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yes it sounds like an air in the fuel line problem. I like how he got it right on the centre line.

g'day y'alljust been looking at the cost of buying a overhaul kit for a Mikuni fuel pump - during surfing, I came across this ad on eBay - states the pumps are Japanese made - for sale from Townsville - comments please...

 

Mikuni Pulse Pump DF52-73, 35LPH Flow Rate With Dual Fuel Outlets (Sold Each) | eBay

my father was in Darwin in WW2 and he saw a man's remains being hosed out of the rear turret of a Liberator: result of a cannon shell hit. He said that the poor tail gunner often copped it. Aircrew were brave men.

I just looked up the record of my relative who flew Hurricanes as night fighters for 18 months then Typhoons, (181 and 247 squadrons) then was shot down over Munster, March 1945, force marched the length of Germany, and survived, dying a couple of years ago aged 93. A comment in his record from his S/L, RJ McNair: "His untidy general appearance is more than offset by his operational knowledge which has been of great value".

His record lists his training in "low attack and rocket, Milfield, England, Hurricane VI, 17 hours"

There's an entry 13/3/45: "missing"; he said he was very lucky to be shot down during the day, as he'd previously been a night fighter for 18 months. He made a forced landing, obviously impossible at night.

They were amazing guys.

I've flown a tecnam P2002 all of once. Low wing, Rotax engine. Lovely aircraft, IMO. Others here will know much more about them. Pricey.

Fate is the Hunter by Ernest K Gann is a great read.

but 4 Blenheims didn't make it back, due to ferocious AA fire. .

surely the hero pilot was merely steering the stricken craft away from a school?

The news articles are all wrong. This is how they should read.TOTAL STEERING FAILURE ON QANTAS AIRCRAFT.

 

HERO PILOT STRUGGLES TO KEEP CONTROL.

 

"I THOUGHT WE WERE ALL GOING TO DIE", SAYS TRAUMATISED PASSENGER.

 

CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION INTO ALL QANTAS AIRCRAFT STEERING.

 

"DEATH TRAP", SAYS TERRIFIED PASSENGER.

 

"I'LL NEVER FLY QANTAS AGAIN", SAYS ANOTHER SURVIVOR.

 

"OVERSEAS MAINTENANCE TO BLAME", SAYS SHOP STEWARD.

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I flew a T9 out of Biggin Hill and would recommend it to every pilotPut it on your bucket list and just do it!

it's prompted me to start saving my pennies for a spitfire flight: 30 minutes for <3000 pounds. No problem. I just need to justify it to the minister.

when I go on holiday I like to go for a flight and see the area from the air. I was in San Fran over xmas and called Advantage Aviation at Palo Alto re flying a 152. They were great, and instructor David Schneider took me up. San Fran itself was shrouded in fog, with only the needle-like tip of the TransAmerica Pyramid showing, so we flew to Half Moon Bay and did a touch and go. I'd never flown a Cessna before, or any aircraft with a yoke, so that was interesting. It's extremely busy airspace, with about 200k movements/year at Palo Alto and it's near San Jose Int'l as well as SFO and a heap of other fields. Plus there are noise abatement procedures that include strict altitude limits. Quite a change from YMBD where I usually fly.

After flying a LSA/55 jab, the 152 seemed easy to land. The cost was reasonable: the 152 was US$99/hr inc. fuel, and David charged $70.

If you're in San Fran I recommend this outfit.

I live here, I know how where the bad service comes from and I have worked with hi tech people, I have no problems there.And once again, a reminder that 5000 airliners are in the sky at any one time from all countries and airlines, they ain't dropping out of the sky, especially A330s, mind you I would rather walk than catch a plane with an African airlines. I am concerned of that point, I am due to be in Africa and travel internally in 2019.

 

Obviously less than $790!

bits of crashed planes? Put there to remind students to pay attention?

I'm sort of thinking they should have had the engine off and feathered.....Overshoot and..... chop chop chop......

Pilot is fine physically. Not feeling too well mentally (understandable I think).

hmmm I wonder if I can do that in the jab at YMBD?

from where I live I've just spotted some 737s on descent into Adelaide, and sometimes there's an airbus, or a 777, does that count?

getting back to the original topic, has anyone heard how the pilot is going?

I'm with Bexr-B on this. As long as the pilot is OK, humor is fine.

was chatting to the father of my daughter's friend, complaining about how noisy some aircraft are, and he casually commented that you miss the noise when all engines stop. Turns out he was a business class passenger on BA9 on June 24th 1982. He made some interesting observations: he could see smoke coming from the flight deck and worried there was an electrical fire, was relieved this wasn't so; said that it glided for 20 minutes and they were lucky the engines restarted "we couldn't glide much longer". Very unimpressed with Indonesian ATC who took forever to appreciate the situation. The pilot had a quarter-inch wide strip of windscreen he could see through which made landing tricky. He had complete faith in the crew "obviously they knew what they were doing". He didn't hear any of Moody's famous announcements. He's a very calm person and is unruffled by it all.

I've never yet done a gear-up landing in the jab and I don't intend to.

it says "ATSB has been notified", I won't hold my breath for a report.

looks like 55-629, which is a Skyfox. That crash site is close to YMBD, so the plane probably operates from there or Rollos which is also close. It's great that he's got out with just a minor injury, good result.