Nearby VT-28 Pilots Were Conducting Formation Training In Two T-6B Texan II Training Aircraft
Late last year, two Training and Administration of the Reserve (TAR) Navy instructor pilots (IPs) and two active duty student naval aviators (SNA) with the “Rangers” of Training Squadron (VT) 28 in Corpus Christi, Texas, responded to a civilian aircraft in distress above the clouds and assisted the civilian pilot with navigation to help him safely descend and land at Mustang Beach Airport (KRAS). At approximately 1:40 p.m. Dec. 13, 2021, Corpus Christi International Airport air traffic control (Corpus Approach) received a distress call from a privately-owned Piper Cherokee declaring an emergency that they were above the clouds and unable to na
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