JEM Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Happened 24 April. Both occupants uninjured. Media report is as headline below but according to the report content it was apparently only a taxying incident Microlight crashes at Illawarra airport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEM Posted April 24, 2017 Author Share Posted April 24, 2017 Photo in this report Ultralight aircraft crashes at Illawarra Regional Airport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightyknots Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Great news to hear no one is hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf jessup Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Since when has running in to a ditch while taxying be classed as crashing Oh I know when the dipstick useless media wants to dramatise stuff Some should just not report 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happyflyer Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 If you drove your car into a ditch and rolled , it would be a car crash. Can't blame them for calling it a microlight crash in this case I would have thought. Although a car crash with minor damage and no injuries would not be reported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Since when has running in to a ditch while taxying be classed as crashingOh I know when the dipstick useless media wants to dramatise stuff Some should just not report If its engine stopped or it ran out of fuel, that would be a forced landing. If it ran into a ditch and rolled over, I would call that a crash. The word taxying might be putting into peoples' minds a lazy walking pace roll along the runway, but it may also been a botched landing and relatively high speed excursion, like the hundreds that have been reported by RAA over the years. The disptick useless media almost always show up with a shorthand pad, and take down what someone on the scene says, write that up as a story, and give it to the editor. They are constantly under attack by people like yourself regarding aviation terms, by sheep owners angrily phoning to say they sold POLL dorsets, cattle owners saying the animal was a HEIFFER, not a cow, and so on. We recently had one of the expert aviators on this site referring to a forced landing as an "outlanding", and he wasn't a dipstick journalist. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf jessup Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 If its engine stopped or it ran out of fuel, that would be a forced landing.If it ran into a ditch and rolled over, I would call that a crash. The word taxying might be putting into peoples' minds a lazy walking pace roll along the runway, but it may also been a botched landing and relatively high speed excursion, like the hundreds that have been reported by RAA over the years. The disptick useless media almost always show up with a shorthand pad, and take down what someone on the scene says, write that up as a story, and give it to the editor. They are constantly under attack by people like yourself regarding aviation terms, by sheep owners angrily phoning to say they sold POLL dorsets, cattle owners saying the animal was a HEIFFER, not a cow, and so on. We recently had one of the expert aviators on this site referring to a forced landing as an "outlanding", and he wasn't a dipstick journalist. Well Turbs What can one say to that other than glad that a reporter wasn't around when those sheep, cattle and or Heiffers walked through a ditch as it would have been multiple crashes I think I might hav a crash today walking though a ditch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storchy neil Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 now mater how you look at it still reportable end of story neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Aeroplanes are more sensational than cars. It's not going to change. We fly them because they give us an experience extra to that of cars. Part of the "aura" which hasn't completely died from the early days. On that matter I was going to Kyneton on Sunday but there were VAST numbers of cars in the parking areas provided so I decide to go back home , as they didn't need my contribution to make it a success and I don't like crowds. Apparently aviation can still draw large numbers. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hargraves Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 The last information i,m aware of regarding participating member numbers of our hobby, that is, owner pilots, was indicative of us representing .0017% of the Australian population so I would agree that the general populations ignorance of our sport is normal and that paid media reporting to avoid the facts and make it entertainment instead of news, is what that same public enjoys and prefers, so we just have to groan and endure it I think guys. I would like to expand a little bit and add to what facthunter said though, as I do believe their is a much greater differance in why we fly than the extra experience it offers. I think the differance is because pilots actively seek and enjoy being on our own recognense and fully resposible for ourselves, which is not the case with most earthlings, as far as I can work out anyway. Cheers Hargraves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yenn Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 0.0017% seems a very small number for pilots and puts me in a very small group. I wonder who the other 400 or so are and how they can keep the fleet airborne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 Have a think about it guys.."Microlight crashes into a ditch"................... "Microlight taxied into a ditch" Which headline is gunna sell more papers?Sensationalism sells, truth often does not It rolled on its side; you taxy that way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hargraves Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 Hey yen I think I miss cued a naught or so eh. Cheers hargraves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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