Word: copiloting
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...landing at Shannon Airport, Ireland, was routine. As the Pan American Airways Clipper (bound for Lisbon from New York) taxied towards the airport terminal, the pilot snapped an order: "Flaps up." The copilot, who had flown many hours in DC-4s, instinctively reached down with his left hand, yanked the lever next to his seat...
...copilot was not in a DC-4. He was in a Constellation (which has a landing-gear lever where the DC-4 has its flap lever). Instead of the flaps coming up, the wheels came up. The Connie crashed seven feet, on to the runway. The crew and 26 passengers were unhurt. But the $750,000 Connie was damaged beyond repair. Contributing cause to the accident: a safety lock-designed to keep the landing gear from coming up when a plane is on the ground-did not work...
When a youngster starts out as a copilot, his associates suggest that he will doubtless want to join the union. If the newcomer agrees and is able, he is carefully nursed along by his pilot, becomes a full-fledged captain in due course. If he disagrees, he may live to be the world's oldest copilot...
...base pay by living aboard the yacht Dauntless in Anacostia's mud, but he spurned the chance to collect 50% more for occasional flying. Most other elderly generals, admirals, colonels and four-stripe captains legally stepped up their take-home pay by sitting in a copilot's seat for an hour a week...
...every airman knows, piloting a heavy bomber is a tiring job. To keep a plane steady in formation flying (especially in rough air and under fire), takes the combined efforts of the pilot and copilot...