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Forum: Accidents and Close Calls

30th Apr 2019, 20:32

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Beaver on floats lands in a Fijian cane field

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Posted By Gertrude the Wombat

On this part of the Island the choice, away from...

On this part of the Island the choice, away from water, was trees or logging roads. Which weren't used very often and might indeed have been mostly grass, I don't remember. It's not as if I was...

Forum: Accidents and Close Calls

29th Apr 2019, 18:54

Replies: 18

Beaver on floats lands in a Fijian cane field

Views: 6,464

Posted By Gertrude the Wombat

I've been told by various floatplane instructors,...

I've been told by various floatplane instructors, as part of the normal briefing about what to do if the engine stops whilst we're flying over land:

- Go for the road (dirt track), you probably...

Forum: Accidents and Close Calls

8th Apr 2019, 20:56

Replies: 18

Beaver on floats lands in a Fijian cane field

Views: 6,464

Posted By Gertrude the Wombat

It's always nice to see that an emergency...

It's always nice to see that an emergency procedure that you've been taught ("if you have to put a floatplane down on land there's a fair chance that nobody will get hurt") does actually work in real...

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