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So how about this, from my regular e-mail from; "Flyer", for a bit of bum-clenching excitement! *

How many times has this happened to you in the Flight Sim?

Go on...admit it...don't be shy!...>>>

https://www.facebook.com/RCastle11/vide ... 294656217/

The beauties of; "Invincibility in Flight Simulators!".... ...!

Paul....crash and burn...quite often!... ....!

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The guy in that Piper was damned lucky!

Here's another one...

http://www.youtube.com/embed/Mle7DxDgQfg

I especially like the Gear Up klaxon blaring in the background, as the CFI and his Student are just chattering away... um, CGUMPS, anyone?

I love it when my lovely-old default Beech Baron 58 shouts a warning at me when I close the throttle for a landing and I am getting far too close to the ground with my wheels still up!

She keeps me safe when all around me is falling apart...bless her!.... ...!

Paul.... ...!

A summer job during high school was at a small local airport.

To cut it short, I was working one day when a pilot brought in a rented Mooney M20.




He later said "I thought it (the aircraft) was getting low".

Nothing spectacular, smooth belly landing off the runway and into the grass.



Working in that airport was great and I learned a lot.

'Corse I never did find that bottle of prop wash for cleaning the propellers, nor the shore line for tying down the aircraft.

When you've got a big prop, and a belly landing with the gear up, the big expense is the damage to the prop(s) and the seriously damaged; "shock-loaded" engine, requiring a close examination and replacement/renovation!
Not a happy experience!

Paul... I like to keep my Motor-bike, on its wheels, "shiny-side up", if possible.... ...!

Scrolling down the Facebook page link there is a picture of the props.............Just wondering how much thrust he lost....?

Matt

ViperPilot wrote:The guy in that Piper was damned lucky!

Here's another one...

http://www.youtube.com/embed/Mle7DxDgQfg

I especially like the Gear Up klaxon blaring in the background, as the CFI and his Student are just chattering away... um, CGUMPS, anyone?

Wow I am shocked they did not notice they had to talk louder over the gear warning.

Rick

Azframer wrote:

ViperPilot wrote:The guy in that Piper was damned lucky!

Here's another one...

http://www.youtube.com/embed/Mle7DxDgQfg

I especially like the Gear Up klaxon blaring in the background, as the CFI and his Student are just chattering away... um, CGUMPS, anyone?

Wow I am shocked they did not notice they had to talk louder over the gear warning.

Rick

Not only that, but when ever I have taken the jump seat (perks of the job 737, A320 and Dash8 Q400), the crew has always said, if you see or hear and it appears we have not, then say something. The "cameraman" in this video, quite happy to film and not ask what the warning is...............?

Also anyone have any idea with my prop lost thrust question.....?

Matt

...apparently, he made it safely to a nearby airfield....

...with an unusual amount of clearance between the prop tips and the ground....

...followed by a very large repair bill for somebody, and a replacement pilot required.

Paul....beating the air with bent tips!... ...!