Author Topic: yikes! (Read 472 times)

Krusher · « **on:** November 18, 2002, 11:37:44 AM »

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/11/18/national/main529699.shtml

seatbelts are a good idea !

Thrawn · « **Reply #1 on:** November 18, 2002, 11:43:21 AM »

I would love to know exactly what the pilot was thinking at exactly this point, "when he heard a thump and saw the man's feet and legs leaving the airplane".

midnight Target · « **Reply #2 on:** November 18, 2002, 11:45:46 AM »

Was he hurt?

ra · « **Reply #3 on:** November 18, 2002, 11:47:22 AM »

How do you fall out of a plane, even in a turn? He must have jumped, or maybe he was messing around with the pilot's wife.

ra

texace · « **Reply #4 on:** November 18, 2002, 12:15:56 PM »

Kinda wonder what happened. Was the door not latched? Did the victim open the door? Raises questions about exactly what happened...

miko2d · « **Reply #5 on:** November 18, 2002, 12:17:26 PM »

ra: How do you fall out of a plane, even in a turn? He must have jumped...

Ever heard of a G-force? When you make turn in a car, everybody seems to be pulled "outward" by inertia? same in a plane.

miko

Hawklore · « **Reply #6 on:** November 18, 2002, 12:20:12 PM »

GO JAGUARS!

Hawklore · « **Reply #7 on:** November 18, 2002, 12:21:47 PM »

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Originally posted by midnight Target
Was he hurt?

I bet yah, hes dead, but he could of survived the fall...We all know that....

Thrawn · « **Reply #8 on:** November 18, 2002, 12:25:34 PM »

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Originally posted by miko2d
ra: How do you fall out of a plane, even in a turn? He must have jumped...

Ever heard of a G-force? When you make turn in a car, everybody seems to be pulled "outward" by inertia? same in a plane.

miko

Not quite, the plane must roll to turn, a car doesn't. In a coordinated turn your "gravity" is pulling you straight down to the bottom of the plane not stright down to the ground.

gofaster · « **Reply #9 on:** November 18, 2002, 12:29:28 PM »

"The pilot told investigators that both men were strapped in when the small trainer aircraft took off from the airport."

Investigator: Were you both buckled in prior to the flight?

Pilot: Yes.

Investigator: How do you know?

Pilot: Er, um, well, I belted him in myself. Yeah, that's it! Yeah, I belted him in myself."

ra · « **Reply #10 on:** November 18, 2002, 01:00:20 PM »

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Ever heard of a G-force?

Ever flown a plane?

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Pilot: Er, um, well, I belted him in myself. Yeah, that's it! Yeah, I belted him in myself."

Actually, all he would have to do is glance over at the other guy's seatbelt, the 152 has side-by-side seating. It should be part of his pre-takeoff checklist. Something's fishy.

ra

Curval · « **Reply #11 on:** November 18, 2002, 01:03:56 PM »

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Originally posted by ra
Something's fishy.
ra

I'll say...it sounds like a little Bre-Ex "out of the helicopter you go" action.

I still kick myself for not selling Bre-Ex "short" the day after that was reported.

john9001 · « **Reply #12 on:** November 18, 2002, 01:11:02 PM »

some people just don't like seat belts , they are too "restrictive" and "uncomfortable".

if some one dosn't want to use the seat belt in my car, i point to the windshield and tell them i don't care if they get hurt , but the windshield cost $200 to replace.

johnathanh18 · « **Reply #13 on:** November 18, 2002, 02:43:50 PM »

lol john. that is my thoughts exactly.

ComradII

ra · « **Reply #14 on:** November 18, 2002, 02:49:51 PM »

Belts have nothing to do with it. People don't fall out of airplanes under normal circumstances, any more than they fall out of cars.

ra