Any landing you can walk away from....

[mAgNeToDrOp]

[facthunter]

I've NEVER agreed with that saying although it is often quoted. If you are doing an interview for a flying job I would not suggest you offer it as an acceptable technique or standard.

 

There is a similar one about extending landing gear. (Those who have and those who WILL) forget to dangle the dunlops. Those who have and those who "could" would be more apt. Nev

 

 

[M61A1]

It is often suffixed with " and if you can use the aircraft again, is even better"

 

 

[facthunter]

Those comments were relevant in the early days when they trained in Bristol Boxkites. Nev

 

 

[cscotthendry]

LOL Good one. And I actually GOT the humour in that post.

 

 

[facthunter]

My last post is not meant to be a put down in any way. It was a fact at that time. Nev

 

 

[Marty_d]

Saw one of our geese (who aren't very used to flying) misjudge an approach to the shed roof, hit the flashing and fall 4m to the ground. If we'd had snow at the time it would've looked similar to that...

 

 

[bexrbetter]

Same in motor racing, i.e. any accident you walk away from is a good one.

 

 

[Captain]

I've NEVER agreed with that saying although it is often quoted. If you are doing an interview for a flying job I would not suggest you offer it as an acceptable technique or standard.There is a similar one about extending landing gear. (Those who have and those who WILL) forget to dangle the dunlops. Those who have and those who "could" would be more apt. Nev

Hey Facty,

 

 

 

It was visual humour from the MaggyDrop, located in the Laughter forum. Not in Incidents and Accidents. Lighten up dude.

 

 

 

Regards Geoff

 

 

[facthunter]

Some people take what I say too seriously at times and not enough at others. My comments were meant to be a bit tongue in cheek but I guess I failed. I warned you that some of my humour is subtle. Wondering how I could change at my age. Nev

 

 

[Captain]

Some people take what I say too seriously at times and not enough at others. My comments were meant to be a bit tongue in cheek but I guess I failed. I warned you that some of my humour is subtle. Wondering how I could change at my age. Nev

No worries Nev. But what about also showing some compassion for the poor bird, as its gyro was obviously wonky from the impact and didn't stabilize until after those initial 6 steps.

 

 

[facthunter]

I actually though it would have been good if the bird had gone around in a couple of circles first. It's a clever pic. Nev

 

 

[mAgNeToDrOp]

No offense taken there Nev I guess one gets to know the regular members "mannerisms" on this forum. I get where you're coming from. Perhaps lil' chickenhawk forgot to check the ski's were fitted on the preflight? rookies...

 

 

[PA.]

I think the bird has actually landed and caught whatever was walking on the snow.

 

 

[Yenn]

I remember seeing birds flying in England years ago, after a night of snow they had a difficult job getting the flare right. Soon learnt, which is more than can be said for me.

 

 

[facthunter]

Perhaps we need a snow landing endorsement. Nev

 

 

[Riley]

I think the bird has actually landed and caught whatever was walking on the snow.

You could be right if whatever was very cleverly walking backwards. I'm with Yenn, the bird 'fluffed' the flare. Brings to mind the videos of ducks & geese landing on sheet ice. You can actually see the 'WTF' expression on their faces.

 

 

[facthunter]

The ducks don't have an ILS or radio altimeter.. They rely on sight basically the same as us. Snow, calm water or ice would be difficult to judge flare on. Nev

 

 

[Guernsey]

You have to have a bit of a flare for these sort of landings.

 

Alan.

 

 

[SDQDI]

Must be built alright otherwise he (possibly she) would've busted their nose gear.

 

Also going by the imprint it looks to me like it was an arctic spreadeagle:hug:

 

 

[Keenaviator]

Any landing you walk away from maybe a good one but any landing you get to use the aircraft again is excellent!

 

Laurie