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On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:54:03 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip
wrote: "JGalban via AviationKB.com" u32749@uwe wrote in news:8743a415138a6@uwe: Bertie the Bunyip wrote: It has to be the truck in the background! No way an airplane is going to do that much damage unless it hit the truck at very high speed and pretty much obliterated itself... Nope. That's the one that the Mooney hit. A Mooney mechanic friend took a look at the pics and he figures that it was a combination of the mass of the engine, plus the sturdy steel cage in the Mooney. BTW, the plane did hit the truck at a pretty high speed. He had firewalled it to attempt a go-around about 500 ft. before impact. He was pretty close to takeoff speed. Ah, OK. i hadn't expected the engine to have been part of the accident, really. Even then, that's an amazing amount of damage. It's kind of the equivelant of a beercan hitting a dumpster except for the engine. Amazing the occupants of the Mooney weren't killed. Bertie amazes me that there are no prop strike marks on the truck. considering that it was almost airborne. curiouser and curiouser. Stealth (fishy) pilot |
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Stealth Pilot wrote in
: On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:54:03 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip wrote: "JGalban via AviationKB.com" u32749@uwe wrote in news:8743a415138a6@uwe: Bertie the Bunyip wrote: It has to be the truck in the background! No way an airplane is going to do that much damage unless it hit the truck at very high speed and pretty much obliterated itself... Nope. That's the one that the Mooney hit. A Mooney mechanic friend took a look at the pics and he figures that it was a combination of the mass of the engine, plus the sturdy steel cage in the Mooney. BTW, the plane did hit the truck at a pretty high speed. He had firewalled it to attempt a go-around about 500 ft. before impact. He was pretty close to takeoff speed. Ah, OK. i hadn't expected the engine to have been part of the accident, really. Even then, that's an amazing amount of damage. It's kind of the equivelant of a beercan hitting a dumpster except for the engine. Amazing the occupants of the Mooney weren't killed. Bertie amazes me that there are no prop strike marks on the truck. considering that it was almost airborne. curiouser and curiouser. Yeah, I agree. It just doesn't look like an airplane hit it. It looks more like it lived in Oklahoma for a while. Bertie |
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"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message ... "JGalban" u32749@uwe wrote in news:8738babbddf4f@uwe: A backcountry newb in a Mooney managed to land long and plow into a pickup truck at an Idaho backcountry strip. I saw the Mooney after the crash and it was bent, but mostly intact. My real surprise came when I flew into the strip and saw the truck : http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...r/IMG_0738.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...r/IMG_0737.jpg Yikes! Somebody up there must have been watching out for this pilot. He and his passenger both lived. John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180) It has to be the truck in the background! No way an airplane is going to do that much damage unless it hit the truck at very high speed and pretty much obliterated itself... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfZDtC9kjVk Yeah, that was real helpful, Captain Youtube. |
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"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message ... Stealth Pilot wrote in : On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:54:03 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip wrote: amazes me that there are no prop strike marks on the truck. considering that it was almost airborne. curiouser and curiouser. Yeah, I agree. It just doesn't look like an airplane hit it. It looks more like it lived in Oklahoma for a while. Bertie Well we will all reserve our final opinion of the situation pending your joint decision on the incident. Be sure and let us know when you two have finished your professional investigation (of the photograph). |
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On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:07:51 -0500, "Maxwell" luv2^fly99@cox.^net
wrote: "Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message .. . Stealth Pilot wrote in : On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:54:03 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip wrote: amazes me that there are no prop strike marks on the truck. considering that it was almost airborne. curiouser and curiouser. Yeah, I agree. It just doesn't look like an airplane hit it. It looks more like it lived in Oklahoma for a while. Bertie Well we will all reserve our final opinion of the situation pending your joint decision on the incident. Be sure and let us know when you two have finished your professional investigation (of the photograph). clueless non aviation wannabe. |
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"Stealth Pilot" wrote amazes me that there are no prop strike marks on the truck. considering that it was almost airborne. curiouser and curiouser. Considering that a run-of-the-mil prop is advancing close to 6 feet per revolution, and that the plane was nearly at take-off speed, that would give a 3 foot advance before one of the two blades would hit anything. From that wretched wreck, it would be hard to see if the prop hit one time, or even two, and after that, there probably wouldn't be any prop left to hit anything, if you know what I mean! -- Jim in NC |
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On Jul 17, 3:37*pm, "JGalban via AviationKB.com" u32749@uwe wrote:
More_Flaps wrote: Hmm, no engine in the truck? * It's in there. *It's just that the radiator assembly is folded back on top of it. *You can see the air cleaner housing peaking out. Is it your photo -did you see the engine? The pattern of damage looks very strange for a collision with a plane -why did the truck get neatly turned around? What was the reg of the plane? Cheers |
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"JGalban" wrote ... A Mooney mechanic friend took a look at the pics and he figures that it was a combination of the mass of the engine, plus the sturdy steel cage in the Mooney. Mooney has a steel cage? |
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"Maxwell" luv2^fly99@cox.^net wrote in
: "Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message ... "JGalban" u32749@uwe wrote in news:8738babbddf4f@uwe: A backcountry newb in a Mooney managed to land long and plow into a pickup truck at an Idaho backcountry strip. I saw the Mooney after the crash and it was bent, but mostly intact. My real surprise came when I flew into the strip and saw the truck : http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...r/IMG_0738.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...r/IMG_0737.jpg Yikes! Somebody up there must have been watching out for this pilot. He and his passenger both lived. John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180) It has to be the truck in the background! No way an airplane is going to do that much damage unless it hit the truck at very high speed and pretty much obliterated itself... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfZDtC9kjVk Yeah, that was real helpful, Captain Youtube. You're welcome lieutenant fjukkkktard. Bertie |
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"Maxwell" luv2^fly99@cox.^net wrote in news:NCGfk.20661$%q.44
@newsfe24.lga: "Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message ... Stealth Pilot wrote in : On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:54:03 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip wrote: amazes me that there are no prop strike marks on the truck. considering that it was almost airborne. curiouser and curiouser. Yeah, I agree. It just doesn't look like an airplane hit it. It looks more like it lived in Oklahoma for a while. Bertie Well we will all reserve our final opinion of the situation pending your joint decision on the incident. Good decision. Be sure and let us know when you two have finished your professional investigation (of the photograph). OK, will do lieutenant fjukktard. Bertie |
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