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Title: Which one of you guys was this?
Post by: DaveBB on April 29, 2017, 09:07:45 PM: Quote
This middle-aged man arrived at a private airport and showed off his new plane. He stated he had never flown a plane in his life and was planning on taking his first lesson soon. He then let everyone know the airport manager said it would be alright for him to taxi it down to the runway. However, instead, he ended up firing the plane up and took off instead. He hit the throttle and took off barely missing the trees. Eventually, he came down in a crash landing bending his landing gear and damaging the nose-wheel of his plane.
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Title: Re: Which one of you guys was this?
Post by: Vudu15 on April 29, 2017, 09:25:56 PM: well their are no rules saying you cant do that so have fun I guess.... :uhoh
Title: Re: Which one of you guys was this?
Post by: pembquist on April 29, 2017, 10:37:59 PM: That could have been really ugly.
Title: Re: Which one of you guys was this?
Post by: Vraciu on April 29, 2017, 10:43:36 PM: Quote from: DaveBB on April 29, 2017, 09:07:45 PM
https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8c2_1493420133

That's not a plane. It's a kite with lawnmower parts.
Title: Re: Which one of you guys was this?
Post by: Brooke on April 29, 2017, 10:52:52 PM: What a maniac.

Well, I guess it seemed like a good idea to him at the time. :uhoh
Title: Re: Which one of you guys was this?
Post by: Puma44 on April 30, 2017, 12:31:46 AM: Oh wow! :x
Title: Re: Which one of you guys was this?
Post by: NatCigg on April 30, 2017, 07:21:05 AM: with over 20 years of flight sim experience and dozens of rides in jetliners, i can say i am a better pilot than him. :old:
Title: Re: Which one of you guys was this?
Post by: Meatwad on April 30, 2017, 07:50:26 AM: More money then brains :old:
Title: Re: Which one of you guys was this?
Post by: bustr on May 03, 2017, 02:27:41 PM: Often taking off is too easy with light planes like his.

He was terrified of dieing and you could see it every time he attempted to bring the plane down. The ground coming up at him terrified him and he would suddenly pull up in fear. He got pretty slow at a few points and I thought we would see him wing stall and auger in.
Title: Re: Which one of you guys was this?
Post by: DaveBB on May 03, 2017, 03:23:36 PM: It looked like the plane was controlled only by rudder, elevator, and engine. Yes, I thought he was stalled several times too.

Best comment from LiveLeak:

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Recent graduate of the Harrison Ford Flight School.
Title: Re: Which one of you guys was this?
Post by: Tec on May 04, 2017, 10:10:56 AM: The whole time I was watching that I was thinking he was actually a 1337 pilot and it was some sort of stunt right up until he put it down and almost bought the farm. Brings back memories of that old man who bought a Heli and tried to fly it with no training whatsoever. Honestly not sure which one of them is a better pilot though. Heli guy's first flight went a whole lot worse than the ultralight, but in his defense his craft was infinitely more complex and I think he managed to get it off the ground at least before wadding it up.
Title: Re: Which one of you guys was this?
Post by: Mister Fork on May 04, 2017, 05:22:55 PM: I think it was a day for this dude....

I'd rather be down here wishing I was up there - than up there wishing I was down there.... - Pilot mantra. Crappy place to be. In waaay over his head.

And most of would agree - he's not a Aces High Pilot :D
Title: Re: Which one of you guys was this?
Post by: DaveBB on May 04, 2017, 05:50:22 PM: This guy would make an excellent Storch pilot in AH. The way he came in over the trees, not appearing till the last second. Zigging and zagging left and right, up and down, dodging tank pintle MG fire.

Maybe he IS an Aces High pilot...
Title: Re: Which one of you guys was this?
Post by: Wiley on May 05, 2017, 02:22:05 PM: Like Dad used to say, the lord looks out for the stupid. Glad nothing horrible happened.

Wiley.
Title: Re: Which one of you guys was this?
Post by: colmbo on May 05, 2017, 05:36:44 PM: Quote from: Mister Fork on May 04, 2017, 05:22:55 PM

And most of would agree - he's not a Aces High Pilot :D

I dunno...lands like the average AH pilot.
Title: Re: Which one of you guys was this?
Post by: Puma44 on May 06, 2017, 01:08:15 PM: Quote from: colmbo on May 05, 2017, 05:36:44 PM
I dunno...lands like the average AH pilot.

:rofl