John B. Allen (MrBallen)
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And this is also at a time where the instruments in the aircraft were pretty rudimentary.
Like it was basically dead reckoning.
You're sort of looking out the window to see where you're going.
This might even have been in the 60s or 70s now that I think about it.
It was not recent.
And all he's got is like his compass and like his altimeter, like he doesn't have much going on.
And he's just sort of looking out the window and he's seeing where he's at.
And he said, okay, I'm good.
He's like making his turn.
But at a certain point, he knows he needs to begin to descend to land.
And he basically knows where he is.
He figures once I go below the fog, I'm going to see the runway and I'll land.
But as he tries to descend, he realizes his craft, his airplane's not responding.
It's flying.
It's steady.
It's not faltering, but it's not descending.
And he tries to pull the yoke to one side.
It's not turning right.
It's not turning left.
He can't do anything.