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Postby spongebob206 » Thu Jul 09, 2009 5:52 pm

Very lucky i feel,

crosswind gone wrong

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Postby Daniel » Thu Jul 09, 2009 6:06 pm

Ouch sad.gif At least the pilots walked away. Looks like it will be a write off.
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Postby Goose » Thu Jul 09, 2009 9:40 pm

What kinda plane is that? Jesus a critical engine failure when on finals, lucky no-one was seriously hurt!
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Postby Naki » Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:13 pm

Piper Twin Comanche...only one of two in the country (vey nice a/c too)...very lucky
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Postby FlyingKiwi » Fri Jul 10, 2009 1:21 pm

Definitely made a mess of the plane, but good to hear no major injuries.
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Postby bestpilotindaworld » Fri Jul 10, 2009 6:46 pm

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He says for both wings to snap off and the nose to come apart, it must've somersaulted over a nearby ditch.[/quote]

There would have been more damage than that.

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It would've been an experienced private pilot as it's a sophisticated plane to control."[/quote]

They said early that it was a pilot and his student, but now he's a experienced private pilot. And for SOPHISTICATED it's not like it's a F18 - it's only a light twin

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"He was practising his landing and he had come down to land, gone back up and was coming down again when[/quote]

it's called circuits

WHAT A BIG LOAD OF censored2.gif pirate.gif'S

About the only real bit of interesting stuff in that was in the title OCCUPANTS WALK AWAY FROM CRASHED PLANE

Who cares what Jow Blow sore wait till the report comes out.

Just my bit plane.gif
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Postby A185F » Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:52 pm

bestpilotindaworld wrote:
QUOTE (bestpilotindaworld @ Jul 10 2009, 06:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
There would have been more damage than that.



They said early that it was a pilot and his student, but now he's a experienced private pilot. And for SOPHISTICATED it's not like it's a F18 - it's only a light twin



it's called circuits

WHAT A BIG LOAD OF censored2.gif pirate.gif'S

About the only real bit of interesting stuff in that was in the title OCCUPANTS WALK AWAY FROM CRASHED PLANE

Who cares what Jow Blow sore wait till the report comes out.

Just my bit plane.gif



Now Now Timmahhhhh, just because you didnt come on an awesome west coast mission yesterday doesnt mean you have to vent your inside anger/nervous gasses on this forum. Mwauahahahahhahahahaha shame !! tongue.gif
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Postby Ian Warren » Sat Jul 11, 2009 12:16 am

Chuckle .. I just just look a the photo thinking how long it would take ... Ok the next months screen shot .. .. to reproduce this
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Postby bestpilotindaworld » Sat Jul 11, 2009 6:38 am

A185F wrote:
QUOTE (A185F @ Jul 10 2009, 09:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Now Now Timmahhhhh, just because you didnt come on an awesome west coast mission yesterday doesnt mean you have to vent your inside anger/nervous gasses on this forum. Mwauahahahahhahahahaha shame !! tongue.gif


I know i was very upset about this. But this #### off me off more!! Yesterday he got to go for a ride in IP's tiger pirate.gif

Man work gets in the way of everything thumbup1.gif
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Postby Squawk1200 » Sat Jul 11, 2009 8:50 pm

bestpilotindaworld wrote:
QUOTE (bestpilotindaworld @ Jul 11 2009, 06:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I know i was very upset about this. But this #### off me off more!! Yesterday he got to go for a ride in IP's tiger pirate.gif

Man work gets in the way of everything thumbup1.gif


i know i'm a legend ... i cant help it.
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