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Likes: The new year might go off with a bang.Originally Posted by mvivion
The new year might go off with a bang.
And come September you get an oops!
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loland come september you get an oops!
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Part of earning the Rating is wearing a parachute.
Gary
O no... never been to Vegas and don’t ever plan to...
Besides that, after 3 kiddos my ability to get surprised was literally cut off..
Brian
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I wouldn’t want to be on the cleanup crew.
For those that would like to join the club...
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From what I read they knew very well about the cables pending failure from corrosion. They had been painting the outside of the cables for years. Nowhere have I read that they had been applying any penetrating rust prevention into the cables.
Regards, Charlie
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TROUBLE IN PARADISE
Was not sure where to post this; it is concerning a few accidents so I decided here. It is not particularly about Cubs and STOL fixed wing aircraft but it is so alarming, I thought I would pass it on. I realize we are a small speck of aviation in a big world, but it should be disturbing to anyone in this Country involved with aviation and therefore the FAA. Here is the link to the article. Unfortunately it is all true and correct.
https://verticalmag.com/news/novicto...faa-oversight/
Couldn’t figure out how to link to the post. So I screenshoted it
Impressive! Someone caught the edge of landing area...
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I saw that a day ago, didn't even hurt the prop, other than the gearbox the plane is possibly unharmed.
Regards, Charlie
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Easy rebuild, since they still make parts for them.
Probably easily ferriable.
Bolt that gear to some long bars and strap the bars on, no brakes allowed.
Might need to bridge the gap which formerly had a gear box...
Might be some cables that ran through gear box that need attention?? I don’t speak carivan....
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v5NicZ6aNpM
This would be right up your alley Mike. I think this has been posted before, but I always like watching it. The long version is great.
I bet you would love to get the chance to move that one out.
Regards, Charlie
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Which one? That one looks cold....I bet you would love to get the chance to move that one out.
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The carivan reminds me of our 185 with the gear knocked off. Stepfather said it needed both outer gear shoes. When I asked if we needed a tripod to lift it to get gear back installed, he said put in the gear shoes, then dig pits to make room at reinstall gear & wheels. Then you put a little dirt in front of tire, roll it up on that... then throw a little behind, roll it back onto that. Repeat 1000 times and done. But my step brother and I decided to tip plane to one wing tip and shovel sand under then piece of plywood under belly... repeat other way. till that got scary .,. Then we went with the dig hole method. Got the job done. Only there 2 nights total. I had pneumonia for that fun event.
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The 208
Regards, Charlie
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Cool story. I hadn't seen it before so I did some early morning reading about it. That old DC-3 has had some serious money spent on it. I wonder what the recovery cost?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cn8OTFUBMrE
Heres a longer version with narration.
Think about it from a business perspective. The insurance company likely just wants it off their books so sell the salvage for $1. The salvage people are in the airplane business so get a good start on a turbine DC-3 which is worth $1.5 million or more. I can't speak to a DC-3 salvage in the Antarctic, though I have recovered a "totaled" (by insurance standards) airplane from a remote island from which it had to be removed. Just a few hours work and it was flown home. No more than half a day's work and a "free" airplane.
N1PA
Scooter, you were part of the crew when we recovered Dick Brinkers J-5, weren’t you??
Oh ya. Was on that one.
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Watching that video of them in Antarctica driving that DC-3 out of the hole made me think of it.. Good times!
Ya, even if iPhones and video recorders were plentiful back in the day, I wouldn’t have been recording and posting the stuff we did. At least I don’t think I would have....
I always considered the ferry photos part of my resume and then the rebuilds of them.... not afraid to share. I enjoy seeing what others had accomplished like this.
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I get it, and I enjoy others work too. Just don’t want the evidence out there on some of the stuff I did....
[QUOTE=mike mcs repair;793730]wow! https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/...ing-in-bogota/[/QUOTE
oops!
MTV
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Oh for a camera to get the expressions of the flight crew.
Regards, Charlie
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Bogota is challenging when everything goes right.
Otter in Canada
https://globalnews.ca/news/7558374/fata ... aYz-PZgors
“We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.”
John was very helpful when I landed at Bissett in 2010 while bringing my airplane home from re-build in Ontario. Tragic!
I wonder if they branded this T craft too?
From the FAA preliminary reports.
“Rich
Description: AIRCRAFT WAS BEING PROP STARTED AND GOT AWAY GOING IN CIRCLES AND PILOT WAS DRAGGED. TWO FARM TRUCKS ATTEMPTED A VEHICHLE RODEO AND SUCESSFULLY LASSOED THE AIRCRAFT, LEXINGTON, OR.
Those were very skilled trucks.
Regards, Charlie
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I took these in Aniak, AK last fall on a fishing trip. Happened in the summer with pilot allowing jet fuel to be put in aircraft that needed 100LL. All 4 walked away with one limping. It was a short flight from what the fuel truck operator told me.
Just Like Bob Hoover eh?
I took these in Aniak, AK last fall on a fishing trip. Happened in the summer with pilot allowing jet fuel to be put in aircraft that needed 100LL. All 4 walked away with one limping. It was a short flight from what the fuel truck operator told me.
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Husky in Lake Norman, NC, Saturday, January 23, 2021
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I can't figure out how to post pics so here is a link to a news picture. Accident happened Saturday, January 23, 2021. Husky in Lake Norman, NC.
https://abc11.com/lake-norman-plane-crash-nc/9945686/
that picture is worth 1000 words.......
Yep, and the cost of insurance on amphibs just went up again....Ca-Ching! Won’t be long before nobody will be able to afford to insure an amphibious plane. All because pilots get distracted and pretty much ignore all the bells, whistles, Bitching Betty’s, and worst of all, fail miserably in the category of discipline.
Too bad.
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