Template:Did you know nominations/Gordon Vette


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 14:16, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

Gordon Vette

 * ... that airline captain Gordon Vette, famous for rescuing a pilot who was lost over the Pacific Ocean, authored a report on the crash of Air New Zealand Flight 901 that inspired a revolution in aviation safety?  Sources for each of these facts are listed below in their respective alts.
 * ALT1:... that Captain Gordon Vette research into the crash of Air New Zealand Flight 901 into Mount Erebus in Antarctica inspired a revolution in aviation safety? Source: The Hon. David Baragwanath's 2009 address to the Pacific Prosecutors Conference in Brisbane, "The Significant and Key Role of the Prosecutor in Upholding the Rule of Law" from the Victoria University of Wellington's Law Faculty website. Page 2, footnote 5: "The Erebus Report was, probably, ten years ahead of its time. After all, Chernobyl, Bhopal, Clapham Junction, Kings Cross and other major high technology systems catastrophes had yet to happen. They need not have happened. In retrospect, if the Aviation community – and the safety community at large – had grasped the message from Antarctica and applied its prevention lessons, Chernobyl, Clapham Junction, Kings Cross and certainly the Dryden report would not have existed."
 * ALT2:... that in 1978, airline captain Gordon Vette rescued a Cessna pilot who was lost over the Pacific Ocean and  running out of fuel? Source: Barry Schiff's 1998 article, "Proficient Pilot: Help from Above" from the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association website. The whole article summarizes the rescue, but here are three quotes that establish that 1) the pilot was lost, 2) he was running out of fuel, and 3) Vette rescued him: "Fear began to gnaw at the ferry pilot's confidence, and he had to admit that he was lost and had no idea which way to turn," "Prochnow landed eight hours late, with little more than fumes in his tanks," and "[Vette's] aircraft was estimated to be closest to the AgWagon, and he agreed to divert, with the hope of being able to provide assistance."
 * Reviewed: CAMS 54

Created by SaAnKe (talk). Self-nominated at 19:55, 1 August 2017 (UTC).


 * Comment: struck the original hook, which at 208 characters was above the absolute DYK maximum length of 200. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:53, 19 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg New, neutral, sourced, QPQ done, hook checks out. Approving ALT2 is the most interesting. --Usernameunique (talk) 23:13, 23 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Symbol question.svg Hi, I came by to promote this, but I don't see anything about running out of fuel in the article. Yoninah (talk) 00:58, 25 August 2017 (UTC)


 * You're right, it's implied in the article about the rescue, but not mentioned in the article about Vette. Added a referenced line from one of the sources that should suffice. Thanks, --Usernameunique (talk) 13:03, 25 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Great, thanks! Hook ref verified and cited inline. Restoring tick for ALT2 per Usernameunique's review. Yoninah (talk) 14:09, 25 August 2017 (UTC)