Old Koreelah Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 Light plane collides with horse at Brentwood, SA Police say - ABC News WWW.ABC.NET.AU Police say a light plane has collided with a horse on South Australia's Yorke Peninsula. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBob Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 Yes...but was it a Cessna??? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 The C-172 could do with a few more horses. Nev 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBob Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 I was at a Queensland dropzone years ago when the pilot put down, crawled around underneath for a bit, then called it for the day and flew away. Can't remember for the life of me what the aircraft was...8 or 10 place, I think....but a load had gone down near an ag strip (round canopies,little drive, bad spot) so he set down there, they repacked, loaded up. On takeoff he rotated over a sheep that nipped out from behind the fert bin, resulting in large woolly dents in the belly of the aircraft.........( 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 I've heard of more than one kangaroo strike on remote airstrips, but a horse strike has to be one for the record books. Just kind of makes you wonder though, why you'd have a horse on the loose over an active airstrip? Surely, one of the first things you'd do is make sure the horse is secure before attempting a takeoff? Horses can really move when they're spooked, and they run blindly, just like 'roos and sheep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 We're nearly all in a hurry though, aren't we? Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 6 hours ago, IBob said: Yes...but was it a Cessna??? No, the Journalist said it was a Jabiru just upside down (NZ position), AND they said it was a Recreational Aircraft, but a massive failure in not telling us the breed of horse or showing a photo of a horse. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 Quick video on Ch 7 News looked like a Jab 120. Typical newscaster/journo referred to it as a cropduster. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 More importantly - was it actually a horse? - or was it really a camel, misdescribed?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyBoy1960 Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 No it was a horse, a white horse, he left in a white horse float full of hay with a split lip and a black eye. Teach him to take on a bird ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 Jabiru versus the neigh sayers. 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyBoy1960 Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 (edited) c'mon, stop the horsi'n around! Edited July 30, 2023 by FlyBoy1960 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrendAn Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 the horse declined to comment 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litespeed Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 You guys... Obviously know nought about horses.. It was Pegasus and he was doing a cross wind takeoff when attack by a Jabiru. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrendAn Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrendAn Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 in the horses defence he had only ever seen jabirus land in paddocks, he didn't realise they took off as well. 1 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurbAero Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 I hear it was Mr. Ed. You can get the story straight from the horses mouth. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horsefeathers Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 So, was the Jabiru on a stable approach? 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyBoy1960 Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 Even the 'victims' will get a laugh out of these really bad jokes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ando Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 I heard it was a Brumby and not a Jabiru… 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotorwork Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 In the news today sadly the horse was put down, so not so funny after all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyBoy1960 Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 (edited) He looked ok being driven away in the horse float, even looked like he was smiling Horse 1 - Jabiru 0 If he was in fact more injured, then thats a real shame, RIP Horse because now I feel bad for making fun of him and horsing around with some of my comments. Edited July 31, 2023 by FlyBoy1960 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spenaroo Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 (edited) I suspect there will be more to this story, and one very sheepish horse owner - who I imagine insurance agents are going to be going after hard to imagine an owner taking off in the same paddock as livestock. suspect its more likely a neighbor has decided the grass is greener there I know that extended family's bush property was always having neighbor's running livestock on it. Edited July 31, 2023 by spenaroo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotorwork Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-31/horse-hit-by-plane-dies-after-crash-during-take-off/102667574 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 Is this site still working? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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