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Dead stick on a 3 lane street
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:25 am
by 1:1_Scale
Came across this video this morning, it's a pretty good watch, methinks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT58Di51wDk
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:24 am
by bullojm1
Thanks for the post. That guy is lucky he was able to do a couple of restarts in the air!
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 5:07 pm
by smithhb
I could not see if he ever went through his "Engine Restart Procedure". Especially the part where you switch fuel tanks. Maybe the high wing plane he was flying used a header tank, I dunno.
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 7:07 pm
by Dan A
It sure pays to make sure you have fuel before you take off Doesn't it!
Dan A
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 8:14 pm
by svanarts
Let the Rotax bashing begin!
Well, at least the 2 cycle versions.
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 8:23 pm
by cjensen
Dan A wrote:It sure pays to make sure you have fuel before you take off Doesn't it!
Dan A
That was my first thought too Dan, but if they had 8 to start, it burns 2.5 (obviously more during takeoff, but not 8 gal in a few minutes), it seems that wouldn't be the case. If the FAA has already written this one off as an incident (says so in one of the comments), we may never know.
Coulda been water???
Great vid...
Need Options
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 2:12 pm
by aparchment
This is a good demonstration of why altitude is your friend over populated areas.
He might not have made that road had it not been for the first restart.
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 4:27 pm
by matt_sturgis
Does anyone else think this looks somewhat staged/fake?
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 9:16 pm
by cjensen
matt_sturgis wrote:Does anyone else think this looks somewhat staged/fake?
It's pretty well covered as a real event on the net and on TV...
Dead stick on a 3 lane street
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 6:38 am
by smithhb
The word at SnF was that this was staged.... FWIW
Bret Smith
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Blue Ridge, Ga
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