Air Fraser

[splitty]

Airvan bites the sand

Not A Seaplane !

[Konev]

Has that lost its nose wheel or just sunk?

[takeonme]

If it sunk just hang off the tail and pivot 😉

[runway16]

I have heard of tail draggers but this gives real meaning to the expression nose dragger!

[aroa]

Is there a tide scum, looks like sand and its just dropped over the bank into the creek. Interesting foreground to that pic
Or, as for beach driving .. beware the sand that is loosened by running water. As learnt up remote Cape beaches !!
Kerplonk.!..now extricate yourself.... Tide incoming...better hurry .

[cowl flaps]

Just put two big fat bastards in the rear seats,- get the nose up and stick a 5 gallon drum behind the prop.

[flywatcher]

That looks like a very strange piece of beach to put an aircraft on.

[Squawk7700]

Originally Posted by flywatcher

That looks like a very strange piece of beach to put an aircraft on.

I’d be guessing it was dragged up there to elude the incoming tide.

[RatsoreA]

The timid airvan sneaks up the waters edge for drink, always alert for predators... They are at their most vulnerable and would be easy pickings for a hungry Catalina hiding out of site, waiting to strike...

[601]

easy pickings for a hungry Catalina hiding out of site, waiting to strike...

Or an Orion sneaking up the beach at ? feet

[Cloudee]

https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications...r/ao-2020-001/

The ATSB is investigating a runway overrun involving GippsAero GA8, VH-BNX, at Fraser Island, Queensland, on 2 January 2020.

During landing, the aircraft overran the runway resulting in the nose landing gear collapsing and the propeller striking the ground. There were no injuries to the pilot or seven passengers.

[Ixixly]

[wheels_down]

Seven News seems to have got hands of the landing video.

Trying to find it, appeared on my Facebook feed.

Certainly floated for a bit.

[Car RAMROD]

https://7news.com.au/news/qld/pilot-...d-c-634847.amp

video there.

nice of the owner to publicly throw the pilot under the bus like that too. Sounds like a great place to work.

[gchriste]

Wow. If ever a case of throwing your employee under the bus to save business, this is it. We are awesome, just a pesky bad pilot of ours.

who would want to work for that mob Urgh.

[wheels_down]

Well that’s disturbing...

[spektrum]

Sounds fair enough really.

[Stickshift3000]

This operator really doesn't do its pilots or GA in general any favours. What a top notch tool.

[Pilotette]

Looks like a strange bit of flap movement there. Not quite pulled into the notch? Or some kind of random "procedure"?

[longrass]

What on earth are those flaps up to? I had a girlfriend once that couldn’t control hers either...