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29th Mar 2001, 05:40

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dingducky

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ouch poor plane!

i was sent these pics.
does anyone know the story???

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29th Mar 2001, 15:52

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Stroppalot

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..and when did Freddy Krueger start his PPL then?

29th Mar 2001, 16:31

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Desk Driver

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The morale is

"Look out of the b***dy window before engine start!"

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29th Mar 2001, 16:34

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Mariner9

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....and keep your feet on the b***dy brakes!

29th Mar 2001, 19:52

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HugMonster

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DD - morale? Is that high or low morale?

Either way, if someone could please post the engine rpm, we could all work out how fast he was taxying!

30th Mar 2001, 17:49

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RCBailey

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How fast "HE" was going..?....

Come on,....we all know it was a woman!, but in her defence (yes, with a 'C', I'm English)
she thought that knob handle thingy sticking out of the dashboard thingy was to hang her handbag on!

30th Mar 2001, 21:55

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Luftwaffle

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So much fuss. I was just sitting there, doing my run up in the Skyhawk when the Caravan backed right into me. I honked and flashed my lights, but to no avail. Stupid Caravan drivers never check their wing mirrors.

Personally I wouldn't hang my handbag from those knob thingies on the dash? It might swing and break my kneecap. I put it safely on the floor. There are foot pedals down there, but I never need to use them, as my engine works perfectly. Keeps turning even when there's a Caravan on the prop.

31st Mar 2001, 01:05

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Speedbird252

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Nice registration on the Caravan - looks like o-falk. I bet thats what the bloke in the skyhawk was saying over and over.....loudly..........!

1st Apr 2001, 00:41

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Speedbird252

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So what do we reckon from the pictures? Low RPM, high speed impact? Or High RPM, low speed imapact?

Or a Caravan parked on a slope with the brakes off........?

Big slope or little slope?

Ha!! Who cares!! Nice photos though.....

1st Apr 2001, 21:21

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Roadtrip

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Damn! I knew I shouldn't have hand-proped that airplane without someone in the cockpit!

[This message has been edited by Roadtrip (edited 01 April 2001).]

11th Apr 2001, 15:36

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dingducky

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so no one knows what the story is then?

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13th Apr 2001, 04:20

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RNAV

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Ouch that's nasty ...... looks like high speed and high RPM !

What's with the plastic wrapped car in the maintenance hangar ? 8-) (or at least car like object from what is available on to see on the photo)

13th Apr 2001, 23:20

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SpeedBird22

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Could this be the little...ahem...'incident' at Elstree late last year??

If I remember correctly an instructor let his student fire a Cessna up while he went and finished his coffee. The student had the throttle set too high, didn't have the park brake on nor his feet on the toe-brakes and just panicked when he shot forward into the rear end of another aircraft.

Its a stab in the dark but looks like the same incident to me...

Never ever forget to brake,

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