Nothing to do with boat, just GRAVITY

[Bt Doctur]

http://home.earthlink.net/~n6d1/EdsFolly.htm
And yes,we both made it.

 

[wire2]

Re: Nothing to do with boat, just GRAVITY

Glad you're ok. A bit sore I expect, isn't that blood on the canopy?

I can identify with that, I went down as a passenger in an ultralight that ran out of fuel. Bush all around 1 open field, with a herd of beef cattle grazing. Amazing how fast they can run when a silent plane whizzes past them. The field was a bit too small, we hit the fence hard after the wheels and struts tore off.

 

[a70eliminator]

Re: Nothing to do with boat, just GRAVITY

Holy crap! What happened?

 

[Don S]

Re: Nothing to do with boat, just GRAVITY

Here is all I get

 

[180shabah]

Re: Nothing to do with boat, just GRAVITY

OUCH!!!!!

Glad you are OK though.

We just had a small plane crash here a week or so ago. The guy designed and built it himself, had been all over the country with it and won several awards. Misjudged a landing and stalled it, ended up in the woods too.

 

[Reel Poor]

Re: Nothing to do with boat, just GRAVITY

Here is all I get



Here ya go Don.

BTW Bt Doc, that sucks. Glad your ok.

 

[alaska_av8r]

Re: Nothing to do with boat, just GRAVITY

Geez Bt what happened, eng fail?....doesn't appear to be stall/spin....man your lucky, I have only seen a few walk away from gravity attacks like that and have a long list of former friends...

gravity always wins....just depends on how bad he wants to beat ya up!

 

[Have Fun Today]

Re: Nothing to do with boat, just GRAVITY

Looks like a T-34, wasn't it? Was this one of those fighter pilot for a day deals?

 

[Haut Medoc]

Re: Nothing to do with boat, just GRAVITY

Yikes!!!!......
Hope ya didn't get too banged up........​

 

[Don S]

Re: Nothing to do with boat, just GRAVITY

Thanks RP now I see

You guys were real lucky there BT, glad you're still with us.


Moving this over to Dockside Chat

 

[Gary H NC]

Re: Nothing to do with boat, just GRAVITY

Man thats scary!! Someone upstairs was looking out for you.
Glad you are ok!

 

[gonefishie]

Re: Nothing to do with boat, just GRAVITY

My barber's dad build kit planes for years and recently went down in one of them. He didn't make it.

 

[aspeck]

Re: Nothing to do with boat, just GRAVITY

Yep, I see blood on the canopy and on the ground - someone had a nasty head wound! Glad you made it okay.

Brother was in one of those gravity attacks on a hunting trip in Alaska a couple years ago. Both passenger and pilot walked away.

We want details - how did it happen?

 

[Drowned Rat]

Re: Nothing to do with boat, just GRAVITY

Any landing you can walk away from....

 

[Bt Doctur]

Re: Nothing to do with boat, just GRAVITY

was a YAK-52 .Something bad happened on takeoff around 1000 ft.
Best/worst part is we cant remember a thing. G meter read +9.

 

[gonefishie]

Re: Nothing to do with boat, just GRAVITY

was a YAK-52 .Something bad happened on takeoff around 1000 ft.
Best/worst part is we cant remember a thing. G meter read +9.

Cause you were probably out cold. Before you passed out, did you happened to have the Tom Petty's Free Falling song chorus went through your head?
"Yeah I'm free, free falling"

 

[Limited-Time]

Re: Nothing to do with boat, just GRAVITY

I'd suggest you play the lottery, but I see you already won the biggest one. Amazing anyone could walk away from something like that.

 

[alaska_av8r]

Re: Nothing to do with boat, just GRAVITY

Did that Yak still have the radial engine, on some that did if you got the pitch too high at low speed the plane would "in essence roll around the engine" not enough airflow over the controls to keep it upright....at 1,000 feet that would just about give you enough time to be back to level before impact.....the 9 G's could be from ground impact.....you are one lucky brother...you should have played the lottery that day........