c-172 ditched in tz
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Flying single engine wheel equipped aircraft over water beyond gliding distance of land with paying passengers on board is not only illegal in most places that I know of but stupid in my mind.
I am in the aircraft ferry business and I will not fly any single engine aircraft over water with nowhere to land except in the water.
However just because I am not willing to do so does not mean that others can not do it, but if it quits you will wish you had thought like me.
Chuck Ellsworth
I am in the aircraft ferry business and I will not fly any single engine aircraft over water with nowhere to land except in the water.
However just because I am not willing to do so does not mean that others can not do it, but if it quits you will wish you had thought like me.
Chuck Ellsworth
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hello swoz,
i just remembered at on time i flew as a passenger on that aircraft and it had a lousy rate of climb so we decided to remain at 1500' all the way to zanzibar,wonder wht u were crossing that channel at on that day?
keep it up there fellows
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i just remembered at on time i flew as a passenger on that aircraft and it had a lousy rate of climb so we decided to remain at 1500' all the way to zanzibar,wonder wht u were crossing that channel at on that day?
keep it up there fellows
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G good effort eh, a rather nervy 22hours but very glad to hear the great news on a job well done.
i was feeling very 5h1t after that chat we had flying coastal dar-znz the night before
very thankfully long ex-tropical
i was feeling very 5h1t after that chat we had flying coastal dar-znz the night before
very thankfully long ex-tropical
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Bravo to the Pilot
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/20...nt_2311034.htm
Good job Swoz. I heard the chance to fly a C-172 on charter flights from ZNZ and surrounding area, but after much thought, I decided I'd probly live longer building time flight instructing here in the states
Good job Swoz. I heard the chance to fly a C-172 on charter flights from ZNZ and surrounding area, but after much thought, I decided I'd probly live longer building time flight instructing here in the states
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Very modest swoz! You spent 21 hours in the water!!! From what I understood it was less than an hour - wow, you are the man! Well done again - you certainly deserve the accolades for your handling of the situation.
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well done again swoz you are trully a Tanzanian hero...with swiss origin,never realised the bride and groom were so "young" at heart...
Just another theory i had, that it actually shrinks in sea water wonder if thats true?
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Just another theory i had, that it actually shrinks in sea water wonder if thats true?
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With the fame and glory Swoz now has, no doubt the mamacitas and groupies will line up outside terminal one, and the package shall surely unshrink hehe, groupies
hehe, groupies
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Holly Molly!! SWOZ, Jah Man, I have to say.... I did think about it a lot during some of those legs but I am so happy I didn;t have to live this. I would have made the mistake of trying to swim towards Chumbe. And make my passenger bleed a bit to attract the sharks towards them... eeer 
sorry, bad humour!!
