Cessna force lands in cardiff street
Cessna force lands in cardiff street
BBC news reporting a "cessna two seater" forced landed in a residential st on the outskirts of cardiff thisavo..... Ham radio operator reckons they carry "about 8 ltrs of fuel"!
see here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4127360.stm
see here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4127360.stm
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"They must have been really lucky. Those aircraft carry about eight litres of fuel and it's pretty volatile fuel, so anything could have happened."
Glad to hear they were relatively unscathed.
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He ! An one can make a t po can't the ?
C-150 standard fuel useable fuel capacit is 22.5 US gallons which is about uhmmm, eight litres...
C-150 standard fuel useable fuel capacit is 22.5 US gallons which is about uhmmm, eight litres...
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I know it's expensive to land at CWL but this is a bit extreme.
Then again, maybe they were hypnotised by the dulcet tones of a certain lady ATC at CWL rendering them incapable of continued flight (hello flower).
Glad everyone walked away.
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Then again, maybe they were hypnotised by the dulcet tones of a certain lady ATC at CWL rendering them incapable of continued flight (hello flower).
Glad everyone walked away.
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.8 litres? Why not switch it one place to the right? (only trying to be sarcastic!)
Maybe it didn't even have .08 litres if it force landed with fuel starvation!
Maybe it didn't even have .08 litres if it force landed with fuel starvation!
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I can't see a decimal point in "eight" - unless that's it on top of the "i". But if you moved that to the right - I'd be confused.
I hate these sarcastic blighters.
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maybe they were hypnotised by the dulcet tones of a certain lady ATC at CWL rendering them incapable of continued flight (hello flower).
Good to hear they all walked away from this, good flat land around there and well done to them for bringing it in safely.
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Just how many schools and old peoples' homes did the hero pilot avoid?
The report says "The man narrowly avoided houses and a caravan park to carry out the forced landing on Wentloog Road, Rumney.", which was mildly heroic, I suppose.
Good result, and glad all are safe, if a little shaken.
The report says "The man narrowly avoided houses and a caravan park to carry out the forced landing on Wentloog Road, Rumney.", which was mildly heroic, I suppose.
Good result, and glad all are safe, if a little shaken.
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Slightly worrying that ATC only 'monitor air travel in the U.K'. I was under the impression that they had it pretty much covered!
Or perhaps they just count how many people fly out of Gatwick on a Bank Holiday!
I'll be right back ... just on the phone to the BBC to check!!
Or perhaps they just count how many people fly out of Gatwick on a Bank Holiday!
I'll be right back ... just on the phone to the BBC to check!!