A short trip, But an interesting jouney

[Ultralights]

well, the trip was short, Departing Bankstown, for Bankstown, then a few circuits..

 

 

32 deg, and surprisingly calm. Departing runway 11L

 

 

Inbound for circuits, line approach to runway 11R for touch n well ummm yeah..

 

 

No words necessary.. well, we are 90deg across the strip, we had a quick go at trying to push it back to the nearest taxiway, but the US tyre wasn't letting us go anywhere.

 

I better make it as educational as i can, the tyre rolled off the rim some time after landing, due to a slow leak. fortunately the huge amount of drag and vibration made sure we didnt add full power for the touch n go, so i made the call.

 

Us "Bankstown tower, Tecnam **** we have lost a tyre and unable to taxi"

 

Twr "**** stand by, ABC go around. all aircraft runway 11R is closed due to striken aircraft, runway centre now in use"

 

all other aicraft in the circuit were redirected to runway centre,

 

Twr "tecnam **** shut down and await the ground vehicle. and follow their instruction"

 

Us " **** Shutting down and will await vehicle."

 

about 15 mins later the airport ops vehicle came out, with our engineer, basically we got the under car work trolly, placed it under the deflated wheel, and pushed the aircraft off to the taxiway. about an hr later, the runway was open, and we taxied back to the hanger with a new right hand tyre and tube.

 

the lesson to be learned, especially with the CTA endorsment coming up, if something goes wrong, call the tower and let them know! in plain english, they WILL help you.

 

 

 

[Tomo]

Well from the photo it looks like it's only flat on the bottom...did you ever think of turning it around, and using the top side???

 

Now on a serious note...nice pic's of Bankstown airport you got there.

 

 

[Ultralights]

the first photo pretty much describes the fun at bankstown, a RAAus registered tecnam in mid take off roll, at the exact same time a Cessna Citation is landing beside us, you can see the Citation that just landed about to get to the end of the runway. in front of us a C182 departed , and behind us was a Beechcraft Kingair.