just like one of my landings

[delta7]

German plane drops out of sky

[delta7]

German plane drops out of sky

[T_O_A_D]

Dam did he hit any of those people I wonder?

Did he survive?

[T_O_A_D]

Dam did he hit any of those people I wonder?

Did he survive?

[Enforcer57]

Interesting. I wish these guys who buy video cams would learn bit about using them though.

[Enforcer57]

Interesting. I wish these guys who buy video cams would learn bit about using them though.

[Perfesser]

He hit the ground at a shallow enough angle. Unless he hit something to push the engine into the cockpit(the most common fatal occurrence) he might have lived.

Good example of what I would guess is a high speed stall. Aerobatic planes have such large (powerful) control surfaces you can exceed the max angle of attack at almost any speed so you have to be careful..... lest the ground rise up to smite thee.

[Perfesser]

He hit the ground at a shallow enough angle. Unless he hit something to push the engine into the cockpit(the most common fatal occurrence) he might have lived.

Good example of what I would guess is a high speed stall. Aerobatic planes have such large (powerful) control surfaces you can exceed the max angle of attack at almost any speed so you have to be careful..... lest the ground rise up to smite thee.

[Zooly]

was on the news here earlier, he struck a car also but everyone escaped with minor injuries thankfully.

[Zooly]

was on the news here earlier, he struck a car also but everyone escaped with minor injuries thankfully.

[delta7]

sorry - should have said everyone was ok, thought it would link to the story with the video but just got the video

[delta7]

sorry - should have said everyone was ok, thought it would link to the story with the video but just got the video

[sged]

If he had a few more meters, he would've missed the ground by a hair....

[sged]

If he had a few more meters, he would've missed the ground by a hair....

[BadAim]

Good example of what I would guess is a high speed stall. Aerobatic planes have such large (powerful) control surfaces you can exceed the max angle of attack at almost any speed so you have to be careful..... lest the ground rise up to smite thee.

Lest the ground rise up and smite thee. LOL. Benest there and donest that. repeatedly.

[BadAim]

Good example of what I would guess is a high speed stall. Aerobatic planes have such large (powerful) control surfaces you can exceed the max angle of attack at almost any speed so you have to be careful..... lest the ground rise up to smite thee.

Lest the ground rise up and smite thee. LOL. Benest there and donest that. repeatedly.

[Perfesser]

Pilot's Ten Commandments

1. Thou shalt abstain from the intersection takeoff for,

verily, the runway behind thee, as the altitude above thee,

cometh not to thine aid when thou needest them.

2. Thou shalt not linger on active runways

lest thou become like unto ground sirloin.

3. Ignorest thou not thy checklists for many

are the switches, handles, gauges and other demons

awaiting to take cruel vengeance upon thee.

4. Thou shalt cast thine eyes to thy right and also to thy left

as thou passeth through the firmament

lest thy fellow pilots bring flowers to thy widow

and comfort her in other ways.

5. Buzzeth not, for this shall surely incur the wrath

of thy neighbors and the fury of the FAA

shall be called down upon thy head.

6. Thou shalt be ever mindful of thy fuel lest there be nothing

in thy tank to sustain thee upon the air and thy days be made short.

7. Trust not thine eyes to lead thee through the cloud

lest the Archangel Gabriel await thee therein.

8. Thou shalt not trespass into the thunderstorm

lest the tempest rend the wings from thy chariot

and cast thee naked into the firmament.

9. Put not thy trust in weather prophets,

for when the truth is not in, then they shall not

accompany thee among thy ancestors.

10. Often shalt thou confirm thine airspeed on final

lest the earth rise up and smite thee.

[Perfesser]

Pilot's Ten Commandments

1. Thou shalt abstain from the intersection takeoff for,

verily, the runway behind thee, as the altitude above thee,

cometh not to thine aid when thou needest them.

2. Thou shalt not linger on active runways

lest thou become like unto ground sirloin.

3. Ignorest thou not thy checklists for many

are the switches, handles, gauges and other demons

awaiting to take cruel vengeance upon thee.

4. Thou shalt cast thine eyes to thy right and also to thy left

as thou passeth through the firmament

lest thy fellow pilots bring flowers to thy widow

and comfort her in other ways.

