Man taxis to the Newman pub

[Seagull V]

So what did our pilot do for fuel? No wings = no wing tanks or does the Skipper have fuselage fuel. Maybe CASa could ping him for inadequate fuel reserves.

[Hasherucf]

So what did our pilot do for fuel? No wings = no wing tanks or does the Skipper have fuselage fuel. Maybe CASa could ping him for inadequate fuel reserves.

He has enough for the alternate. The other pub in town

[Stikybeke]

UL

They should have just filed this one under WTF? and been done with it! That's the proper way to do things in Newman!

Stiky

[Seagull V]

I heard of an old and bold ex Spitfire pilot who landed his Corby homebuilt on the highway outside a roadhouse on the Nullarbor. While he was refuelling (Mogas of course) the Highway Patrol turned up. Being a firm believer in the old adage Attack is the best form of defence, he hastened to request an escort back to the airstrip, "to save him from having to push it all the way back out there again". The officers were happy to oblige this nice old gent with a lights and siren escort to the airfield.

[onetrack]

So what are the police going to do? ... ground him??

Does this also mean, that when he staggers out of the pub at closing time, he's going to be legless and wingless??

[Ixixly]

Oh boy, CASA are really going to love this one, when they realise we can all just get around on the ground instead and not be their concern anymore?!

I mean can you just imagine the committee they'll put together for that one, they'll discover that removing the wings from aircraft will prevent CFIT accidents, Engine Failures will become a total non-event, Fuel Starvation and Exhaustion are now things of the past, Accidental entry into IMC will be slashed, No need for those pesky WACs/TACs/ERCs/VNCs etc...etc... just give everyone a trusty old street map.

I mean this is their ultimate goal, Empty Skies are Safe Skies boys and girls, this man isn't a trouble maker, he's an Innovator!!

[aileron_69]

The Shell Road Maps have better detail on them than the crappy WACs etc anyway.

[Ixixly]

Man charged after plane parked at WA pub

The plot thickens!! Now he does sound like a bit of a tool...not quite so funny anymore.

[evilducky]

2,500 shares on the WA Police's Facebook post in 2 hours.

[Paul O'Rourke]

It has been done before.

The whole show is worth a look.

[gileraguy]

Potential recruits to the Filth sit psychometric tests these days and if you possess a sense of humour OR any degree of empathy, you can't get the job!

You have to have no colour vision, because the whole world is black and white when you're "on the job".

Police are managed and measured on criminal convictions, and there's no way to prove a statistical reduction in crime in any area via proactive policing (like they do in some LA counties to great effect...) That's why there's no discretion and no positive role model as in the seventies and eighties. Now it's collar the crim adn prosecute no matter what the case because we don't get costs awarded against us...

Let's face it, if you were bullied at school and you want to get your own back on society, you're motivated to work with those people, doing that job, for a pittance...

South Australia's ICAC finally recommended criminal charges against a Drug squad run amok, aggravated theft and abuse of office for seven officers (so far)

[kaz3g]

The Shell Road Maps have better detail on them than the crappy WACs etc anyway.

I had a station in the Upper Gascoyne during the late 1970s.

Homestead buzzed by C182 one afternoon so went out to airstrip and brought back 4 visitors, who were with the AIM and doing some pastoral care visits.

Having a cup o tea with them and the Reverend pilot kept addressing me by the wrong name. When I corrected him, he said: "Isn't this Dalgety Downs?"

When I told him DD was about 70 miles to the south, he got out a very worn 1956 Shell roadmap....!

In God we trust?

Kaz

[rioncentu]

Quote of the year: "Without the wings it's not very stable"???

[Berealgetreal]

top shelf good bloke hey..fool. Hope they throw the book at him, what a moron.

As far as the police are concerned, just imagine doing their job for a minute.

[Jamair]

Not at all dangerous, he would have had his anti-collision beacons on and would therefore be safe from everything! Apparently he had a jerrycan in the cabin with a hose leading to the fuel line. He had just bought it (locally) and was taking it home when he dropped into the pub for a 'traveller'. Pretty stupid thing to do - but pretty bloody funny too. Imagine the 'legend' status he will have for the rest of his life!

[Mish A]

Public Safety

Perhaps some Police Departments require a lack of humour in its recruits but I’ve heard of one Police Department in Australia that states in Operation Orders for major public events that all Police on duty at the stated event, “will maintain good humour.”

Generally in my experience you can rely on country coppers to have a sense of humour, even if it’s a bit warped.

Back to topic. Two problems, the first is that once photos/video hits the national media showing Police at an incident potentially risking public safety they usually can’t just walk away with issuing a verbal caution. We all have line managers and upper management and a whole bunch of snivelling/sneering grunters in-between, the same as the Police. The attending police know that there will be a please explain waiting for them when they get back to the station requiring 5 phone calls to various levels of management and a police report justifying why they were seen laughing (read maintaining good humour) with the offender whilst Mrs Jones (hard working taxpayer) had to drag her 5 kids out of the way of the lethal contraption that was once an aircraft.

This brings me to my second point. My opening line would be something like, “Hey, the village just called up, they’ve lost their idiot, they want you to come back.” I don’t know of any pilots that would be comfortable taxing an aircraft? on a Friday afternoon in a town with a population of over 4,000. Every time I’ve been on an airport apron where there have been unusual pedestrian activity most aircraft, big and small err on the side of caution and usually stop. As pilots we like known, predictable activity. Taxing down a street in town is nearly the opposite of this.

I think acts to endanger life is a little high in the choices of offences, but like most things these days by the time its finalised it will have been plea bargained down to double parking and a fine for failing to maintain vehicle standards.

Pilots are paid by customers to fly planes. Police are paid by tax payers to maintain public safety.

Mish A

[skipper1981]

Used to be a common occurence in Birdsville years ago.Before the fence around the airfield was built,pilots often taxied up to the pub.

[gassed budgie]

Quote of the year: "Without the wings it's not very stable"???

He's obviously mistaken the Beech Skipper for a Traumahawk and figured that yes indeed, the aeroplane will be a lot more stable if he in fact leaves the wings off.
Scared himself ****less the last time he used one with the wings on!

[Towering Q]

So with both wings missing, what did he use for a fuel tank?

The answer lies behind the seat.

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Ps. Mish A....great response regarding the public safety issue. I'm sure some of our anti-police colleagues will have difficulty absorbing this.

[gerry111]

Thanks Towering Q.

That explains it all!

I wonder if this idiot was also puffing away on a ciggy?