Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"The instructor stated that he briefly scanned at the student pilot's altimeter on the left side of the instrument panel (a standard practice for T-37 flight instructors). As he was turning his head back to the right, he noticed a "high visibility yellow airplane" out of the right corner of his eye. The student pilot stated that as the flight instructor took control of the aircraft, he scanned outside the airplane to the left, and started to look back to the right when he saw the yellow Air Tractor heading towards the right side of the T-37B. Subsequently, the instructor and student pilot recalled feeling a spinning sensation, and rolling inverted. Both the instructor and student pilot initiated emergency egress procedures and ejected from the aircraft."

Source: NTSB preliminary report on a mid-air collision between a T-37B and an Air Tractor cropdusting aircraft near Frederick, OK, on January 18th. The pilot of the Air Tractor was killed in the accident.

FMI: www.ntsb.gov