You saved my life, Skydive Nagambie Caravan crash
 

For those who didn't get to see this on Ch9 tonight...

Unbelievable footage & brilliant piloting

http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/...101903_001.pdf

Amazing! Thank you for posting the video

Unbelievable...thanks for posting it!

Great story. Coundn't think of a more appropriate person to now be flying for the RFDS. Bloody well done mate:D
Lockers

The "Baz Strap" is a darned important bit of skydiving aeroplanes, that's for sure, and I won't fly a skydiving plane without a parachute, ever. The one day I decide I'll be ok, I'm sure will be the one day I need one.

That video should be mandatory viewing for the hour builders that some of the skydive operators are " helping out ".

lifes to short to work for nothing let alone die for.

i was gobsmacked by that footage!! amazing that he made it, absolute legend! on ya! :D


TG

easy hours -BullS&*t
 

outside flying AG, jump flying is potentially the most lethal form of flying that most of us get access to. Do Not take It Lightly....!!!!!!!
easy hours no, a verticle learning curve YES
be safe folks
Owen, you still owe me lunch...!!!!!
NNB

Front door release pins
 

That accident is a jump pilots worst nightmare and he did a great job.

With skydivers packed in the back and then getting up and stacking up for an exit it's pretty easy to catch a cable or pin but the guys and gals are very aware of that and it never happened to me in 6 yrs.

When I was flying skydivers I bought my own thin-back parachute and had it repacked and inspected at the required intervals at my own cost as sometimes a chute wasn't available for the pilot (this was 15 yrs ago)

What I don't understand is why jump planes don't have a front door jetison system like some aerobatic aircraft (a pull handle with wires that pulls the pin out of the door hinges) which immediately allows the pilot to roll out of the cockpit in an emergency

The fact he made it to the rear door with the aircraft in that attitude is amazing.

isnt it "als caravans" who fly at the gambie? i heard they were some of the best drop pilots ever.

:ok This guy did a great job and its pleasing to note that his accident has lead to improved safety for other skydivers.

I did some meat bomb flying in '92 in SA. Always wore a parachute. Would never have even thought not to! I certainly wouldn't have done any flight with parachutists on board without it. I couldn't believe it when he indicated that it wasn't a compulsory thing for him.

I don't know about now but in the early 90's it wasn't compulsary for jump pilots to wear chutes and they weren't always available for pilot use.

I bought a new surplus RAAF thinback with a 28' lopo canopy from Parachutes Oz for A$850 at that time , also wore it doing aerobatics

Al's pilots some of the best, nah, we all just ended up with harder heads from all the in flight punching...most of us could do a van 100hrly in our sleep though.

To any current Al's caravan drivers, I was wondering, is Midstrength the hangar cat still at Toogoolawah?

j3

That video is very inspirational stuff! :ok:

The PAC 750 XL they now use at Nagambie does have a front door emergency exit for the pilot on either side of the aircraft. From what I've seen of it, it's an awesome jump plane (climbs to FL 140 at over 1200 ft/min with a full load).

Progress :ok:

Ha Ha that is one of the funniest things I've heard!! if you last his training you will be out of pocket and full of incorrect assumptions about how to fly an aeroplane.
I did maybe 900hrs in his aircraft and it wasn't until I went onto different operators that I saw what a proffesional attitude from an employer was like.
LMAO ...watch out top gun :)

I agree with Owen :D

I heard a story from one of the original GA8 airvan test pilots that he had to jump out of one whilst doing CofG testing. Apparently because of the way it was spinning he jumped out the door and ended up sliding forward along the body and up over the engine cowling, through the prop arc and ended up on his back hurtling towards the ground with an airvan directly overhead! Thankfully he shut the engine down before exiting otherwise the prop would have chopped him up.

Magnified bar story? maybe. Makes you think twice about jumping out of an out-of-control airplane though.

It's not just a concern for FW -

https://www.pprune.org/archive/index.php/t-52179.html