Light Plane Emergency Landing At Moorabbin
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Light Plane Emergency Landing At Moorabbin
Hard to tell from the video but seems he is missing the front wheel ?
Light aircraft makes emergency landing at Melbourne's Moorabbin Airport - 9news.com.au
Light aircraft makes emergency landing at Melbourne's Moorabbin Airport - 9news.com.au
Certainly looks like it!
Nice foam placement :-)
Nice foam placement :-)
Hard to tell from the video but seems he is missing the front wheel ?
Light aircraft makes emergency landing at Melbourne's Moorabbin Airport - 9news.com.au
Light aircraft makes emergency landing at Melbourne's Moorabbin Airport - 9news.com.au
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Yes, of course. Everyone knows that a sheet of foam is bouncy, don't they? 
I bet that faulty nose wheel caused the wings to wobble from side to side on descent, too.
I bet that faulty nose wheel caused the wings to wobble from side to side on descent, too.
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Interesting approach.
I reckon if they hit the foam they could have been a touch bit fast and would have most likely flipped it at the end. Nearly did flip as it was after floating it.
Seems he pretty much missed the foam.
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Those yellow Foxbats have been breeding like rabbits down at YMMB. Looks like there are about ten of them now.
The noise from the Rotax gearboxes doesn't instill confidence.
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I like how the report says that he circled for nearly an hour trying to fix the problem. Must have been tricky climbing out of the cabin, dangling upside down while he tried to straighten out the nose wheel!!!
I don't know about Moorabbin but at Jandakot it can take quite a while for the emergency services to arrive and be in place so I'm guessing he was circling while waiting for them to arrive?