5. Buzzeth not, for this shall surely incur the wrath

of thy neighbors and the fury of the FAA

shall be called down upon thy head.

6. Thou shalt be ever mindful of thy fuel lest there be nothing

in thy tank to sustain thee upon the air and thy days be made short.

7. Trust not thine eyes to lead thee through the cloud

lest the Archangel Gabriel await thee therein.

8. Thou shalt not trespass into the thunderstorm

lest the tempest rend the wings from thy chariot

and cast thee naked into the firmament.

9. Put not thy trust in weather prophets,

for when the truth is not in, then they shall not

accompany thee among thy ancestors.

10. Often shalt thou confirm thine airspeed on final

lest the earth rise up and smite thee.

[Perfesser]

A lot of this stuff is for today's pilots but we can relate to quite a few. Like - The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.

Flying Clichés:

No matter what else happens, fly the airplane.

Forget all that stuff about thrust and drag, lift and gravity;

an airplane flies because of money.

It's better to be down here wishing you were up there,

than up there wishing you were down here.

If you're ever faced with a forced landing at night,

turn on the landing lights to see the landing area.

If you don't like what you see, turn' em back off.

A check ride ought to be like a skirt, short enough to be interesting

but still be long enough to cover everything.

Speed is life, altitude is life insurance.

No one has ever collided with the sky.

Always remember you fly an airplane with your head, not your hands.

Never let an airplane take you somewhere

your brain didn't get to five minutes earlier.

Don't drop the aircraft in order to fly the microphone.

An airplane flies because of a principle discovered by

Bernoulli, not Marconi.

"Unskilled" pilots are always found in the wreckage

with their hand around the microphone.

If you push the stick forward, the houses get bigger;

if you pull the stick back they get smaller.

(Unless you keep pulling the stick back-then they get bigger again.)

Hovering is for pilots who love to fly but have no place to go.

The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.

Flying is the second greatest thrill known to man. Landing is the first!

Everyone already knows the definition of a 'good' landing

is one from which you can walk away.

But very few know the definition of a 'great landing.

It's one after which you can use the airplane another time.

The probability of survival is equal to the angle of arrival.

IFR: I Follow Roads.

You know you've landed with the wheels up

when it takes full power to taxi.

Those who hoot with the owls by night,

should not fly with the eagles by day.

A helicopter is a collection of rotating parts going round and round

and reciprocating parts going up and down -

all of them trying to become random in motion.

Helicopters can't really fly -

they're just so ugly that the earth immediately repels them.

Pilots believe in clean living.

They never drink whiskey from a dirty glass.

Things which do you no good in aviation:

Altitude above you.

Runways behind you.

Fuel in the truck.

Half a second ago.

Approach plates in the car.

The airspeed you don't have.

If God meant man to fly, He'd have given him more money.

What's the difference between God and fighter pilots?

God doesn't think he's a fighter pilot.

Flying is not dangerous; crashing is dangerous.

A good simulator check ride is like successful surgery on a cadaver.

Asking what a pilot thinks about the FAA

is like asking a fireplug what it thinks about dogs.

Trust your captain but keep your seat belt securely fastened.

An airplane may disappoint a good pilot, but it won't surprise him.

Any pilot who relies on a terminal forecast

can be sold the Brooklyn Bridge.

If he relies on winds-aloft reports he can be sold Niagara Falls.

The friendliest flight attendants are those on the trip home.

Good judgment comes from experience

and experience comes from bad judgment.

Being an airline pilot would be great

if you didn't have to go on all those trips.

Aviation is not so much a profession as it is a disease.

The nicer an airplane looks, the better it flies.

There are three simple rules for making a smooth landing.

Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.

It's a good landing if you can still get the doors open.

Passengers prefer old captains and young flight attendants.

The only thing worse than a captain who never flew as copilot

is a copilot who once was a captain.

It's best to keep the pointed end going forward as much as possible.

If an earthquake suddenly opened a fissure in a runway

that caused an accident,

the NTSB would find a way to blame it on pilot error.

Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwind.

A thunderstorm is never as bad on the inside as it appears on the outside. It's worse.

It's easy to make a small fortune in aviation.

You start with a large fortune.

