Bad Day Flying

On Apr 6, 5:51 am, "muff528" wrote:
" BTW, I think the word "dumbass" is Politically Incorrect.

Dam! I thought I was being PC by pretending to be offended. Someone needs to
publish the rules. (As if the usenet isn't already full of PC kops.)
TP

PC RULE #1:
We don't make fun of retards like Bertie, even though
he is living proof that turkey eggs should be sold in
supermarkets.

Nice airplane in the story. I've seen (and have) water
skiing wipe-outs at 40 mph, it's a case of rolling on
the surface. If true a 67 yo is lucky he didn't break a
few bones smakin the water.
A friend of mine broke his back when the ski rope
broke. His ass hit the water at ~30-35 mph with
rapid deacceleration centered on his lower vertabrae.
Ken

"Ken S. Tucker" wrote in
:

On Apr 6, 5:51 am, "muff528" wrote:
" BTW, I think the word "dumbass" is Politically Incorrect.

Dam! I thought I was being PC by pretending to be offended. Someone
needs to publish the rules. (As if the usenet isn't already full of
PC kops.) TP

PC RULE #1:
We don't make fun of retards like Bertie, even though
he is living proof that turkey eggs should be sold in
supermarkets.

Oh ouch. Anyhow, how do you even know I stil exist Kenny? You have me
killfiled, remember?



Nice airplane in the story. I've seen (and have) water
skiing wipe-outs at 40 mph, it's a case of rolling on
the surface. If true a 67 yo is lucky he didn't break a
few bones smakin the water.
A friend of mine broke his back when the ski rope
broke. His ass hit the water at ~30-35 mph with
rapid deacceleration centered on his lower vertabrae.

Bull****.


Bertie

On Apr 6, 12:32 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
"Ken S. Tucker" wrote :

On Apr 6, 5:51 am, "muff528" wrote:
" BTW, I think the word "dumbass" is Politically Incorrect.

Dam! I thought I was being PC by pretending to be offended. Someone
needs to publish the rules. (As if the usenet isn't already full of
PC kops.) TP

PC RULE #1:
We don't make fun of retards like Bertie, even though
he is living proof that turkey eggs should be sold in
supermarkets.

Oh ouch. Anyhow, how do you even know I stil exist Kenny? You have me
killfiled, remember?



Nice airplane in the story. I've seen (and have) water
skiing wipe-outs at 40 mph, it's a case of rolling on
the surface. If true a 67 yo is lucky he didn't break a
few bones smakin the water.
A friend of mine broke his back when the ski rope
broke. His ass hit the water at ~30-35 mph with
rapid deacceleration centered on his lower vertabrae.

Bull****.

Bertie

Not likely the deceleration, but the bending and flexing of the
spine as he dug into the water. My back is all messed up from
waterskiing tumbles (and snowskiing wrecks, and lifting too much).
When you're young you're invincible.

Dan

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On Apr 6, 12:32 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
"Ken S. Tucker" wrote
innews:aa5a020e-1893-4243-b10f-ef865395ddb1
@x19g2000prg.googlegroups.c
om:

On Apr 6, 5:51 am, "muff528" wrote:
" BTW, I think the word "dumbass" is Politically Incorrect.

Dam! I thought I was being PC by pretending to be offended.
Someone needs to publish the rules. (As if the usenet isn't
already full of PC kops.) TP

PC RULE #1:
We don't make fun of retards like Bertie, even though
he is living proof that turkey eggs should be sold in
supermarkets.

Oh ouch. Anyhow, how do you even know I stil exist Kenny? You have me
killfiled, remember?



Nice airplane in the story. I've seen (and have) water
skiing wipe-outs at 40 mph, it's a case of rolling on
the surface. If true a 67 yo is lucky he didn't break a
few bones smakin the water.
A friend of mine broke his back when the ski rope
broke. His ass hit the water at ~30-35 mph with
rapid deacceleration centered on his lower vertabrae.

Bull****.

Bertie

Not likely the deceleration, but the bending and flexing of the
spine as he dug into the water. My back is all messed up from
waterskiing tumbles (and snowskiing wrecks, and lifting too much).
When you're young you're invincible.


Yeah, I borke my collarbone waterskiing, but let's face it, everythign
Ken says is BS.


