Harrison Ford talks (some) flying

“When the engine quit, my training had prepared me to deal with it in a way. I really didn’t get scared. I just got busy. I knew what I was going to do, and I knew how to do it.

The mantra aviators carry around in our heads is: Fly the airplane, first thing. Fly the airplane — even if it doesn’t have an engine, fly. Don’t give up that ship, matey. And even though I don’t remember the details of it, I guess I was able to do that, because the way I landed, the wings were level. I didn’t stall it. I’m here.”

Interview of Harrison Ford in Men’s Journal, Jan/Feb 2016, has some good flying stuff. Harrison is by all accounts, public and private, a solid aviator. He flies helicopters, and owns a Cessna Citation Sovereign, a de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, and a replica of a 1929 Waco biplane. Cool stuff.

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“I love the machinery. I love the process. I love the ritual — there’s a protocol to follow that keeps you safe, the checklists and so on. There’s a combination of freedom and responsibility, especially when you start carrying passengers.”

 

 

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