OOPS...

[River]

 

The pilot of a Cessna climbs out of his small plane uninjured after a giant Russian Antonov jet, in background, flipped it over with the force of its engines while both aircraft were taxiing toward the main runway Thursday at Calgary International Aiport.

 

 

[Bandit12]

I imagine that would have been one short, but wild ride....

 

 

[johnm]

............. you'd feel like running up in front of the ruskie and throwing spuds (or frozen chickens) in the inlets

 

 

[facthunter]

Idle speed is enough usually for taxiing purposes. The problem is when the plane has stopped and has to get moving again. If the pilot uses a handful you would not want to be anywhere near the jet efflux area This should have been posed a while ago. Finger trouble. Thanks to the sophisticated nature of Ian's site I picked it up. nev

 

 

[farri]

Happened to a guy I instructed, way back when. Not by another aircraft but by a willy willy. He had gone flying in his Sky Dart,from the Mareeba aerodrome. He had landed and was taxiing back to the hangar when all of a sudden he found himsel

 

upside-down. He wasn`t badly hurt but the aircraft was damaged. He swore he didn`t see any sign of the willy.

 

A Cessna coming in to land almost got into trouble but managed to go around then land safely.

 

Frank.

 

 

[facthunter]

Willy willy's or dust devils are a threat to a lot of aircraft even large ones. More so for things with light wing loadings. Nev

 

 

[dutchroll]

In my day job, we're always at pains to be aware if there are any light aircraft nearby. The thrust required to "unstick" a stationary jet and get it moving at the heavier weights can be up around 40% N1, which is a fair bit of wind to blow the way of a Cessna! As facthunter said, you rarely need more than idle thrust to keep the plane moving, except perhaps at very heavy weight on a hot day. And if you're doing your job properly you shouldn't normally need more than idle thrust going around a corner either. But even idle thrust can be a lot if your plane is tiny and the jetblast hits you sideways.

 

 

[facthunter]

You are lucky if it was a DAY job. Nev

 

 

[dutchroll]

I kid myself.

 

The night hours and back-of-clock are plentiful, but I keep telling myself if I pretend they're not there, they'll stop scheduling me for them!

 

 

[Patrick Normoyle]

Often these big guys only use their inboard engines as the outer ones are low and hang over the non-sealed areas and can suck up all sorts of crap, should have stayed a bit further back perhaps.