seen in a long time. [Chopped onion alert!]
This post was edited on 4/4/19 at 5:12 am
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Posted on 4/4/19 at 5:06 am to Buckeye Jeaux
Posted on 4/4/19 at 5:18 am to Buckeye Jeaux
Awesome job staying relatively composed. I would have been on the radio “I’m so fricking fricked!”
Posted on 4/4/19 at 5:19 am to Buckeye Jeaux
She would have saved DB Sweeney some time and energy if she'd been flying the Memphis Belle.
ETA: that's amazing. overcoming an obstacle of that size at that age - she'll pretty much have the confidence to do whatever the hell she wants in life.
ETA: that's amazing. overcoming an obstacle of that size at that age - she'll pretty much have the confidence to do whatever the hell she wants in life.
This post was edited on 4/4/19 at 5:27 am
Posted on 4/4/19 at 5:25 am to Buckeye Jeaux
Posted on 4/4/19 at 5:30 am to Buckeye Jeaux
that's a crash, a good crash, but a still a crash
Posted on 4/4/19 at 5:36 am to Buckeye Jeaux
She sounded terrified at first, but became calm before she touched down. I say she passed her solo with flying colors. 
Posted on 4/4/19 at 5:38 am to Elleshoe
quote:
I would have been on the radio “Have you ever seen a grown man naked?”
Posted on 4/4/19 at 5:44 am to mofungoo
why the frick was a 17 year girl doing a solo in a Piper Cherokee in the first place?
This post was edited on 4/4/19 at 5:48 am
Posted on 4/4/19 at 5:47 am to drexyl
quote:
ETA: that's amazing. overcoming an obstacle of that size at that age - she'll pretty much have the confidence to do whatever the hell she wants in life.
Insurmountable testicular fortitude. She’s got it.
Posted on 4/4/19 at 5:50 am to Buckeye Jeaux
that was incredible to listen to. i teared up for her - hearing how scared she was in her voice at first, but she obviously was a great student with great instructors assisting her. glad everything turned out very well for her.
Posted on 4/4/19 at 5:53 am to Buckeye Jeaux
Kudos Captain Maggie!
Posted on 4/4/19 at 5:58 am to Buckeye Jeaux
quote:
Both her parents are Air Force Academy grads
both of her parents are directly responsible for this near tragedy. She should have been in a Cessna 172, at the most. It was probably their own aircraft.
This post was edited on 4/4/19 at 6:00 am
Posted on 4/4/19 at 5:59 am to Buckeye Jeaux
Just like a woman to neglect maintenance on a vehicle and then make a big deal about it when it breaks.
Posted on 4/4/19 at 6:23 am to cable
quote:Might want to get those testosterone levels checked, Slugger.
both of her parents are directly responsible for this near tragedy. She should have been in a Cessna 172, at the most. It was probably their own aircraft.
BTW, Maggie piloted again 5 days after the accident. And her goals are to graduate from the Air Force Academy, then become a fighter pilot.
LINK
This post was edited on 4/4/19 at 6:26 am
Posted on 4/4/19 at 6:27 am to Buckeye Jeaux
quote:
More high drama in this YouTube audio than any Hollywood movie I've seen in a long time.
Posted on 4/4/19 at 6:30 am to Buckeye Jeaux
She should have done a better preflight
Posted on 4/4/19 at 6:31 am to cable
You’re a terrible troll
Posted on 4/4/19 at 6:32 am to Buckeye Jeaux
She was never a pilot. She was a student, and she should have been flying an appropriate aircraft. She crashed a plane and survived, congrats air force academy parents.
Posted on 4/4/19 at 6:35 am to cable
quote:Silly. People learn to fly every day on planes much more complicated than a Cherokee.
She was a student, and she should have been flying an appropriate aircraft.
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