Forced Landing Marree 14/11/2010

[Jabawocky]

I have spent well over 100 hours in the old girl flying Heron tours all over Oz, never missed a beat. Leaked water everywhere in heavy cloud, door seal screamed for mercy, crew door popped open on nearly every takeoff but got me to my next port every time.

Well that depicts a high quality GA fleet

[sms777]

That was my point Jabba!
Like the cars you drive in QLD. Full of rust, doors falling off, windshield cracked....but mechanically sound and will always get you there.

[kimwestt]

sms777

Yep - you are spot on the money - very tough but very fair. His word is his absolute bond, and you can take that to the bank. Maybe others have let him down.

[Desert Flower]

Saw it this morning. They were in the process of removing the engines, & the insurance guy was looking at everything. Right main is some 200 metres back behind the final stopping point, where it hit a small sand ridge. Looking at the country back behind the aircraft, I could only shake my head in disbelief & say he was damn lucky he made it out into the open!

DF.

[Clearedtoreenter]

& the insurance guy was looking at everything.

Someone might be not too unhappy - that thing must have been depreciated to nothing decades ago.

[Desert Flower]

Heard from the landowner yesterday that the hull is still on his property, & has had a foot of water through it.

DF.

[Desert Flower]

Its made its way back to Bankstown finally... on a truck bed. Just needs some buffing out and should be good to go

Blimey - it left here about a month or more ago!

DF.

[Centaurus]

Full of rust, doors falling off, windshield cracked

And of course, like a true professional charter pilot, you entered every one of those defects in the maintenance release, and other defects too