Light plane crash Scenic Rim. Plane totalled, pilot in stable condition

[RFguy]

I've asked Google  Gemini to summarize Mr Stewart's last post:

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The witness is expressing frustration and anger towards a group of people who they believe are not being respectful or helpful. They claim to have witnessed an incident involving a pilot and a plane but refuse to provide any further information or video due to the negative responses they have received. The witness accuses the group of being disrespectful and unhelpful, and concludes the conversation by stating that they will not be providing any further information.

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[RFguy]

So, these Generative AI tools, while pretty useless for facts (they just regurgitate) , I am surprised how well they enact a summary when asked. That 2400 reduced to 200 words was impressive and succinct .  

Edited September 25 by RFguy

[KRviator]

43 minutes ago, RFguy said:

So, these Generative AI tools, while pretty useless for facts (they just regurgitate) , I am surprised how well they enact a summary when asked. That 2400 reduced to 200 words was impressive and succinct .  

Tell you what - they make coding a hell of a lot easier!

I wrote a Python program for me to use at work and was able to use ChatGPT to find the errors in my code that were driving me nuts and suggest better ways to do it. It's only a matter of time before they'll be good enough to write the whole thing - if you're able to accurately describe what you want in the first place.

[sfGnome]

2 hours ago, KRviator said:

if you're able to accurately describe what you want in the first place.

That’s the trick though. I am (was?) a software engineer, and if the marketing types/customers could actually define what they really wanted instead of complaining when we couldn’t interpret their vague handwaving, then life would’ve been so much easier. However, given that 99% of software engineering comprises just regurgitating, the same patterns over and over, I think AI will do a pretty good job.

[IBob]

5 hours ago, KRviator said:

- if you're able to accurately describe what you want in the first place.

 

3 hours ago, sfGnome said:

That’s the trick though. I am (was?) a software engineer, and if the marketing types/customers could actually define what they really wanted instead of complaining when we couldn’t interpret their vague handwaving, then life would’ve been so much easier. However, given that 99% of software engineering comprises just regurgitating, the same patterns over and over, I think AI will do a pretty good job.

Yep, I was a freelance automation eng.... in 20+ years I only ever did 2 jobs where there was a full written spec of desired system behaviour, and one of those left a lot to be desired.
I also wrote 1 spec for a customer, and found it very challenging to put together a concise and all-encompassing description.
 

[IBob]

Right.

Hm.

That went well................

[BrendAn]

On 17/09/2024 at 8:02 PM, danny_galaga said:

Nope. (My hangar on the right of the plane)

 

https://www.planesales.com.au/details/Listing/Single-Engine-Propeller/9982/2023-Scamp-2023

 

its on facebook for 5k now.  good buy if the rotec is in good condition. which it might be if it wasn't running at time of impact.

[danny_galaga]

I saw Brian today at the airfield. At first I didn't recognise him. I said "Christ almighty Brian! Did they have to remove your moustache as well as your wings to get you out of the wreckage?"

 

He's in good spirits. Sold the wreck already. Apparently it will be used as some sort of static display.

 

I've seen the video now. He tells me he climbs at about 1000fpm as it's a pretty spritely plane. The video shows that was roughly his climb rate that day. The engine quits only a second or so after he establishes the climb. He did a long take off so to some people it might look like he's just hauling it into the sky, but he's going pretty quickly by then.  He MAYBE got 300 feet AGL. Within a second he had already pitched the nose down. I feel that's an impressively quick reaction. Unfortunately he says the glide is ball park the same as a Drifter, roughly 5:1. He disappears from view behind a large tree at that point. 

 

When all is said and done I think he did a good job. He kept flying the plane, there's not much you can do from there other than try not to hit the biggest trees as it's a pretty rough paddock. A few hundred feet higher and he could have made the next paddock, which is much more undercarriage friendly.

 

Pic shows view from end of the field, at the road. Trees centre left I THINK is where he ended up. I sometimes have a chat with the horsies to right. I must remember to bring them carrots one day. Look at the lovely flat, green paddock just a few hundred metres too far away.

Apologies for quality of the pic. Cheap phone plus overcast day equals 1999 webcam quality 😄

Edited September 28 by danny_galaga