Plane Hits Digger
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Might as well dig a hole for what's left of the plane while he's at it!
As 'DF' said Geez what a mess, good job there was little energy in that toy plane & it was made out of beer cans so it could crumple & absorb that energy.
Would put the wind up any pilot I'd say.
Wmk2
As 'DF' said Geez what a mess, good job there was little energy in that toy plane & it was made out of beer cans so it could crumple & absorb that energy.
Would put the wind up any pilot I'd say.
Wmk2
I was interested in the inclusion of the last couple of sentences in the article, in particular "The air space above it does not come under air traffic control. Instead, pilots have to communicate with each other via radio."
The relevance of pilot-pilot communication to plane vs digger escaped me, but perhaps there's something I've missed
Whatever one makes of it they were extremely lucky to have escaped with [seemingly] nothing too serious in terms of injury.
At a guess they were possibly trying a FLWOP and may have been fairly low at approach when the digger passed in front, perhaps someone has some insight into this? I'd also be interested to know if anyone's aware of where the digger was - inside the airfield or external to it?
In my own experience with foreign objects I can recall having to avoid a large crane on finals once, external to the airfield, and was fortunate to be around to to file an incident report with the CAA (it was surprisingly difficult to see initially).
FP.
The relevance of pilot-pilot communication to plane vs digger escaped me, but perhaps there's something I've missed
Whatever one makes of it they were extremely lucky to have escaped with [seemingly] nothing too serious in terms of injury.
At a guess they were possibly trying a FLWOP and may have been fairly low at approach when the digger passed in front, perhaps someone has some insight into this? I'd also be interested to know if anyone's aware of where the digger was - inside the airfield or external to it?
In my own experience with foreign objects I can recall having to avoid a large crane on finals once, external to the airfield, and was fortunate to be around to to file an incident report with the CAA (it was surprisingly difficult to see initially).
FP.
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I've often wondered about this.
Landing on a short strip with a road close to the threshold.
Shepparton runway 09, for example, is 420m long with the Goulburn Valley Highway adjacent. There is a natural tendency to not be too high, on approach, but you'd better look out for double decker busses.
Another point about this particular location is that there are no signs warning motorists that there is an aerodrome there. If not familiar with the area, a motorist could easily be past the 09 undershoot before realising that there is an aerodrome on the right.
Asked the council, long time ago, what their policy was on putting signs up - said they'd find out and get back - never did.
Landing on a short strip with a road close to the threshold.
Shepparton runway 09, for example, is 420m long with the Goulburn Valley Highway adjacent. There is a natural tendency to not be too high, on approach, but you'd better look out for double decker busses.
Another point about this particular location is that there are no signs warning motorists that there is an aerodrome there. If not familiar with the area, a motorist could easily be past the 09 undershoot before realising that there is an aerodrome on the right.
Asked the council, long time ago, what their policy was on putting signs up - said they'd find out and get back - never did.
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Can see how it can happen..
Few years ago landing on 17 at Ceduna, turned to backtrack after touchdown to see a huge yacht on a oversize load truck pass the end of the runway. Only need to be a little low and...
PI
Few years ago landing on 17 at Ceduna, turned to backtrack after touchdown to see a huge yacht on a oversize load truck pass the end of the runway. Only need to be a little low and...
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Rwy 10 at Feilding has a 100m displaced threshold to avoid incidents like this.The Rwy is around 1000m long The plane was on a normal approach to land. The reference to the airspace was a result of the 2010 fatal between 2 planes and has no relevance to the article. The digger was a front end loader on a back of a semi trailer.
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Isn't there a standard powerline before 09 at Shep? Wouldm make it somewhat difficult hard to hit a digger.
Phillip Island and Tyabb come to mind too.
Victor Bravo - I was thinking along similar lines but couldn't think of anything witty.
Phillip Island and Tyabb come to mind too.
Victor Bravo - I was thinking along similar lines but couldn't think of anything witty.
@pineappledaz
Thanks for the info, having had a look at the chart I'm somewhat more enlightened as to how the two machines might have met.
I've only been into Feilding once or twice (last time in something considerably larger than a 172) so I've just a vague idea as to the layout. I do recall calling into the FTM office for weather info and they were most helpful.
FP.
Thanks for the info, having had a look at the chart I'm somewhat more enlightened as to how the two machines might have met.
I've only been into Feilding once or twice (last time in something considerably larger than a 172) so I've just a vague idea as to the layout. I do recall calling into the FTM office for weather info and they were most helpful.
FP.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.
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