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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: cactuskooler on July 09, 2009, 07:53:48 PM
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The following is a true story. No barnyard animals (sheep) were harmed in the making of this landing.
Having dispatched my latest prey, I suddenly had the uncontrollable urge to land!
(http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh473/cactuskooler/Begining.jpg)
I called on a nearby RAF Typhoon for immediate support.
(http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh473/cactuskooler/Sheding_Parts.jpg)
The loss of my excess parts expedited my approach, but I was caught of guard by the sudden gain of speed. I needed to burn it off, and burn it off now. Despite the lack of elevators, I pulled the wheel with all my might! It sent the underside of my plane out in front! The increased drag helped to retard my excess speed.
(http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh473/cactuskooler/Speed_Reduction.jpg)
BUT right then a barn jumped outta nowhere! With no time to spare I increased power on my functional starboard engine, and managed to only tap my right boom stump on the poor farmers roof.
(http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh473/cactuskooler/Barn_Hit.jpg)
It became evident that the farmer had recently plowed his field. This made it much too rough for a simple belly landing... I needed a softer landing on account of my back problems, and I needed it now. I noticed a hedgerow off my 1 o'clock and began maneuvering for that fantastic foliage.
(http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh473/cactuskooler/Soft_Landing.jpg)
At this point the I was confident that a landing would be possible. I set her down making sure that the left wing could be safely removed.
(http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh473/cactuskooler/Lost_Wing.jpg)
The same hedgerow that saved me earlier was now about seek it's revenge on me. Luckily, I was reminded of one of Guppy's famous landings. He actually found a gap in the hedgerow and safely maneuvered through it! I heeded this superb advice and replicated the maneuver.
Not on my watch you bush!
(http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh473/cactuskooler/Hedge_Gap.jpg)
I was home free! Or was I... I was a sitting duck out on the ground. I needed a concealed parking spot, and I needed it now. Once again that valiant hedgerow offered it's services, this time in the form of shelter. I parked right inside that hedgerow, while at the same time making sure that my flames didn't hurt it's leaves.
(http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh473/cactuskooler/Fini.jpg)
In conclusion, I like to think that this was a fairly successful landing. Even if at no time was I inverted, nor did my port engine ever caught fire. Although the lack of flames on my port engine did make it possible to use that shady concealed parking spot.
Due to a shortage on propellers, the insurance company needed an "in-game screen shot" to verify that both propellers where in fact bent to an unusable position. By this time the starboard engine flame had subsided.
(http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh473/cactuskooler/Insurence_Policy.jpg)
:salute
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NICE.
The typh pilot must have been thrilled. :lol
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nailed it :aok I see Guppy has taught you one or two tricks
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Unfortunately, the Russian judged scored a 4.5 for Technical Merit because you used the hanger to help propel your plane further than it would have naturally. Though you did nail the Artistic Merit scores with a straight 5.0 score from all the judges. It will be interesting to see if anyone in SAPP can top your Triple Indy Spin.
I heard Mensa has been working on a 900 Backflip but is having some troubles keeping the plane centered due to his peg leg slipping off the rudder pedals.
ack-ack
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He said "boom stump"
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As a non-SAPP I still give it a big :aok :aok
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looked photo shopped to me :rofl
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Looks to me that you still had to many parts and not damaged enough for SAPP standards. Keep trying!
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DuHasst