ChartAir Precautionary Landing Stuart Highway
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I remember this one. Had conflicting stories on who it was. As far as I know this person is still flying.
asn't the same chick who flew from Alice with the tow hitch still attached to the nose wheel?
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I don't know how you would pick a busted fuel line up pre flight without pulling the cowls off, might be easy on a Beech or a Piper, but Cessna only give you a few little access doors to get at the oil filler and dipstick.
She should get a prize for forced landing of the year.
She should get a prize for forced landing of the year.
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I used to have my guys completely decowl all aircraft as part of the preflight for the daily... Aircraft not hangared, out bush, with thisands if things crawling around making nests etc. Especially just after maintenance, the things I've found prior to test flights etc using this method would make your skin crawl...
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Just because there's not a lot of traffic on the Stuart Highway, it doesn't mean there weren't a couple of 60+ tonne road-trains full of fuel bearing down on the intended landing spot. 
