Post by Tom Goodrick on Jan 29, 2010 9:58:27 GMT -5
I get a weekly newletter on aviation from the AOPA. This morning they had the following article:
Pioneering Alaskan company reclaims its name
"Anyone familiar with Alaskan flying history will remember Ryan Air before it changed its name to Arctic Transportation Services. The company, still owned by the Ryan family, said it is naming itself Ryan Air once again. The announcement came at an event honoring legislators and cargo air carrier founders who built the Alaskan bush transportation system that today sustains entire native villages. The group was honored as “the toughest people on Earth.” Some of them are Alaskan natives such as Holger “Jorgy” Jorgensen, who, with one good eye, landed a Douglas DC-3 in the Aleutian Islands with an engine out and 6,500 pounds of dynamite on board."
If anyone wants to make a "Toughman Challenge" out of this, you could set up a series of DC-3 flights in which my Landing Speed gauge is used to determine if the payload of dynamite would explode - any rate over 350 fpm.
Pioneering Alaskan company reclaims its name
"Anyone familiar with Alaskan flying history will remember Ryan Air before it changed its name to Arctic Transportation Services. The company, still owned by the Ryan family, said it is naming itself Ryan Air once again. The announcement came at an event honoring legislators and cargo air carrier founders who built the Alaskan bush transportation system that today sustains entire native villages. The group was honored as “the toughest people on Earth.” Some of them are Alaskan natives such as Holger “Jorgy” Jorgensen, who, with one good eye, landed a Douglas DC-3 in the Aleutian Islands with an engine out and 6,500 pounds of dynamite on board."
If anyone wants to make a "Toughman Challenge" out of this, you could set up a series of DC-3 flights in which my Landing Speed gauge is used to determine if the payload of dynamite would explode - any rate over 350 fpm.
