J-3 Cub

[ozzy72]

Knowing some Latin American engineers (I've met two and both left me scared silly), the wings were probably being held on with gaffer tape and Wrigleys finest
Alas aircraft maintenance here isn't much better. I've seen a few things flying here that even I wouldn't get in, as frankly I doubt they'd reach a safe height for the parachute to open before falling to pieces

Mark

[Fozzer]

Knowing some Latin American engineers (I've met two and both left me scared silly), the wings were probably being held on with gaffer tape and Wrigleys finest
Alas aircraft maintenance here isn't much better. I've seen a few things flying here that even I wouldn't get in, as frankly I doubt they'd reach a safe height for the parachute to open before falling to pieces

Mark

LOL...!

That probably accounts for the fact that in my Pilot Magazines they can be purchased for little more than the price of a top-dog Cessna 152....!
..mind you....
I wouldn't fancy paying to run and maintain that big radial up at the pointy end... ...!
LOL...!

Nice aeroplane tho' and fun to fly in the sim... ...!

Cheers... ...!

Paul.

[Hagar]

I've seen a few things flying here that even I wouldn't get in, as frankly I doubt they'd reach a safe height for the parachute to open before falling to pieces

Would that be the parachute or the aeroplane?

I wouldn't fancy paying to run and maintain that big radial up at the pointy end... ...!
LOL...!

Don't you mean the blunt end Foz?

Now I shall probably get the blame for sending this way off-topic. It wasn't me, honest Guv.

[ozzy72]

On one occassion BOTH!!!

[Felix/FFDS]

...didn't I read somewhere in the news, a while ago, that the wings fell off an AN-2 during flight in South America.... ...!
...all those struts and wires... ...!

LOL...!

Paul.

And regrettably, they ripped off a fire-bombing C-130, as well - and they were metal...