Rotorwork

Photo shows another angle of the landing area, +1 for a speedy recovery.

Looks to be a Beechcraft 17 Staggerwing, one of the most beautiful tail draggers around. Hope the pilot is on the mend & the Aircraft can be fixed. Note the reporter says Tiger Moth, at least its not a Cessna. Fly Safe R W:rotary: https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/24017922/pilot-injured-in-sw-plane-crash/

A man received a message from his neighbour "Sorry sir I am using your wife...I am using day and night .... I am using when you are not present at home.... In fact I am using more than You are using..... I confess this because now I feel very much guilt... Hope You will accept my sincere apologies " ... And the man shot his wife....... Few minutes later he received another message : Sorry sir, spelling mistake ... wifi not wife.

I ended up with an older woman at a pub last night. She looked OK for a 61 year-old. In fact, she wasn’t too bad at all, and I found myself thinking that she probably had a really hot daughter. We drank a bit, had a bit of a snuggle, and then she asked if I’d ever had a ‘Sportsman’s Double’. “What’s that?” I asked, thinking maybe a beer and whisky mix. “A mother and daughter threesome,” she said. I said “No”, excitedly,...”Never had one of those.” We drank some more, then she said that tonight was my ‘lucky night’. So we went back to her place. She put on the hall light and shouted upstairs, “Mum, you still awake?

A man is dining in a fancy restaurant and there is a gorgeous red head sitting at the next table. He has been checking her out since he sat down, but lacks the nerve to talk with her. Suddenly she sneezes, and her glass eye comes flying out of its socket toward the man. He reflexively reaches out, grabs it out of the air, and hands it back. 'Oh my, I am so sorry,' the woman says as she pops her eye back in place... 'Let me buy your dinner to make it up to you,' she says. They enjoy a wonderful dinner together, and afterwards they go to the theatre followed by drinks. They talk, they laugh, she shares her deepest dreams and he shares his.. She listens. After paying for everything, she asks him if he would like to come to her place for a nightcap and stay for breakfast. They had a wonderful, wonderful time.. The next morning, she cooks a gourmet meal with all the trimmings. The guy is amazed. Everything had been SO incredible! 'You know,' he said, 'you are the perfect woman. Are you this nice to every guy you meet?' 'No,' she replies. . . Wait for it.. It's coming. . The suspense is killing you, isn't it? She says: 'You just happened to catch my eye.' [/url]

I had read on another site that it was a Cirrus demonstrator , arrived in February, flown out from the US, it was at the Tyabb airshow in March, Had a recent tour to NZ as well. Fly Safe R W

Hook it on a long line, take it up to 10 000 feet, over runway, make sure the pilot has a chute on, let her go, if she glides land it. If she doesn't, bail out. R W:rotary:

Two Irish Hunters >>> >>> Two Irishmen, Paddy and Mick, got a pilot to fly them to northern >>> Canada where they could hunt Moose. >>> They managed to bag six Moose. >>> But as they were loading the plane, the pilot said he could carry >>> only four Moose. >>> The two lads objected strongly, “Last year we got six. >>> The pilot let us take them all and he had the same plane as yours.” >>> Reluctantly, the pilot gave in and all six Moose were loaded. >>> However, on take-off, the little plane couldn’t handle the load and >>> went down, crashing into the wilderness. >>> Somehow, Paddy and Mick survived the crash, and climbed out of the >>> wreckage. >>> Paddy asked Mick, “Any idea where we are?” >>> >>> >>> >>> “I think we are pretty close to where we crashed last year.” >>> Not Bad Regards R W:rotary:

