Plane nearly lands on man
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A GIV crashes in MA killing 7 people and it is swiftly removed to "Biz Jets" yet some idiot in a puddle jumper that didn't hit nor kill anybody remains top of the pile in "Flight Deck Forums"!
Am I missing something?
Am I missing something?
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This is why one should never read the swimsuit issue of sports illustrated when sunbathing on the beach.
Amazing what you find on R&N, Phil, innit?
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Good point, when I see some of the so called "amazing" shots taken when the photographer " just happened" to be pressing the shutter release at the moment of amazement, I do wonder just why was he aiming his camera at that spot at that time ?
Not the case here I agree, but with Photoshop so readily available I now view a lot of the stuff published on the Internet with scepticism. You Tube is OK, they are often so obviously deliberately staged comedies.
Cynic ? Moi ?
Regular 707 services into the old Osaka - 6000'+ - concentrated the mind, too.
.....or does the person with the camera film every arrival?
Not the case here I agree, but with Photoshop so readily available I now view a lot of the stuff published on the Internet with scepticism. You Tube is OK, they are often so obviously deliberately staged comedies.
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.......a VC10 into Grand Cayman on a trainer (5,000' in those days)
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Good thing the chap who did a touch and go on the crossing runway with a 737 in the seventies didn't come short. The legend says he was a Lufthansa captain on his last flight before retirement.
Picture of this old chestnut of German aviation here.
Picture of this old chestnut of German aviation here.
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Unless I'm missing something that was way too low on approach, fast and flapless. you could hear the tyres squeal under braking on 500 metres of runway! It went straight through the fence so where the fence bits went is anyone's guess.
Should have been steeper and if memory serves (long time since I had an Archer 2) 55 to 65 KIAS full flap.
Should have been steeper and if memory serves (long time since I had an Archer 2) 55 to 65 KIAS full flap.
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Typical 'aeroplane driver' (not a pilot). Not only far too short so he flies through the fence, but plonks it down fast on all 3 wheels then stands on the brakes! Not unusual for Cherrytree 'pilots' to drive it into the ground 3-point and fast, but that guy needs to learn to land.
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Excuse me,......I'm an unashamed aeroplane driver since as far as I'm concerned an aeroplane is basically a car with wings. I can land one just as well as someone who thinks flying is about fossicking around the sky to no purpose 
on 500 metres of runway
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There used to be a chap who flew various aeroplanes out of Liverpool, and was keen on farm strip flying. I've seen him land a PA28 with the shortest landing by far of any of the more 'strip-oriented' aeroplanes to land there. But, he knew how to land an aeroplane.
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There is a video of an aircraft hitting a car crossing a track very close to the end of the runway.
Yes this was bad flying but there are many bad pilots out there and the approaches should be kept clear.
People should not be allowed to sunbath so close to the runway and in the cars case it is the cars responsibility to check if there are no lights that the approach is clear before crossing with caution.
People and cars should give way to aircraft as that piece of airspace belongs to them and a bit like sailing ships control is not always that accurate.
This guy was an example of poor piloting skills but there are other reasons including wind shear that an aircraft maybe lower than ideal.
it is not the fault of the pilots but the authorities who should make sure that areas so close to the runway are no go areas for the public or vehicles otherwise a tragic accident is in the making.
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Yes this was bad flying but there are many bad pilots out there and the approaches should be kept clear.
People should not be allowed to sunbath so close to the runway and in the cars case it is the cars responsibility to check if there are no lights that the approach is clear before crossing with caution.
People and cars should give way to aircraft as that piece of airspace belongs to them and a bit like sailing ships control is not always that accurate.
This guy was an example of poor piloting skills but there are other reasons including wind shear that an aircraft maybe lower than ideal.
it is not the fault of the pilots but the authorities who should make sure that areas so close to the runway are no go areas for the public or vehicles otherwise a tragic accident is in the making.
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Jan O, they don´t seem to publish official METARs for this small island airport. The airport website only shows actual wind speed and direction as well as temperature. As far as I could find out, this incident took place on May 30 at 1 pm local time. Weather records from Wunderground show wind at Helgoland at 10 knots from the west, a 60 degree crosswind, but that weather station is most likely on the main island and not on the dune island where the airport is. On the other hand, 4 or 5 aircraft had landed on the same runway (21) before this pilot, so he probably just followed them and the windsock?