Helicopter crash video

I know a guy who thought it would be "neat" to own an airplane. He had NO
experience and had NEVER been up in ANY aircraft.....ever.

He found a guy willing to sell him an "ultralight" (funny, this ultralight
had 2 seats and 15 gal tanks). Anyway, he writes the check and jumps in and
flys himself home in it (50 miles).

Ironically (and what became his reasoning for teaching himself), the plane
was destroyed a week later by an ultralight instructor. The instructor
crashed it into a pond while he was on a "familiarization flight" before
taking the owner up for his first lesson.

He now flys powered parachutes.....

People will do amazingly stupid things when ignorance gets in the way.....

"Dan Luke" wrote in message
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"Tom Sixkiller" wrote:
Amazing, isn't it,...

Not in the least.

I think stupidity is an exception; Dan thinks it's the rule.

No. I think it's not amazing. It's not uncommon enough to be amazing.

You have an interesting definition for "uncommon".

"Jeff Franks" wrote in message
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I know a guy who thought it would be "neat" to own an airplane. He had NO
experience and had NEVER been up in ANY aircraft.....ever.

He found a guy willing to sell him an "ultralight" (funny, this ultralight
had 2 seats and 15 gal tanks). Anyway, he writes the check and jumps in
and
flys himself home in it (50 miles).

Ironically (and what became his reasoning for teaching himself), the plane
was destroyed a week later by an ultralight instructor. The instructor
crashed it into a pond while he was on a "familiarization flight" before
taking the owner up for his first lesson.

He now flys powered parachutes.....

People will do amazingly stupid things when ignorance gets in the way.....

Let's see: the owner, with ZERO FT or instruction manages to get home (an
ultralight is a whole different class than a Hughes 269), but the INSTRUCTOR
manages to prang it.

So....where's the ignorance?

I taught myself to hang glide and fly an ultralight. Looking back, it was
probably not a great idea, but I survived. Even I would never consider
teaching myself to fly a helicopter.

Good article in P&P this month about a multi thousand hour airline pilot
doing an article on hang gliders. He just straps in and goes thinking a wing
is a wing. They all fly the same. After several minor crashes he finally
figures out that the control bar works in reverse from a yoke and manages a
short flight for a photo. Hilarious article.

mike regish

"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message
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"Jeff Franks" wrote in message
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I know a guy who thought it would be "neat" to own an airplane. He had
NO
experience and had NEVER been up in ANY aircraft.....ever.

He found a guy willing to sell him an "ultralight" (funny, this
ultralight
had 2 seats and 15 gal tanks). Anyway, he writes the check and jumps in
and
flys himself home in it (50 miles).

Ironically (and what became his reasoning for teaching himself), the
plane
was destroyed a week later by an ultralight instructor. The instructor
crashed it into a pond while he was on a "familiarization flight" before
taking the owner up for his first lesson.

He now flys powered parachutes.....

People will do amazingly stupid things when ignorance gets in the
way.....

Let's see: the owner, with ZERO FT or instruction manages to get home (an
ultralight is a whole different class than a Hughes 269), but the
INSTRUCTOR
manages to prang it.

So....where's the ignorance?

"Tom Sixkiller" wrote:
You have an interesting definition for "uncommon".


You think idiots with more money than brains are uncommon? Try hanging
out at an upscale marina sometime.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message
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"Dan Luke" wrote in message
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"Tom Sixkiller" wrote:
Amazing, isn't it,...

Not in the least.

I think stupidity is an exception; Dan thinks it's the rule.

What's amazing to me is that he managed to survive as long as he did in that
evolution. It looks to me from that he doesn't even have his hand on the
cyclic when the sequence starts (I think he must have opened the throttle
not realizing that unlike an car in Neutral or an airplane with brakes there
is nothing to restrain a helicopter).

He almost rolls it over as it is skittering across the pavement early on but
it breaks free and gets into the air.

"mike regish" wrote in message
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I taught myself to hang glide and fly an ultralight. Looking back, it was
probably not a great idea, but I survived. Even I would never consider
teaching myself to fly a helicopter.

OK, so who invented the first working helicopter, and who taught him how to
fly it?

Trentus

Trentus wrote:
"mike regish" wrote in message
newsOhFb.105908$8y1.323654@attbi_s52...

I taught myself to hang glide and fly an ultralight. Looking back, it was
probably not a great idea, but I survived. Even I would never consider
teaching myself to fly a helicopter.


OK, so who invented the first working helicopter, and who taught him how to
fly it?

Trentus


A bit of history here
http://www.helis.com/introduction/prin.php

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