Bertie

On Apr 6, 1:45 pm, wrote:
On Apr 6, 12:32 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:



"Ken S. Tucker" wrote :

On Apr 6, 5:51 am, "muff528" wrote:
" BTW, I think the word "dumbass" is Politically Incorrect.

Dam! I thought I was being PC by pretending to be offended. Someone
needs to publish the rules. (As if the usenet isn't already full of
PC kops.) TP

PC RULE #1:
We don't make fun of retards like Bertie, even though
he is living proof that turkey eggs should be sold in
supermarkets.

Oh ouch. Anyhow, how do you even know I stil exist Kenny? You have me
killfiled, remember?

Nice airplane in the story. I've seen (and have) water
skiing wipe-outs at 40 mph, it's a case of rolling on
the surface. If true a 67 yo is lucky he didn't break a
few bones smakin the water.
A friend of mine broke his back when the ski rope
broke. His ass hit the water at ~30-35 mph with
rapid deacceleration centered on his lower vertabrae.

Bull****.

Bertie

Not likely the deceleration, but the bending and flexing of the
spine as he dug into the water. My back is all messed up from
waterskiing tumbles (and snowskiing wrecks, and lifting too much).
When you're young you're invincible.
Dan

I hear ya, my spines a bit wore-out from putting up
TV towers as a brat a little to quick, (my fault, I hurried).
To be more detailed, my friend had to get a vertebrae
fusion at the base of his back. (I'd wash his back so
I saw the scars).
I guess the technical term might be crushed vertebrae,
but my point is water hit at high speed is hard, anybody
who belly flopped from a few feet knows that.

This fella is quite broad shouldered and stout, so when
his ass hit the water the rapid deacceleration focused
on the lower part of his spine and exceeded design
specifications.
LOL, a skinny assed guy like me would probably skid
across the water and get a free enema.
Ken

Phil J wrote:
On Apr 6, 7:47 am, Matt Whiting wrote:
Phil J wrote:
On Apr 5, 5:56 pm, "Mortimer Schnerd, RN" mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com
wrote:
Phil J wrote:
If you were this pilot, would you ever get back in the cockpit??
http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?C...e64-5fec-4034-...
I probably would, but I think I'd try wearing a seat belt the next time.
--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com
He was wearing it, but he somehow managed to 1) go to full throttle,
2) throw the controls to the left, and 3) snag his seat belt buckle
and unlatch it - all at the same time. Not a good thing in an
airplane without doors. If I was him, I think I might get the feeling
that someone up there doesn't want me to fly!
Well, I'm personally pretty skeptical of some aspects of this story and
the accidentally released seat belt is one of them.

Matt- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I had that thought too. He might have just forgotten to buckle it.
On the other hand, it is possible that he snagged his sleeve on the
buckle and release it, or released it in some other way.

I don't think this was intentional because it would just be too risky
to fling yourself out of an airplane like that. At the least you
would expect to be seriously injured, at the worst killed outright.
And you wouldn't do it in the middle of a lake. You would do it
within easy swimming distance from the shore.

The article doesn't say whether or not he built the airplane. If he
did, it is hard for me to imagine that someone would go through all
that work and then intentionally destroy the airplane.

I'm not suggesting the accident was intentional. I'm just saying the
story seems a little too much and details may have been changed to cover
something such as forgetting to fasten your seatbelt. Certainly,
anything is possible and maybe this happened exactly as described, but
it certainly seems unlikely.

Matt

On Apr 6, 3:56 pm, "Ken S. Tucker" wrote:
On Apr 6, 1:45 pm, wrote:



On Apr 6, 12:32 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

"Ken S. Tucker" wrote :

On Apr 6, 5:51 am, "muff528" wrote:
" BTW, I think the word "dumbass" is Politically Incorrect.

Dam! I thought I was being PC by pretending to be offended. Someone
needs to publish the rules. (As if the usenet isn't already full of
PC kops.) TP

PC RULE #1:
We don't make fun of retards like Bertie, even though
he is living proof that turkey eggs should be sold in
supermarkets.

Oh ouch. Anyhow, how do you even know I stil exist Kenny? You have me
killfiled, remember?