It would be nice to see him land on the trailer:rotary: Fly Safe R W

I had read that there was going to be 2 aircraft from the Tasmanian Aero Club on display at Agfest, drumming up business for Flying Training. The pilot of VH-MKQ is an experienced G A pilot & a R A instructor. Apparently the grass was wet. An Update from the Examiner ATSB probe into Agfest plane crash By LUCY POSKITT May 1, 2014, 12:15 p.m. Photo by Geoff Robson A LIGHT plane crash at Carrick yesterday afternoon will be investigated by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau. The Cessna crashed shortly before 2pm into a paddock at Quercus Rural Youth Park, the home of Agfest. The Launceston pilot, 32, walked away from the accident. A spokesman for the ATSB said the investigation had started, and would include interviews with the pilot and examining photos of the aircraft. ``The aircraft touched down and the pilot applied the brakes, however, the aircraft did not decelerate normally,'' he said. ``The aircraft overran the runway, collided with a fence, and the nose landing gear entered a ditch. ``The aircraft rolled over and came to rest inverted. The pilot was uninjured and the aircraft was substantially damaged.'' The report would be released within several months, the ATSB said. It was previously reported the Civil Aviation Safety Authority would investigate the crash; however, CASA is a regulatory body and will only look at whether any regulatory breaches have occurred after the release of the ATSB report.

http://www.examiner.com.au/story/2250057/aircraft-pilot-loses-control-on-landing-at-agfest/?cs=95 Aircraft pilot loses control on landing at Agfest April 30, 2014, 2:30 p.m. The upturned Cessna at Agfest this afternoon. Photo by Geoff Robson A light aircraft has come to rest on its roof after its pilot lost control on landing at the Agfest site this afternoon. Emergency services were notified of the incident just before 2pm. The 32-year-old pilot in a Cessna, lost control on landing. The aircraft went through two fences and came to rest upside down. The pilot was not hurt and there were no passengers on board at the time.

From ABC http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-28/darwin-plane-emergency-belly-landing-pilot/5415914 Nice to see a good ending Fly Safe R W A passenger on board a light plane forced to make an emergency belly landing at Darwin Airport has praised the skill of the pilot. The twin-engine plane was preparing to land in north-eastern Arnhem Land this morning when it experienced difficulties with its landing gear. The plane, carrying three people, was then redirected to Darwin to make an emergency landing. Emergency crews were on standby when the plane made a successful landing. Passenger Geoff Harper said at no time during the landing did he feel unsafe. "It was well-controlled and well-managed ... the pilot kept us informed the whole time," he said. "I've flown with him before and I trust him, and I know he knows what he's talking about." Mr Harper's wife, Hannah, said she was praying for a safe landing. "Just praying for safety for him and wisdom for the pilot," she said. "I had also contacted close friends and family members to ask them for their prayers. "Soon after he gave me a call and he sounded very calm, he also said the pilot has been fantastic."

From ABC News http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-21/eight-killed-as-skydivers-plane-crashes-in-finland/5401352 A small aeroplane taking a group of skydivers for an Easter jump crashed in Finland on Sunday, killing eight people, police said. The Comp Air 8 plane went down in the town of Jamijarvi in the west of the country. There were 11 people on board. Three of them, including the pilot, jumped to safety before the plane crashed, police said. The survivors have been hospitalised but their lives are not in danger. All the skydivers were residents of the area, police said. Witnesses said the plane appeared to run into engine trouble and fell rapidly. The Jamijarvi airport is a popular spot with amateur skydivers. From ASN Looking at ASN Website they say that the Aircraft may have had a catastrophic failure of the left wing. http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=165618

Very Sad Fly Safe R W http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-12/girl-killed-as-light-plane-crashes-into-clarence-river/5386254 A 12-year-old girl has died after a light plane hit powerlines and crashed into the Clarence River in northern New South Wales. Police say three people were in the four-seater plane when it crashed into the river at Ewingar, south-west of Casino. The pilot, in his 50s, was able to free himself from the wreckage and get to a nearby property to raise the alarm. He was taken to hospital, while a 39-year-old man was airlifted to Lismore Base Hospital with serious injuries. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau says it is sending three investigators who will talk to the pilot and try to work out what went wrong.