A male pilot is a confused soul who talks about women when he's flying,

and about flying when he's with a woman.

A fool and his money are soon flying more airplane than he can handle.

The last thing every pilot does before leaving the aircraft

after making a gear up landing

is to put the gear selection lever in the 'down' position.

Try to keep the number of your landings equal

to the number of your takeoffs.

Takeoff's are optional. Landings are mandatory.

You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.

[Perfesser]

A lot of this stuff is for today's pilots but we can relate to quite a few. Like - The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.

Flying Clichés:

No matter what else happens, fly the airplane.

Forget all that stuff about thrust and drag, lift and gravity;

an airplane flies because of money.

It's better to be down here wishing you were up there,

than up there wishing you were down here.

If you're ever faced with a forced landing at night,

turn on the landing lights to see the landing area.

If you don't like what you see, turn' em back off.

A check ride ought to be like a skirt, short enough to be interesting

but still be long enough to cover everything.

Speed is life, altitude is life insurance.

No one has ever collided with the sky.

Always remember you fly an airplane with your head, not your hands.

Never let an airplane take you somewhere

your brain didn't get to five minutes earlier.

Don't drop the aircraft in order to fly the microphone.

An airplane flies because of a principle discovered by

Bernoulli, not Marconi.

"Unskilled" pilots are always found in the wreckage

with their hand around the microphone.

If you push the stick forward, the houses get bigger;

if you pull the stick back they get smaller.

(Unless you keep pulling the stick back-then they get bigger again.)

Hovering is for pilots who love to fly but have no place to go.

The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.

Flying is the second greatest thrill known to man. Landing is the first!

Everyone already knows the definition of a 'good' landing

is one from which you can walk away.

But very few know the definition of a 'great landing.

It's one after which you can use the airplane another time.

The probability of survival is equal to the angle of arrival.

IFR: I Follow Roads.

You know you've landed with the wheels up

when it takes full power to taxi.

Those who hoot with the owls by night,

should not fly with the eagles by day.

A helicopter is a collection of rotating parts going round and round

and reciprocating parts going up and down -

all of them trying to become random in motion.

Helicopters can't really fly -

they're just so ugly that the earth immediately repels them.

Pilots believe in clean living.

They never drink whiskey from a dirty glass.

Things which do you no good in aviation:

Altitude above you.

Runways behind you.

Fuel in the truck.

Half a second ago.

Approach plates in the car.

The airspeed you don't have.

If God meant man to fly, He'd have given him more money.

What's the difference between God and fighter pilots?

God doesn't think he's a fighter pilot.

Flying is not dangerous; crashing is dangerous.

A good simulator check ride is like successful surgery on a cadaver.

Asking what a pilot thinks about the FAA

is like asking a fireplug what it thinks about dogs.

Trust your captain but keep your seat belt securely fastened.

An airplane may disappoint a good pilot, but it won't surprise him.

Any pilot who relies on a terminal forecast

can be sold the Brooklyn Bridge.

If he relies on winds-aloft reports he can be sold Niagara Falls.

The friendliest flight attendants are those on the trip home.

Good judgment comes from experience

and experience comes from bad judgment.

Being an airline pilot would be great

if you didn't have to go on all those trips.

Aviation is not so much a profession as it is a disease.

The nicer an airplane looks, the better it flies.

There are three simple rules for making a smooth landing.

Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.

It's a good landing if you can still get the doors open.

Passengers prefer old captains and young flight attendants.

The only thing worse than a captain who never flew as copilot

is a copilot who once was a captain.

It's best to keep the pointed end going forward as much as possible.

If an earthquake suddenly opened a fissure in a runway

that caused an accident,

the NTSB would find a way to blame it on pilot error.

Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwind.

A thunderstorm is never as bad on the inside as it appears on the outside. It's worse.

It's easy to make a small fortune in aviation.

You start with a large fortune.

A male pilot is a confused soul who talks about women when he's flying,

and about flying when he's with a woman.

A fool and his money are soon flying more airplane than he can handle.

The last thing every pilot does before leaving the aircraft

after making a gear up landing

is to put the gear selection lever in the 'down' position.

Try to keep the number of your landings equal

to the number of your takeoffs.

Takeoff's are optional. Landings are mandatory.

You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.