He flies the worlds largest passenger aircraft, the airbus a380, for qantas airways. Sep 03, 2018 a pilot has told of the moment he saved the lives of 469 people when the plane engine suddenly exploded midair from london to sydney. Good evening richard, i read all your books and have been huge inspiration during my training to become a pilot. Software sites tucows software library shareware cdroms software capsules compilation cdrom images zx spectrum doom level cd featured image all images latest this just in flickr commons occupy wall street flickr cover art usgs maps. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover alexanders connections and jobs at similar companies.
What air crash investigations didnt tell you about qf32. The title is the qantas flight number on which the incident occurred. His considerable skills as a pilot of some 35 years was put to the test on 4 november 2010 when he was in charge of the airlines huge a380 airbus the worlds largest and most advanced commercial jetliner as it left singapore for sydney. On 24 november 2010, he was in charge of the huge a380 airbus, fitted with state of the art aviation technology, as it. He specialises in the history, geography, and literature of the han dynasty, particularly the translation and historiography of material concerning. Richard feenaghty melbourne, australia professional. It gives a deeper appreciation for the professionalism and dedication given by the pilots, cabin crew and other staff who ensure our skies are safe. He specialises in the history, geography, and literature of the han dynasty, particularly the translation and historiography of material. The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress. Fly life lessons from the cockpit of qf32 kindle edition. Qf32 theres a big difference between a pilot and an. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading fly life lessons from the cockpit of qf32. View richard feenaghtys professional profile on linkedin.
The supernumerary pilots monitored all actions and assisted where necessary. There is much to learn from the culture he imbues on any flight he commands. You may read more about us to know what we have achieved so far. He has presented to fortune 500 companies, the federal government and its agencies, including defence, safety, security and investigation. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading qf32. It was australias largest gold producer until 2002, when it.
Life lessons from the cockpit of qf32 richard champion. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading fly. Hero pilot saved 469 lives when the engine exploded mid. The family also lived at champion lodge in camberwell, london, which was built in 1715 and demolished in 1841, and later at champion lodge in maldon. I am one of your neighbours, because i was born and i live just above australia and new zealand 1460 km from brisbane and. Despite this, he explained that due to the engineering expertise poured into the design of the aircraft, it held on and brought everyone back to the ground safely. And as a patron for disabled wintersport australia and uiver dc2 memorial community trust in. At the time of the accident he had 35 years of flying experience. Now richard b t thelwall is shown as being in medical school at st. The pilot who managed the crisis on qf32 talks about. Linkedin is the worlds largest business network, helping professionals like richard feenaghty discover inside connections to recommended job candidates, industry experts, and business partners. Shortly after leaving changi airport, an explosion shattered engine 2 of qantas flight qf32 an airbus a380, the largest and most advanced passenger plane ever built. It was australias largest gold producer until 2002, when it was taken over by newmont mining corporation.
Jul 17, 20 that side of the story is told well by the pilotincommand, capt. On 4 november 2010, a flight from singapore to sydney came within a knife edge of being one of the worlds worst air disasters. He has presented to fortune 500 companies, the federal government and its agencies, including defence, safety and investigation. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. There is no computer, manual, autopilot or carefully crafted standard operating procedure that will ever replace that key responsibility. It is my privilege to motivate others to aspire to their own best, and it is my pleasure to receive letters from friends such as yours. A pilot has told of the moment he saved the lives of 469 people when the plane engine suddenly exploded midair from london to sydney. Hero pilot saved 469 lives when the engine exploded midair. From the author of fly life lessons from the cockpit of qf32. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. From the author of fly life lessons from the cockpit.
My gf always maintained that a family member was thrown out of med school for getting a young lady pregnant. On 24 november 2010, he was in charge of a huge a380 airbus, fitted with state of. Just finished updating my post on lessons from qf 32 with more information from capt. Dont hesitate to contact us if somethings wrong or mislead information. He saved 460 lives when they were able to safely land the aircraft in singapore. Covering leadership, teamwork, riskassessment, decisionmaking, crisis management, lifelong resilience and more, its a book whose wisdom can be applied to challenges and opportunities in the. Ecam provides interactive, adaptive and prioritised checklists from a database of 1220 checklists, recalled automatically in response to alerts from the a380s 250,000 sensorsparameters. Resilience is a critical capability for dealing with a crisis, both at work and in life.
The qantas a380 captain was at the control of the worlds largest and most advanced commercial jetliner when he and his fellow officers were faced with their greatest challenge in early november. Qantas pilot who saved 469 lives to speak at airventure aopa. On 24 november 2010, he was in charge of a huge a380 airbus, fitted with state of the art aviation technology, as it left. And on november 4, 2010, on flight qf32 from singapore to sydney, he and his crew suffered what is called a black swan event. His considerable skills as a pilot of some 35 years was put to the test on 4 november 2010 when he was in charge of the airlines huge a380 airbus the worlds largest and most advanced. Flying is getting so much harder because there is so much more automation and so many more systems. He took the time and effort to understand the a380 system laws written into the software by airbus. Datasets available include lcsh, bibframe, lc name authorities, lc classification, marc codes, premis vocabularies, iso language codes, and more.
Hes also one of the nations outstanding corporate speakers. That side of the story is told well by the pilotincommand, capt. His account of the failures experienced provides a system level perspective of the loss of aircraft functions, that augments the preceding component and ecam data. He was fascinated by software and he went far beyond the required levels of learning and certification to captain the a380.