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  1. English translation from Corriere Della press Military plane crashed in Pisa: 5 dead They fell during a training flight. All the dead have been found. The aircraft ended up on the railroad. PISA - An Air Force C130 crashed in Pisa. Five victims. "The plane took off at 14.10 and soon after it crashed," says the Air Force's press office. The incident took place in the Le Rene, near Coltano. The plane fell in part on the railway line Pisa-Collesalvetti-Cecina, on the Tyrrhenian secondary line. The remains of the plane were scattered in a radius of about 150 meters. VICTIMS - The airplane crashed there were 5 soldiers whose bodies were found in the wreckage. They were all in service to the 46th Aviation Brigade of Pisa: As announced by the Air Force, the crew included Pilot Major Bruno Cavezzana, 40, Trieste, Pilot Lt. Gianluca Minichino, 28, of Naples, pilot Lt. Salvatore Bidello, 30, of Sorrento (Naples), Maurizio Ton of Marshall, 44, of Pisa and Maresciallo Gianluca Larch, 39, Mestre (Venezia). THE DYNAMICS - The aircraft fell from a height that Air Force leaders speculate it may have been of 100-150 meters and after the first takeoff. Gen. Stefano Fort, commander of 46th Air Brigade explained that, contrary to what assumed at first, the incident did not happen during a touch and go maneuver. After getting up in the air the plane, turned to the left then descended to the right and crashed. Fort said he cannot speculate on the causes of the incident, explaining that the plane was exemplary in terms of maintenance and perfect in all its components. In command of the flight was the pilot Bruno Cavezzana but it is still unclear whether he was at the controls or one of the two students, Gianluca Minichino or Salvatore Bidello. Fort added that they are still in the progress of recovery of the bodies (which will be taken to the morgue at the air base) as well as the recovery of the two black boxes. RAILWAY LINE (Ferroviaria) - The wreckage of the plane were scattered, as mentioned, partly on the Tyrrhenian railway line, but the train connections were not interrupted, however: the railway line, which terminates at the city's central station, has a "twin lines 'passing to the west, toward the sea, and arriving at stations north of Pisa remained disrupted for about an hour after the accident, but now is back in service. Ferroviaria informed that the rail traffic between the stations of Pisa and Livorno, is currently still disrupted after being completely suspended for about an hour, from 14:05 to 15.05. Currently all trains long and medium haul line Tirreno Roma - Genoa transit service and make the station of Pisa S. From there, travelers can get using the Pisa Central railway transport metropolitan. CONDOLENCES – Condolences to the Air Force and the families of the victims was expressed by all political forces. The President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano, to hear of the tragic plane crash, sent a message to the Chief of the Defense Staff, General Vincenzo Camporini, asking him to voice at the Armed Forces and the families of the fallen of his "feelings of deep of affectionate sympathy and closeness. The Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi has expressed to the Minister of Defense Ignazio La Russa, his condolences. The chairmen of the Senate and House, Renato Schifani and Gianfranco Fini, has sent a message sent to the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General Daniele Tei. Similar condolences were expressed by all the senators of the PD and the PDL UDC secretary Lorenzo Cesa on behalf of his party.
  2. Let me help, if my memory is correct (retired 5 years). You always want to feather the prop at 180 TAS because if the prop fails to feather, it should decouple but if doesn't decouple at 180 TAS, the blade angle should at a high enough to minimize windmilling drag and RPM's and keep thing controllable. It is also a good speed to restart the engine if the shut down went okay. If it feathers but rotates backward the brake is not working, you then speed up and slow down in an effort to seat the brake. If that doesn’t work, your done, declare an emergency and RTB. You can't restart it because you may blow the starter or gear box because of additional load caused by the backward rotating prop. You RTB at 160 TAS (slow) because the gear box is moving but is not getting lubrication, the pumps are going backward. As you slow down for approach, have the load tell you when it stops rotating and note the speed for Mx. I think about half of the FCF's I did for engines, I came back with one rotating backwards and after Mx flushed the brake, half of those still rotated. After rereading the origional question, let me add: The prop should never rotate backwards at less then 200 knots as designed. So if it is rotating at 180, it is still bad even if you can stop it at 160. The slowing down during the FCF to stop it is to do only that, stop it, so the gear box dosen't blow due to lack of lubrication and creating a bigger emergency. If you are able to stop it by slowing, you can then start the engine, finish the FCF and go home but the brake is still bad. During the FCF if the prop does not rotate, you accell to 200 to test the brake to see if it still holds as designed. As far as the altitude is concerned, higher is safer and is usualy based on the local area to keep the FCF away from local traffic, above the clouds, and populated areas. In addition, the brake test is done using True Airspeed (TAS), since the prop only "sees" TAS, then the altitude does not matter but you will need the high altitude during the FCF for safety and for other checks (ie. high speed flutter check). Remember to reference the correct manuals -1 and -6? for the correct procedures, my info is all from memory. Guido
  3. 1266 - Flew 150.9 Hrs 1267 - Flew 136,0 Hrs John Gaudelli
  4. I saw 68-10940 on a flatbed sans wings and tail going south down Skibo Rd (by the mall in Fayetteville NC) with a police escort, Tuesday, the 10th. Anyone know were it was going? It looked in good shape so I don\'t think it was going to the scrap yard. I have 118.4 hours of my life in that tube of pain. John Gaudelli
  5. Here is picture of Greenville, none of them look like -30\'s Guido http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=34.752403,-82.372259&spn=0.005324,0.007274&t=h&z=17&om=0
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