Plane hits ferris wheel!
Discussion
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15135...
"Couldn't gain enough height to clear it" Can't see why he couldn't turn to avoid it though???
"Couldn't gain enough height to clear it" Can't see why he couldn't turn to avoid it though???
Eric Mc said:
It's one of those micro-light. light aircraft hybrids isn't it. These type of aircraft seem to offer a fair amount of drag and not an awful lot of horsepower.
http://uk.reuters.com/video/2011/10/01/australian-...
A popular mis-conception Eric. Many "micro-light" aircraft outperform many conventional group "A" machines, indeed they can make them look dafthttp://uk.reuters.com/video/2011/10/01/australian-...
Edited by Eric Mc on Saturday 1st October 11:11
performance wise. Most of the good ones are now fitted with a Rotax 912 kicking out 80 or 100 bhp all in aircraft with a mtow of 450KG = 222bhp/tonne
It's enough to make you smile :-)
Eric Mc said:
He apparently had no sight of the wheel as he was in a climb-out atitude with the nose blocking the view below and forward of the aircraft.
What I would like to know is-
did he take a non-standard departure from the airfield
who gave permission for an object such as a ferris wheel to be placed relatively close to an airfield?
had such permission actually been granted?
was there adequate warning in the airfield charts about the wheel or had a NOTAM been issued about its presence.
Mmmm looking on google maps it looks like the wheel was displaced to the side of the runway (On the sports field I guess)What I would like to know is-
did he take a non-standard departure from the airfield
who gave permission for an object such as a ferris wheel to be placed relatively close to an airfield?
had such permission actually been granted?
was there adequate warning in the airfield charts about the wheel or had a NOTAM been issued about its presence.
I'd say "showboating" that went wrong...
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