jheyen
Pre-Flight
This weekend I was flying from Tallahassee to Orlando Saturday night and was with Jax Center when I heard two mayday calls from a plane along with a final transmission from the pilot referencing his touchdown in the water. Jax center confirmed with me what they had heard as well and asked me to take a look, as long as I had enough fuel. I did have some extra so I went over to their last radar return to take a look. It was humid, hazy and very dark. I circled several times to see if I could see any lights and made some calls per Jax center, but could not see or hear anything. I was glad that I had autopilot as it was nearly impossible to see any lights or horizon.
This was quite a sobering experience as a pilot in the air at the same time as another pilot in distress. I couldn't find much online about it at this point as it's fairly early, but I'm certainly going to be watching the results of this investigation. Here's a couple of links.
www.wctv.tv
I'm not familiar with the equipment on these planes and if they typically have autopilots or not.
RIP Mr. Clementi
This was quite a sobering experience as a pilot in the air at the same time as another pilot in distress. I couldn't find much online about it at this point as it's fairly early, but I'm certainly going to be watching the results of this investigation. Here's a couple of links.
![www.wctv.tv](/community/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fgray-wctv-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com%2Fresizer%2Fv2%2F6PJZD7JQURGPXNUETO27XDZJKY.jpg%3Fauth%3D64be1bb13f4a17b2b46cae6528fdaf8552a8b021a1ba71d41a8b6ec8d20b2967%26width%3D1200%26height%3D600%26smart%3Dfalse%26focal%3D642%252C481&hash=65b22f40cf92b2edb7dffe7691f69bea&return_error=1)
‘Experimental, homebuilt’ plane goes down in Wakulla County over the weekend, leaves one dead
The National Transportation Safety Board is currently investigating a plane crash that happened over the weekend in Wakulla County.
I'm not familiar with the equipment on these planes and if they typically have autopilots or not.
RIP Mr. Clementi