Truth in the old saying that "there are old pilots and bold pilots but
few or no, old, bold pilots."
RB
On 11/05/2017 5:32 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:
Yup, I've seen videos of that - water feels hard when you're going fast
enough, but if one wheel gets a little low, over you go.
On Thu, M
On Thu, 11 May 2017 17:10:18 -0500 OK Don via Mercedes
wrote:
> Not likely, he'll get counseling and need to get some remedial training,
> but there's no law against missing the runway :-)
Well, Okayy ...
Craig
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Yup, I've seen videos of that - water feels hard when you're going fast
enough, but if one wheel gets a little low, over you go.
On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 5:30 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
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> > On May 11, 2017 at 6:07 PM Randy Bennell via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okieb
> On May 11, 2017 at 6:07 PM Randy Bennell via Mercedes
> wrote:
> I have to wonder if he was trying to touch his wheels on the truck. Sort
> of like the pilots who fly under bridges etc.
https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Pictures2/n-MbxPq/i-8H854qZ/0/e63a3e6d/X2/i-8H854qZ-X2.jpg
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That kind of flying is usually done in far more maneuverable aircraft than
a light twin. He was probably just too low, making a shallow approach
trying to land "on the numbers".
Most of my flying has been done from short runways, and I practice short
field landings (just under 800' so far in the C
Not likely, he'll get counseling and need to get some remedial training,
but there's no law against missing the runway :-)
On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 5:00 PM, Craig via Mercedes
wrote:
> On Thu, 11 May 2017 17:04:33 -0400 (EDT) Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> wrote:
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> > Tore the landing gear off a tw
On 11/05/2017 5:00 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote:
On Thu, 11 May 2017 17:04:33 -0400 (EDT) Mitch Haley via Mercedes
wrote:
Tore the landing gear off a twin engine plane.
http://www.livetrucking.com/plane-strikes-semi-on-ohio-highway/
I suspect the pilot might lose his license.
Craig
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Much more so - with new ones starting at $500,000, the incentive to keep
the old ones flying is pretty high.
On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 4:58 PM, Craig via Mercedes
wrote:
> On Thu, 11 May 2017 16:08:03 -0500 OK Don via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> > The insurance company will probably total it, but someo
On Thu, 11 May 2017 17:04:33 -0400 (EDT) Mitch Haley via Mercedes
wrote:
> Tore the landing gear off a twin engine plane.
> http://www.livetrucking.com/plane-strikes-semi-on-ohio-highway/
I suspect the pilot might lose his license.
Craig
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On Thu, 11 May 2017 16:08:03 -0500 OK Don via Mercedes
wrote:
> The insurance company will probably total it, but someone will buy it,
> repair it, and get it in the air again.
Sort of like old cars, huh?
Craig
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To search list ar
I felt the tug from the tow rope breaking (water skiing rope), then landed
as usual. We (the soaring club at OU) had several previous cases of the
ring on the end of the rope getting caught on the barbed wire fence between
the runway and the highway where the pilot felt the tug, the end of the
rope
The insurance company will probably total it, but someone will buy it,
repair it, and get it in the air again.
On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 4:03 PM, Craig via Mercedes
wrote:
> On Thu, 11 May 2017 16:15:04 -0400 Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
> wrote:
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> > I'm surprised that didn't crash the plane.
>
>
Tore the landing gear off a twin engine plane.
http://www.livetrucking.com/plane-strikes-semi-on-ohio-highway/
So, what happened when Don lasso'd a stack?
Mitch
> On May 11, 2017 at 3:58 PM OK Don via Mercedes wrote:
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> This is even more impressive than snagging a trucks exhaust pipe with
On Thu, 11 May 2017 16:15:04 -0400 Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
wrote:
> I'm surprised that didn't crash the plane.
That must have tweeked the airframe significantly! Along with the belly
landing, I suspected the plane might be totaled.
> Glad the pilot (71) made it safely.
Indeed!
Craig
>
I'm surprised that didn't crash the plane. Glad the pilot (71) made it
safely.
--FT
On 5/11/17 3:58 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:
This is even more impressive than snagging a trucks exhaust pipe with a
glider tow rope (which I did 1972):
http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/trucker-hears-no
On Thu, 11 May 2017 14:58:16 -0500 OK Don via Mercedes
wrote:
> This is even more impressive than snagging a trucks exhaust pipe with a
> glider tow rope (which I did 1972):
>
> http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/trucker-hears-noise-finds-airplanes-landing-gear-in-his-roof/ar-BBAZEaU?li=BBnbfcL&
This is even more impressive than snagging a trucks exhaust pipe with a
glider tow rope (which I did 1972):
http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/trucker-hears-noise-finds-airplanes-landing-gear-in-his-roof/ar-BBAZEaU?li=BBnbfcL&ocid=mailsignout
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OK Don
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