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Offline Penguin

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Re: Saw a plane crash yesterday
« Reply #15 on: May 15, 2011, 06:14:50 PM »
What are you thinking? Me & the pilot actually had 3 extinguishers between us, 1 from the cockpit, 1 from my car, and one big one from the household.
With a cockpit fire and someone perhaps stuck, you don't just sit and wait!

Aha, now I see your point.

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Re: Saw a plane crash yesterday
« Reply #16 on: May 15, 2011, 10:09:32 PM »
You are correct, I meant housefire, but I still don't have an answer pertaining to whether one should attempt to put out a fire in their plane with a handheld extinguisher.

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Re: Saw a plane crash yesterday
« Reply #17 on: May 15, 2011, 10:17:31 PM »


Different in his country? No. Your parents are just wrong in EVERY country.

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Re: Saw a plane crash yesterday
« Reply #18 on: May 15, 2011, 10:53:26 PM »
When my kitchen at the restaurant caught fire last year, I really should of waited the 10 minutes for firemen to arrive, and let the place go up in flames, rather than reach over on the wall and grab the extinguisher and put it out myself.  Or when a contractor lit my FME covers on fire doing hot work at the nuke plant, I should of called the fire team and then sat around, rather than call them and put it out myself first.   :headscratch:
I have to stop doing these stupid things
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Re: Saw a plane crash yesterday
« Reply #19 on: May 15, 2011, 10:55:50 PM »
When my kitchen at the restaurant caught fire last year, I really should of waited the 10 minutes for firemen to arrive, and let the place go up in flames, rather than reach over on the wall and grab the extinguisher and put it out myself.  Or when a contractor lit my FME covers on fire doing hot work at the nuke plant, I should of called the fire team and then sat around, rather than call them and put it out myself first.   :headscratch:
I have to stop doing these stupid things

Its ok, you were just uninformed.
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Re: Saw a plane crash yesterday
« Reply #20 on: May 15, 2011, 11:03:42 PM »
Its ok, you were just uninformed.

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Re: Saw a plane crash yesterday
« Reply #21 on: May 15, 2011, 11:16:11 PM »
OMG wow what a story AND I know the show that guy is on Lazy Town! My son loves it.

Glad everyone is ok. You have to watch that show just once for like 5 minutes to see it.



That kids show is in every country in every language.

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« Reply #22 on: May 16, 2011, 03:25:17 AM »
OMG wow what a story AND I know the show that guy is on Lazy Town! My son loves it.

Glad everyone is ok. You have to watch that show just once for like 5 minutes to see it.

I have to admit to kinda, sorta liking that stupid show....    :bolt:

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Re: Saw a plane crash yesterday
« Reply #23 on: May 16, 2011, 04:48:26 AM »
When my kitchen at the restaurant caught fire last year, I really should of waited the 10 minutes for firemen to arrive, and let the place go up in flames, rather than reach over on the wall and grab the extinguisher and put it out myself.  Or when a contractor lit my FME covers on fire doing hot work at the nuke plant, I should of called the fire team and then sat around, rather than call them and put it out myself first.   :headscratch:
I have to stop doing these stupid things

Odd country you live in.
Our house caught fire some years ago, and the fire was quelched before the brigade arrived.
Doing nothing could have meant all our assets in flames, and insurances don't cover everything you know, including the business we run in the house (B & B)
Instead, we had one room to fix and were payed by the insurance.
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Re: Saw a plane crash yesterday
« Reply #24 on: May 16, 2011, 04:54:54 AM »
When my kitchen at the restaurant caught fire last year, I really should of waited the 10 minutes for firemen to arrive, and let the place go up in flames, rather than reach over on the wall and grab the extinguisher and put it out myself.  Or when a contractor lit my FME covers on fire doing hot work at the nuke plant, I should of called the fire team and then sat around, rather than call them and put it out myself first.   :headscratch:
I have to stop doing these stupid things

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Re: Saw a plane crash yesterday
« Reply #25 on: May 16, 2011, 04:58:29 AM »
LOL, one should wake up before entering the forum  :o
It was very interesting to carry out the flight trials at Rechlin with the Spitfire and the Hurricane. Both types are very simple to fly compared to our aircraft, and childishly easy to take-off and land. (Werner Mölders)

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Re: Saw a plane crash yesterday
« Reply #26 on: May 16, 2011, 06:28:34 AM »
Glad everyone was o.k.!  As far as putting out a fire, why would they even have fire extinguishers if you weren't supposed to use them?  And even if you weren't supposed to use them on avgas, I think if someone stumbled out of the plane on fire, they would have appreciated an attempt to at least put THEM out.
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Re: Saw a plane crash yesterday
« Reply #27 on: May 16, 2011, 06:32:30 AM »
Glad everyone was fine. Good moves on your part.

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Re: Saw a plane crash yesterday
« Reply #28 on: May 16, 2011, 08:29:15 AM »
Some folks would have brought a gun and a camera  :devil
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Re: Saw a plane crash yesterday
« Reply #29 on: May 16, 2011, 08:55:42 AM »
And when human lives are involved, you do not think on these notes. Shame on that!


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