what is an aircraft's "wig-wag" ???????
jh
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On 05/30/19 08:04 PM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > The recent airplane news from up your way has been discouraging. Three
> > seaplanes down in 2 weeks, according to the evening news.
>
> The collision took out two. Then it looks like another caught a
> pontoon on landing a few days later. Then a couple days ago, two guys
> got killed ferrying a 170 back from Montana. They crashed on departure
> out of Whitehorse. I happen to have met one of the two guys before. My
> guess is that investigators will find fuel contamination to be the
> cause.
>
> Personally, the see and be seen aspect of flying up here is pretty
> critical. Collisions are not as uncommon as we'd hope. And CFIT is
> extremely common. Off airport operations rarely involve fatalities.
> Lots of bent aircraft, but speeds are usually so extremely low as to
> rarely cause a fatal accident.
>
> Any aircraft that I would own or have ownership in would have strobes
> and/or wig-wags.
>
> AG Schnozz
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