Nice airplane in the story. I've seen (and have) water
skiing wipe-outs at 40 mph, it's a case of rolling on
the surface. If true a 67 yo is lucky he didn't break a
few bones smakin the water.
A friend of mine broke his back when the ski rope
broke. His ass hit the water at ~30-35 mph with
rapid deacceleration centered on his lower vertabrae.

Bull****.

Bertie

Not likely the deceleration, but the bending and flexing of the
spine as he dug into the water. My back is all messed up from
waterskiing tumbles (and snowskiing wrecks, and lifting too much).
When you're young you're invincible.
Dan

I hear ya, my spines a bit wore-out from putting up
TV towers as a brat a little to quick, (my fault, I hurried).
To be more detailed, my friend had to get a vertebrae
fusion at the base of his back. (I'd wash his back so
I saw the scars).
I guess the technical term might be crushed vertebrae,
but my point is water hit at high speed is hard, anybody
who belly flopped from a few feet knows that.

This fella is quite broad shouldered and stout, so when
his ass hit the water the rapid deacceleration focused
on the lower part of his spine and exceeded design
specifications.
LOL, a skinny assed guy like me would probably skid
across the water and get a free enema.
Ken

The enema is likely all you'll get from landing hard on your
tail. Never had one myself but some friends have experienced it.
Landing at high speed just means you bounce along for awhile until
something digs in and twists you around something fierce. That's when
the joints get busted.

Dan

"Ken S. Tucker" wrote in
:

On Apr 6, 1:45 pm, wrote:
On Apr 6, 12:32 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:



"Ken S. Tucker" wrote
innews:aa5a020e-1893-4243-b10f-ef865395ddb1
@x19g2000prg.googlegroups
.com:

On Apr 6, 5:51 am, "muff528" wrote:
" BTW, I think the word "dumbass" is Politically Incorrect.

Dam! I thought I was being PC by pretending to be offended.
Someone needs to publish the rules. (As if the usenet isn't
already full of PC kops.) TP

PC RULE #1:
We don't make fun of retards like Bertie, even though
he is living proof that turkey eggs should be sold in
supermarkets.

Oh ouch. Anyhow, how do you even know I stil exist Kenny? You have
me killfiled, remember?

Nice airplane in the story. I've seen (and have) water
skiing wipe-outs at 40 mph, it's a case of rolling on
the surface. If true a 67 yo is lucky he didn't break a
few bones smakin the water.
A friend of mine broke his back when the ski rope
broke. His ass hit the water at ~30-35 mph with
rapid deacceleration centered on his lower vertabrae.

Bull****.

Bertie

Not likely the deceleration, but the bending and flexing of the
spine as he dug into the water. My back is all messed up from
waterskiing tumbles (and snowskiing wrecks, and lifting too much).
When you're young you're invincible.
Dan

I hear ya, my spines a bit wore-out from putting up
TV towers as a brat a little to quick,

Wow, a big step up the ladder frm window washin, eh?


Bertie

On Apr 6, 8:45 pm, wrote:
On Apr 6, 3:56 pm, "Ken S. Tucker" wrote:



On Apr 6, 1:45 pm, wrote:

On Apr 6, 12:32 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

"Ken S. Tucker" wrote :

On Apr 6, 5:51 am, "muff528" wrote:
" BTW, I think the word "dumbass" is Politically Incorrect.

Dam! I thought I was being PC by pretending to be offended. Someone
needs to publish the rules. (As if the usenet isn't already full of
PC kops.) TP

PC RULE #1:
We don't make fun of retards like Bertie, even though
he is living proof that turkey eggs should be sold in
supermarkets.

Oh ouch. Anyhow, how do you even know I stil exist Kenny? You have me
killfiled, remember?

Nice airplane in the story. I've seen (and have) water
skiing wipe-outs at 40 mph, it's a case of rolling on
the surface. If true a 67 yo is lucky he didn't break a
few bones smakin the water.
A friend of mine broke his back when the ski rope
broke. His ass hit the water at ~30-35 mph with
rapid deacceleration centered on his lower vertabrae.

Bull****.

Bertie

Not likely the deceleration, but the bending and flexing of the
spine as he dug into the water. My back is all messed up from
waterskiing tumbles (and snowskiing wrecks, and lifting too much).
When you're young you're invincible.
Dan

I hear ya, my spines a bit wore-out from putting up
TV towers as a brat a little to quick, (my fault, I hurried).
To be more detailed, my friend had to get a vertebrae
fusion at the base of his back. (I'd wash his back so
I saw the scars).
I guess the technical term might be crushed vertebrae,
but my point is water hit at high speed is hard, anybody
who belly flopped from a few feet knows that.

