Cessna goes swimming in Lake Eyre
Is that TW's nickname?
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If its one of Trev's aircraft then Pilotette is doing what she should be doing and that is saying nothing. It is for the owner to make statements on such occasions.
kingRB, I have done a fair bit of flying around there myself but I thought the site was Belt Bay which with my imperfect memory was the south west corner.
kingRB, I have done a fair bit of flying around there myself but I thought the site was Belt Bay which with my imperfect memory was the south west corner.
DF, perhaps Pilotette is off to Broome (or yet another exotic destination) with the Anna Creek honchos in Trev's new Scarystar?
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Wrightsair operate 20-ish aircraft. All of which would fall into the much maligned "Aging Aircraft" category - except the one that has had this current episode of unreliability.
Its a good operation there. Good luck to them. I presume the pub is about to get a bunch of new guests from FF looking for a winter escape.
Its a good operation there. Good luck to them. I presume the pub is about to get a bunch of new guests from FF looking for a winter escape.
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Here y'all go...................
It's a nice shot really, very creative. Pity about the broken Airvan in the background.
As you can see, no life-jackets necessary!
It's a nice shot really, very creative. Pity about the broken Airvan in the background.
As you can see, no life-jackets necessary!
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Its a good operation there. Good luck to them. I presume the pub is about to get a bunch of new guests from FF looking for a winter escape.
If there is a mob from FF descending on the pub then Trev will win both ways as I believe he is now the licensee of the said establishment.
Just a flesh wound!!
Bit of bad luck. The salt wouldn't have needed to be much stronger for it to have landed. Going to be a bugger to get out. You might get a 4WD & trailer out there if you were careful. But I've pulled 4WD's out of salt lakes (haven't been stuck myself) and its a knife edge between breaking the surface & not.
If anyone can come up with a clever plan, it will be Trevor! 2 or 3 Quad bikes, some skids for the aircraft and a towrope might be an option.
Bit of bad luck. The salt wouldn't have needed to be much stronger for it to have landed. Going to be a bugger to get out. You might get a 4WD & trailer out there if you were careful. But I've pulled 4WD's out of salt lakes (haven't been stuck myself) and its a knife edge between breaking the surface & not.
If anyone can come up with a clever plan, it will be Trevor! 2 or 3 Quad bikes, some skids for the aircraft and a towrope might be an option.
The GA8 is listed with an empty weight of 998kg. The Long Ranger seems to have a max sling load of a bit more than 1000kg less pilot & fuel. So could you pull a pilot & some fuel weight worth of seats & some bits off the GA8 and lift it out with the LongRanger in the foreground?
Ain't swimming yet Mr Z, however a BIG nasty ole cold front on the way from WA ....may be there with .....rain....by the weekend or so....
Unfortunately, it ain't out of the woods yet....maybe.
Hope it's recovered in time & OK.
Unfortunately, it ain't out of the woods yet....maybe.
Hope it's recovered in time & OK.
The Synoptic for the next few days....
Looks like it may head South & miss the Lake after all.....Good.
Colour Forecast map for next 4 days
Cheers
Looks like it may head South & miss the Lake after all.....Good.
Colour Forecast map for next 4 days
Cheers
The Woomera / William Ck area generally misses all the Southern weather patterns. The weather than actually hits this area tends to be sporadic. I've stood on the ground at Woomera and watched the tip of Southern weather patterns pass on the Southern horizon and vice versa Northern patterns. Rain in the area tends to come from isolated storms rather than line patterns. Its pretty common for a station to get heavy rain on one part of it and be dry on another. I think they have some time to deal with the aircraft, but depending on how far from "shore"the aeroplane is, it could be very difficult / expensive to get out.
Salt lakes are funny things. Ones with thick crusts like Lake Gairdner withstand getting wet without causing a lot of drama to the surface. The thinner crust ones like Lake Torrens or Lake Hart don't need much rain to soften them and make life immeasurably harder. Not sure about Lake Eyre. I've been on Lake Torrens where the difference between going through or not has been the difference between walking softly & walking normally. And breaking the crust takes you ankle deep in goo.
Another interesting thing is that if there is water it tends to move around a lake. Some locals say its to do with the moon & tides. Others say its wind. We rang Dr Karl about it and he didn't have an answer.
Salt lakes are funny things. Ones with thick crusts like Lake Gairdner withstand getting wet without causing a lot of drama to the surface. The thinner crust ones like Lake Torrens or Lake Hart don't need much rain to soften them and make life immeasurably harder. Not sure about Lake Eyre. I've been on Lake Torrens where the difference between going through or not has been the difference between walking softly & walking normally. And breaking the crust takes you ankle deep in goo.
Another interesting thing is that if there is water it tends to move around a lake. Some locals say its to do with the moon & tides. Others say its wind. We rang Dr Karl about it and he didn't have an answer.