Captain jay prochnow biography
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Jay Prochnow’s Harrowing Flight
Jay with Captain Gordon Vette
Imagine flying for more than 14 hours non-stop over the Pacific Ocean. …in a small single place – single engine aircraft. You see nothing but the blue of the ocean around you. You try to contact your landing airport… Nothing. Then you realize you are lost in the middle of nowhere… and you’re in a very small Cessna agplane. Your only hope is the determined Captain of a commercial flight nearby (or believed to be) to help you. This is what the made-for-TV movie Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771, based on a true story, is all about. It was presented in many networks worldwide. It has been introduced in Australia and New Zealand under the name The Flight from Hell.
I worked with Captain Jay Prochnow at good ol’ America West. He was a great guy, a really good fellow who is additionally an excellent pilot. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t remember Jay Prochnow in the best light!
When I first wrote Jay’s story he was alive albeit suffering from Prostate Cancer. He survived a long time. Now, sadly, Jay has Gone West… I miss him! I miss our occasional lunch visits. I miss him being with
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Cessna 188 Pacific rescue
Aircraft incident in 1978
| Date | 22 December 1978 |
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| Summary | Navigational disorientation |
| Site | Over the Pacific Ocean |
A Cessna 188 similar to the rescued aircraft | |
| Type | Cessna 188 |
| Operator | Jay Prochnow |
| Registration | 8A-8KP |
| Flight origin | San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California, United States |
| 1st stopover | Honolulu International Airport, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States |
| 2nd stopover | Pago Pago International Airport, Pago Pago, American Samoa |
| Last stopover | Norfolk Island Airport, Norfolk Island, Australia |
| Destination | Sydney Airport, Sydney, Australia |
| Occupants | 1 |
| Crew | 1 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Survivors | 1 |
An Air New Zealand McDonnell Douglas DC-10 in 1978 | |
| Type | McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 |
| Operator | Air New Zealand |
| Registration | ZK-NZS |
| Flight origin | Nadi International Airport, Nadi, Fiji |
| Destination | Auckland Airport, Auckland, New Zealand |
| Passengers | 88 |
On 22 December 1978, a Cessna 188 aircraft, flown by an American private pilot, became lost over the Pacific Ocean. The only other aircraft in the area that was able to assist was a commercial Air New Zealand flight. After several hours of searching, the crew of the commercial flight located the lost Cessna and h