This fella is quite broad shouldered and stout, so when
his ass hit the water the rapid deacceleration focused
on the lower part of his spine and exceeded design
specifications.
LOL, a skinny assed guy like me would probably skid
across the water and get a free enema.
Ken

The enema is likely all you'll get from landing hard on your
tail. Never had one myself but some friends have experienced it.
Landing at high speed just means you bounce along for awhile until
something digs in and twists you around something fierce. That's when
the joints get busted.
Dan

Best wipe out I've seen: I was spotting in a 65 hp fibre-
glass job, doing about 33 on the speedometer, so into
a tight turn we go. The skier, decides to take the max
circumference, (I've done the same, try to pass the boat),
and dug in for high speed.

Well he's out there doing a whip-lash at maybe 50-60
mph, and his ski's start oscillating...well he flipped
out, and must have rolled over and skipped 3 times
like a skipping stone, before settling into the drink.

He claimed to have dislocated his shoulder, and he
blamed the driver for going too fast, he's a whinner,
the speed was set to 33, I kept checking that.
Ken

On Apr 7, 10:58 am, "Ken S. Tucker" wrote:
On Apr 6, 8:45 pm, wrote:



On Apr 6, 3:56 pm, "Ken S. Tucker" wrote:

On Apr 6, 1:45 pm, wrote:

On Apr 6, 12:32 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

"Ken S. Tucker" wrote :

On Apr 6, 5:51 am, "muff528" wrote:
" BTW, I think the word "dumbass" is Politically Incorrect.

Dam! I thought I was being PC by pretending to be offended. Someone
needs to publish the rules. (As if the usenet isn't already full of
PC kops.) TP

PC RULE #1:
We don't make fun of retards like Bertie, even though
he is living proof that turkey eggs should be sold in
supermarkets.

Oh ouch. Anyhow, how do you even know I stil exist Kenny? You have me
killfiled, remember?

Nice airplane in the story. I've seen (and have) water
skiing wipe-outs at 40 mph, it's a case of rolling on
the surface. If true a 67 yo is lucky he didn't break a
few bones smakin the water.
A friend of mine broke his back when the ski rope
broke. His ass hit the water at ~30-35 mph with
rapid deacceleration centered on his lower vertabrae.

Bull****.

Bertie

Not likely the deceleration, but the bending and flexing of the
spine as he dug into the water. My back is all messed up from
waterskiing tumbles (and snowskiing wrecks, and lifting too much).
When you're young you're invincible.
Dan

I hear ya, my spines a bit wore-out from putting up
TV towers as a brat a little to quick, (my fault, I hurried).
To be more detailed, my friend had to get a vertebrae
fusion at the base of his back. (I'd wash his back so
I saw the scars).
I guess the technical term might be crushed vertebrae,
but my point is water hit at high speed is hard, anybody
who belly flopped from a few feet knows that.

This fella is quite broad shouldered and stout, so when
his ass hit the water the rapid deacceleration focused
on the lower part of his spine and exceeded design
specifications.
LOL, a skinny assed guy like me would probably skid
across the water and get a free enema.
Ken

The enema is likely all you'll get from landing hard on your
tail. Never had one myself but some friends have experienced it.
Landing at high speed just means you bounce along for awhile until
something digs in and twists you around something fierce. That's when
the joints get busted.
Dan

Best wipe out I've seen: I was spotting in a 65 hp fibre-
glass job, doing about 33 on the speedometer, so into
a tight turn we go. The skier, decides to take the max
circumference, (I've done the same, try to pass the boat),
and dug in for high speed.

Well he's out there doing a whip-lash at maybe 50-60
mph, and his ski's start oscillating...well he flipped
out, and must have rolled over and skipped 3 times
like a skipping stone, before settling into the drink.

He claimed to have dislocated his shoulder, and he
blamed the driver for going too fast, he's a whinner,
the speed was set to 33, I kept checking that.
Ken

Pretty tiny boat, to get 33 MPH, with a skier on tow, out of just 65
HP. Especially in the turn. You sure about that?

Dan