3AW reporting parachuting plane down Barwon Heads 20/10/2023
It seems the ATSB are calling this a "forced/precautionary landing":
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications...rt/ao-2023-049
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications...rt/ao-2023-049
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It seems the ATSB are calling this a "forced/precautionary landing":
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications...rt/ao-2023-049
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications...rt/ao-2023-049
Well, (a) the news has come a long way from the original "Small plane with multiple people on board crashes near lake in Barwon Heads, Victoria" and (b) given the stretch of water between the end of the runway and the paddock they wound up in, that's a pretty impressive overshoot!
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a 172? now that's pushing it a bit! Was that one at a time? 
The only people we ever strapped in were observation riders (for obvious reasons) we just used to have everyone come forward on takeoff (in a 182) then sit back down once the climb was established
I think the sport has changed a lot though. It used to be a 182 in a field with no facilities and now it's become a lot like skiing with purpose built airports flying "real" aircraft, food for sale, air conditioned packing areas ... and wind tunels. Took some of the fun out of it really
The only people we ever strapped in were observation riders (for obvious reasons) we just used to have everyone come forward on takeoff (in a 182) then sit back down once the climb was established
I think the sport has changed a lot though. It used to be a 182 in a field with no facilities and now it's become a lot like skiing with purpose built airports flying "real" aircraft, food for sale, air conditioned packing areas ... and wind tunels. Took some of the fun out of it really
I did several jumps from a 172 back in 1980 ish
We landed it in a field, took the right hand door off and removed all the seats apart from the pilots. Two bods in the back and one in the front, sat with their back to the controls. Banking right was interesting. Still remember standing with my left foot on the wheel, holding the strut. If you had upset the pilot he took the parking brake off and you were away. Different times I guess.
We landed it in a field, took the right hand door off and removed all the seats apart from the pilots. Two bods in the back and one in the front, sat with their back to the controls. Banking right was interesting. Still remember standing with my left foot on the wheel, holding the strut. If you had upset the pilot he took the parking brake off and you were away. Different times I guess.
a 172? now that's pushing it a bit! Was that one at a time
Originally Posted by Fark'n'ell
MEGAN,
There are also a couple of guys who have skydived from one aeroplane to another without a chute.
MEGAN,
There are also a couple of guys who have skydived from one aeroplane to another without a chute.
Think this might be conflating a few different achievements…
A skydiver has jumped without a ‘chute and landed in a net.
A wingsuiter has jumped without a ‘chute and landed on a massive stack/line of cardboard boxes (really!) (Edit: I believe he did wear a parachute as a back up, but landed without deploying it…)
A skydiver has jumped, with a ‘chute for safety that was not released, from one aircraft into another aircraft.
Two pilot/skydivers have each jumped, with ‘chutes, from separate aircraft (leaving those aircraft with no-one on board), and attempted to enter the other aircraft and take control (one achieved it, the other did not, landed under his ‘chute, and the aircraft crashed, empty).
But, as far as I know, no-one has yet jumped from one aircraft to another without a back-up ‘chute.
Last edited by Ant T; 26th Oct 2023 at 14:00.
