Another lucky Ag escape
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Another lucky Ag escape
As it says, the guy seems to have got off lightly all things considered
Any ideas on the aircraft type?
Any ideas on the aircraft type?
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.........lucky boy, tatts ticket next for him I think!
I spoke to one Ag pilot one cold morning after changing one of his wheels in the ugly Transavia many years ago (early 80's) in YSTW just before he headed off to do a drop, he never returned. Shook me up for quite a while that did.
Not sure why anybody woukld want to fly Ag planes but each to their own I guess.
CW
I spoke to one Ag pilot one cold morning after changing one of his wheels in the ugly Transavia many years ago (early 80's) in YSTW just before he headed off to do a drop, he never returned. Shook me up for quite a while that did.
Not sure why anybody woukld want to fly Ag planes but each to their own I guess.
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Only aircraft operating up round Takaka area is a Fletcher so that would be my guess.
Plucka, my thoughts exactly. We like to fly ag aircraft because we like flying, as opposed to letting a computer do it for us. Theres nothing like flying an aircraft to its full potential!!
Plucka, my thoughts exactly. We like to fly ag aircraft because we like flying, as opposed to letting a computer do it for us. Theres nothing like flying an aircraft to its full potential!!
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Theres nothing like flying an aircraft to its full potential!! Today 07:38
............yep spot on........to it's full potential & BEYOND !
Guys we all have choices here, flying itself is a risk, just that those higher risks such as low lvl ops are optional to most!
Personal opinions only as usual
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............yep spot on........to it's full potential & BEYOND !
Guys we all have choices here, flying itself is a risk, just that those higher risks such as low lvl ops are optional to most!
Personal opinions only as usual
CW
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A lot of very good and very experienced pilots have been killed in Fletchers over the decades.
There but for the grace of God, go he.
There but for the grace of God, go he.
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Leaving some Margin
That is what it is all about! It does not mean that because you fly Ag that you have a screw loose or that you are reckless. It is a very enjoyable career in Aviation and you have to manage your risks and have a margin in the job the same as in any aircraft! Capt. Wally I wonder if you ever fly along looking at your watch wishing you weren't at work? I bet anything you have done that! Flying Ag is exciting and I dont look at my watch wishing I were somewhere else, I just enjoy the job that it is. As you said, "Each to there own".
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'JW' for yr info in nearly 30 yrs of flying I have not once looked at my watch & wanted to be somewhere else. You see I don't fly for a 'bus' Co. my type of flying is the most rewarding of all in my opinion, something that few will ever experience!
So 'JW' careful what you bet!............& yes "each to their own"
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So 'JW' careful what you bet!
............& yes "each to their own"CW
Stop this my dick is bigger than yours!
Hey, lets just stop this dick waving competition that has crept into this thread. I fly in airline ops and have the greatest respect for our ag brethren, as I do for Air Ambos, RFDS and other fixed wing operations, plus helo drivers. No one is better than any other, just that we all perform different functions in a great industry.
Glad to see the ag driver survived this one.
JT
Glad to see the ag driver survived this one.
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'JT' I dodn't see any of what's been posted so far as 'dick waving' more an explanation/expression as to who enjoys what type of flying the most, nufin' wrong with spruking off if yr passionate about one particular sector of our industry. For me it's about choice. 99% of this forum is about peoples opinions/choices when responding to a thread, that's all this pretty much is. Pilots will always be proud of what they do, despite the size of ones anatomy, besides it's a boy thing !
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Hey look one and all....
I started this thread to pass on the info about this accident, I didn't start the thread so that a few of you can have a bloody dick measuring contest....
Some of you are pathetic
I started this thread to pass on the info about this accident, I didn't start the thread so that a few of you can have a bloody dick measuring contest....
Some of you are pathetic
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Of course it's a contest "JW", life is a contest, ya gotta to be in it to win it right!
'huaghtney1'...pilots are the biggest 'prima-donners' & love comparing notes. Why do you think that the RAAF for Eg only have young highly trained drivers in their fast jets? Because even tho the older ones could fly them 'till the cows come home they wouldn't be able to stay at the bar afterwards long enough to brag about it all !
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'huaghtney1'...pilots are the biggest 'prima-donners' & love comparing notes. Why do you think that the RAAF for Eg only have young highly trained drivers in their fast jets? Because even tho the older ones could fly them 'till the cows come home they wouldn't be able to stay at the bar afterwards long enough to brag about it all !
CW
Aggghhhhhhhhhhhhh
Capt Wally said:
Then:
Nuff said.
You see I don't fly for a 'bus' Co. my type of flying is the most rewarding of all in my opinion, something that few will ever experience!
So 'JW' careful what you bet!............& yes "each to their own"
So 'JW' careful what you bet!............& yes "each to their own"
'JT' I dodn't see any of what's been posted so far as 'dick waving'
Nuff said.