German Aerobatic Plane 'Drops' from the sky...
Discussion
Just spotted this on BBC news Website....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/8150639.stm
It doesn't 'technically' drop from the sky, that is just how the BBC reported it
On the video it sounds like the engine was struggling when he came out of the stunt? Maybe fuel starvation/blockage? (but I'm no pilot/plane buff)
Anyway just glad no one was hurt, including the family car he hit...with family in it
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/8150639.stm
It doesn't 'technically' drop from the sky, that is just how the BBC reported it
On the video it sounds like the engine was struggling when he came out of the stunt? Maybe fuel starvation/blockage? (but I'm no pilot/plane buff)
Anyway just glad no one was hurt, including the family car he hit...with family in it
HRG. said:
The article said:
double-decker sports plane
FFS, what kind of crappy journalist doesn't know the word "biplane" 
'lefty-salad-eating-ethnic-minority-hugging-wet-blanket- diversity-managers' (and breath)
will have read it and said you cannot discriminate against Aeronautic designs and class it as "BI" just because it is different from all the other aeroplanes...
..or the author is a Moron
AnotherClarkey said:
Looked a bit like a high speed stall? Pulled too hard to recover to normal flight after exiting the previous maneuver too low?
Sadly, he was either going to hit the ground by not pulling hard enough, or was going to hit the ground from pulling too hard and stalling it. The pilot didn't really give himself any options with the spin - it looked to me to go flat, and it took far too long to recover from.The whole sequence looked fairly ragged and unplanned to be honest.
He was very lucky to get away with it unscathed, but putting himself in a situation where he ended up hitting the family in the car is pretty unforgiveable.
eharding said:
AnotherClarkey said:
Looked a bit like a high speed stall? Pulled too hard to recover to normal flight after exiting the previous maneuver too low?
Sadly, he was either going to hit the ground by not pulling hard enough, or was going to hit the ground from pulling too hard and stalling it. The pilot didn't really give himself any options with the spin - it looked to me to go flat, and it took far too long to recover from.The whole sequence looked fairly ragged and unplanned to be honest.
He was very lucky to get away with it unscathed, but putting himself in a situation where he ended up hitting the family in the car is pretty unforgiveable.
FourWheelDrift said:
Do you know I have sent an email to the BBC about that, with a message about biased left wing reporting as well just for good measure. They have a section on the contact page. I might be using that again, and again and again now I have found it.
They've had at least two then Oily Nails said:
mybrainhurts said:
bicyclists...
How very un-PC of you! you cannot call some one a BIcyclist in this day and age....
We must now refer to them as
"Eco-
As per Neu-LaBBCour guidelines
agent006 said:
So for the uninitiatd, where did the crash start? Was the spinning and falling bit under control then?
It was certainly the late recovery from the spin which was the immediate cause of the accident.Depending on how much preparation and planning went into the sortie, you could argue it began when the pilot climbed in and started the engine.
I've just got an email from the Godfather of British Aerobatics: his assertion is that the pilot just kept the pro-spin rudder in for far too long.
agent006 said:
So for the uninitiatd, where did the crash start? Was the spinning and falling bit under control then?
I am no expert but it looked like the spin was intentional (even though the entry looked a bit strange) but, as previously pointed out, it looked like it started to develop nastily and 'go flat'. Maybe this took longer to recover than expected or the pilot was disoriented and let it go a couple of extra turns. Either way, the recovery to normal flight was too late, too low and could really only result in hitting the ground.Gassing Station | Boats, Planes & Trains | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff