Rotorwork Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 From http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/news/plane-lands-on-beach-near-barwon-heads/story-fnjuhxh0-1226811382415 SURPRISED beach goers watched as a vintage Tiger Moth plane landed on the sand at Thirteenth Beach this afternoon. They hurried out of the way as the plane made the emergency landing about 1.30pm, reportedly because of an engine failure. Witnesses said between 50 and 100 beach goers watched the incident before two men exited the plane "I heard someone screaming for us to get out of the way and turned around and saw it," said Melbourne man Alex Keynes. "It missed my mother-in-law and three-year-old niece by about one metre. "Overall, I'd say the pilot did a fantastic job to land it safely and not hit anyone, but I would like to know what their policy is about landing on the beach, because if that happened at somewhere like Torquay, where th beaches are much more crowded it could have been very dangerous." Louis Cameron also witnessed the bizarre event. "It was really strange. I was reading a book one minute and then I heard a noise and looked up and saw the plane," he said. "It was pretty much a perfect landing. "It was a surprising thing to see but it really wasn't that dramatic. People just hurried to get out of the way. "It was a smooth landing, it just bounced a bit when it got on the rocks. "The interesting thing now will be to see how they get it out of there."
503 Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 Must be time to add a car or truck type horn to all light aircraft 1 1 1
winsor68 Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 Must be time to add a car or truck type horn to all light aircraft It's not a completely stupid idea... 1
mnewbery Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 Then there's this from 2010 http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/03/17/jogger-killed-plane-likely-heard
rankamateur Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 It's not a completely stupid idea... A c Klaxon perhaps
winsor68 Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 Would be a simple thing to add a "deadman switch" or as it would be a dead engine switch connected to the ignition...
metalman Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 Please NO, your really talking about putting horns on planes after zero problems,,,,,,no one has been hurt in Oz and there is one in the USA , the last thing we need is more crap that is pointless, how about we go for a ban on iPod earplugs,,,they've killed at least three people in Melbourne in the last two years,,,and it appears our USA jogger was using them too, Matty 4
rankamateur Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 Please NO, your really talking about putting horns on planes after zero problems,,,,,,no one has been hurt in Oz and there is one in the USA , the last thing we need is more crap that is pointless, how about we go for a ban on iPod earplugs,,,they've killed at least three people in Melbourne in the last two years,,,and it appears our USA jogger was using them too,Matty They are good for mustering! 1
skeptic36 Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 Yep, ya put 'em in the cows ears then ya can sneak up an get a rope on 'em real easy 2
motzartmerv Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 My mate used to have a police siren on his drifter. Made for some interesting times when he would buzz the loacl...Ummm...Hippies:)
Guernsey Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 Reminds me of an event that someone told me a few years ago. He was flying a Piper Super Cub across the nullarbour ( hope I've spelt it correctly). This aircraft was used in WA for shark spotting and was fitted with a siren underneath, he was coming up behind a guy on a motorbike so he descended fairly low and when he was just above and behind him, he gave him a blast on the siren. The guy looked behind him down the road, probably thought the police were on his tail, but he saw nothing and continued on his way so our pilot gave him another siren blast but this time he spotted our aviator so he gave him the two fingers sign, opened the throttle and disappeared into the distance, our pilot never caught him up. True story. Alan. 3 1
Gnarly Gnu Posted January 28, 2014 Posted January 28, 2014 Fantastic nomis, no need for that lame 'clear prop' stuff with those horns. Just needs a couple of rocket pods and a minigun out the side hatch. Ideal for WA shark patrols.
Yenn Posted January 29, 2014 Posted January 29, 2014 Courting couples used to go into the sandhills and there was a story about how a glider pilot used to swoop low and shout out "Behold the lord cometh" causing many bare backsides to be quickly hidden among the bushes.
Downunder Posted January 29, 2014 Posted January 29, 2014 [ATTACH=full]27115[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]27116[/ATTACH] OMG.....they've bread an aircraft with a tractor...........must be genetically modified....... 1
Gibbo Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 Love the comment about pilots landing on the beach.. I suspect he didn't have much choice. Da dum.
Akromaster Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 I was in the super Tiger with the same young pilot (Jack) the day before -not the tiger moth featured fortunately. I went up for the mild aerobatic option they have available. Jack seems like a very competent young pilot. After the aerobatics and we got back to the field, Jack did a fantastic side slip landing and touched down perfectly. It was so smooth I had to double check we were actually on the ground. I'm not surprised he did a great job of putting the plane down. http://au.news.yahoo.com/video/watch/21090760/vintage-plane-lands-on-beach/ Ak
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