Duke Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Curious if any of you remember the ASC engineering team (me and a young captain) who went around the world giving a briefing on this ditching? We also did a video of the briefing some of you might have seen. I was told the briefing was still being shown well into the late 90s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hehe Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 You still have the briefing available to show? Is it the one that floated because the tanks were empty and it floated like 50 hours before being sunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munirabbasi Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 2 hours ago, Duke said: Curious if any of you remember the ASC engineering team (me and a young captain) who went around the world giving a briefing on this ditching? We also did a video of the briefing some of you might have seen. I was told the briefing was still being shown well into the late 90s. Yes Best Regards Munir Abbasi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Posted April 26, 2021 Author Share Posted April 26, 2021 3 hours ago, hehe said: You still have the briefing available to show? Is it the one that floated because the tanks were empty and it floated like 50 hours before being sunk I know I don't have a copy of the video, but I might still have a hard copy of the briefing slides buried in a box somewhere. You could try the Air Force Safety Center at Kirtland or the AMC Flight Safety Office at Scott for the video. The C-130 SPD at W-R might be another possibility. I don't know how long the a/c stayed afloat, but it had to be sunk by gunfire from a USCG cutter. The tanks were not empty, but not far from it, either. The Columbian BG who put it in the water, a former PBY pilot by the way, knew he had to ditch while he still had power. They also jettisoned a cargo bay full of Mirage parts just prior to ditching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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