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A half decent steerer wouldn't have spun it, shouldn't have progressed beyond slight wing drop
prior to their departure
unload the wing, add power = non event
No stall
No spin
And all the other basic ppl stuff
Outback pilots SA style ?
prior to their departure
unload the wing, add power = non event
No stall
No spin
And all the other basic ppl stuff
Outback pilots SA style ?
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Some major incompetence, if accidental. And certainly more so, if the spin was intentional..
I'll just go and check the value of shares in 'Skydive The Beach'. (SKB on the ASX.)
I'll just go and check the value of shares in 'Skydive The Beach'. (SKB on the ASX.)
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I flew formation with jumpers in a past life, but side by side, not on top of another plane. WTF.
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The plane was falling and spinning. Dawson was in trouble. He recalls: "There were still one or two people in the plane when the tail separated. I think one of them was spat out at that point. As the tail snapped off, the plane whaled on to its back and Crash (Craig Bennett) got pushed up against the windscreen. I was saying, 'Crash! Get the f--- out'. But Crash wasn't sure whether to step on the instruments and damage the plane. That's what appeared to be going through his mind. But he got his foot on the panel and I saw him go over the seats like Superman."
Bennett left the plane at about 9000 feet. Meanwhile, Dawson had shut down the fuel pumps, the engine and, with one hand on the control column, calling "Mayday, mayday, mayday", he unbuckled his seatbelt and brought up his left leg to push off the instrument panel, as Bennett had done. But as soon as he let go of the controls, the plane started spinning, and Dawson's dash went nowhere: the G-forces slammed him face first to the floor, between the seats, breaking a rib.
"As I hit the floor, I heard the door go 'bang', the sound it makes when it's dropped . . . I couldn't even raise my arm up and I was trying to push forward using my legs but then my boot got stuck, my right foot, stuck in the seat belt."
Caravan crash at Nagambie, more here
Disaster, and the reflex that saved 10 - theage.com.au
Bennett left the plane at about 9000 feet. Meanwhile, Dawson had shut down the fuel pumps, the engine and, with one hand on the control column, calling "Mayday, mayday, mayday", he unbuckled his seatbelt and brought up his left leg to push off the instrument panel, as Bennett had done. But as soon as he let go of the controls, the plane started spinning, and Dawson's dash went nowhere: the G-forces slammed him face first to the floor, between the seats, breaking a rib.
"As I hit the floor, I heard the door go 'bang', the sound it makes when it's dropped . . . I couldn't even raise my arm up and I was trying to push forward using my legs but then my boot got stuck, my right foot, stuck in the seat belt."
Caravan crash at Nagambie, more here
Disaster, and the reflex that saved 10 - theage.com.au
Was thinking the same thing....multiple C 182s, DC 3s etc with no issues...
My guess is either little or no pre-coordination, formation flying experience....
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This is pretty common and there are plenty of youtube videos of Porters etc rolling over into a dive (I think in beta range) as the jumpers exit and following the freefallers down. Maybe being a piston they didn't want to descend at idle (in a spiral) so they spin it instead.
Obviously not dangerous or they'd have hit someone!
Obviously not dangerous or they'd have hit someone!
I disagree..
