Plane hits ferris wheel!

[Simpo Two]

Sifly said:

I see all the arm-chair critics are out!

No pilot would fly into anything on purpose...

Unless he was sufficiently quick-witted to weigh the options and the alternative was stalling and spinning in...?

But then, if he had any wits he wouldn't have been in that situation to start with.

Darwin will need another go.

[paintman]

If the Daily Wail says it it must be right.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2044162/Fe...
'The pilot, Paul Cox, said he did not see the Ferris wheel before his plane hit it.'

Do they have Spec Savers in Australia?

[Eric Mc]

See my above post.

The aircraft was climbing. The wheel was hidden from view underneath the nose.

[BJG1]

Don't get why some people want to fly planes, I just don't see the attraction.

[Simpo Two]

Eric Mc said:

The aircraft was climbing. The wheel was hidden from view underneath the nose.

And invisible from the field before he took off and whilst he was taxying with his nose on the ground??

[mrloudly]

Ahhh sussed it. Engine failure. Must have been, it's running a Jabiru

[anonymous-user]

mrloudly said:

Ahhh sussed it. Engine failure. Must have been, it's running a Jabiru

The Ferris wheel or the plane???? ;-)

[mrloudly]

Plane of course! Would overheat turning the wheel!

[Eric Mc]

Simpo Two said:

Eric Mc said:

The aircraft was climbing. The wheel was hidden from view underneath the nose.

And invisible from the field before he took off and whilst he was taxying with his nose on the ground??

Who knows.

[Frik]

BJG1 said:

Don't get why some people want to fly planes, I just don't see the attraction.

Neither did he.




You pitch 'em, I'll hit 'em!

[Gargamel]

The Pilot was interviewed on the radio earlier, he was dissapointed to have hit the Ferris Wheels across two passenger compartments, he'd been aiming to Dodgem.

[Eric Mc]

Frik said:

BJG1 said:

Don't get why some people want to fly planes, I just don't see the attraction.

Neither did he.




You pitch 'em, I'll hit 'em!

It was a Fairground Attraction, obviously.

[anonymous-user]

Frik said:

BJG1 said:

Don't get why some people want to fly planes, I just don't see the attraction.

Neither did he.




You pitch 'em, I'll hit 'em!

Took me a while, but finally, have one of these:

[mybrainhurts]

It was probably the big magnet on the wheel, attracting his artificial hip...

[BJG1]

Max_Torque said:

Frik said:

BJG1 said:

Don't get why some people want to fly planes, I just don't see the attraction.

Neither did he.




You pitch 'em, I'll hit 'em!

Took me a while, but finally, have one of these:

I hope you both realise I intended that

[Frik]

I thought you probably did, hence the footnote.

[Simpo Two]

Eric Mc said:

It was a Fairground Attraction, obviously.

They had one good hit as well.

[Eric Mc]

Simpo Two said:

Eric Mc said:

It was a Fairground Attraction, obviously.

They had one good hit as well.

Did he win a stuffed toy?

[Simpo Two]

Eric Mc said:

Did he win a stuffed toy?

I hope so, it would make a better pilot...

[Eric Mc]

You might have a point -