Lucky to escape alive. Check out the photo Regards R W http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/9922390/Light-plane-crashes-near-Feilding Two people have been seriously injured after a light plane collided with a digger on a truck and crashed over a rural road at an airport near Feilding this evening. Witness Bridgette Blumenthal saw the plane collide while it was attempting to land. "I heard a horrific bang and everything went everywhere, " she said. "I went running out there and saw half the plane here and half the plane there. "It was horrendous, I can't believe it. And the bloke in the truck, I don't think he could believe what happened. " The truck was transporting the digger past the airfield. "There were two people in the plane," Blumenthal said. "I came and got blankets for them. "The pilot was a woman who seemed OK and there was a man in shock." Blumenthal said the truck towing the digger had been driving towards Campbell Rd. The light plane was in pieces across the road, with the cockpit and wings crumpled on the runway. The digger was on a trailer towed by a Higgins truck. Higgins staff on the scene did not comment. Police central communication Inspector Mike Coleman said police, fire and ambulance personnel were called to the incident near the end of the runway at Taonui Airfield at 5.07pm. The passenger, in his early 20s, had walked away from the crash. He was inspected by ambulance officers at the scene before being taken to Palmerston North Hospital with serious injuries, Coleman said. CIB Detective Sergeant Ashley Gurney said two people were seriously injured in the crash and had been taken to Palmerston North Hospital. He said it was understood that the plane clipped the digger while coming in to land. "In daylight we can assess the damage to other vehicles," he said. Gurney said the CAA was aware of the incident and the Transport Accident Investigation Commission would be the investigating authority. An investigator would be sent up from Wellington in the morning, he said. "They will start a scene examination and, with police assistance, conduct witness interviews," he said. Gurney said the road would be re-opened tonight. He said another vehicle may have been involved.

http://www.xdh.ca/L-40_Meta_Sokol/l-40_meta_sokol.html Above is a Link to a fair amount of Meta Sokol Information, Also link to ASN Database for Meta Sokol Accidents http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/dblist.php?AcType=L40 9 were sent to Australia, Regards R W VH - DEH; DUC; DUE; DUP; DUT; DUX; DUY; ENG; RCW

That's all Allan needs From ABC News Two Qantas aircraft have collided in an incident on the ground at Los Angeles airport. The airline says the wing tips of an A380 and B747 clipped while being towed out of the hangar. There were no passengers on board and no injuries have been reported in the collision, which has been reported to the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). A full investigation is underway. In a statement issued by the airline, a Qantas spokesperson said both aircraft had been assessed by engineers resulting in the cancellation of two services. The affected flights are QF94 (Los Angeles to Melbourne) and QF16 (Los Angeles to Brisbane). QF94 will now depart 11:30pm (local time) arriving into Melbourne at 10:20am two days later. QF16 will depart at 11.50pm (local time), arriving into Brisbane at 8:00am two days later.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/pilot-survives-as-helicopter-plunges-into-banana-plantation/story-fnihsrf2-1226832299717 Photo of the machine, Regards R W

Take off, you should know the ABC never gets it wrong! Another site stated that it was an instructor & a TIF student

From ABC News http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-18/small-plane-crashes-at-melbourne-airport/5266868 With a photo of VH - RXM a C 150 A pilot and a student pilot have escaped injury after their single-engine Cessna crashed on take-off at Moorabbin Airport in Melbourne's south-eastern suburbs. The instructor took over the plane after it got into trouble after taking off around 11:15am (AEDT). Commander Marcus Baker of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB) says the plane crashed into the grassed area in the centre of the airfield. "It's come down on the runway and then perhaps bounced off and ended up breaking off one of the wheels," he said. "The front end is heavily damaged, the prop, motor area. "It's tipped both wings on the ground so they're badly damaged as well." He says it does not appear as though anyone was injured. "I think they've done very well for themselves considering the damage to the front of the plane," Commander Baker said. Fire crews laid down a blanket of foam on and around the plane which was leaking fuel. Flights have resumed but planes are not using the centre runway where the crash happened.

From http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/south-east/not-so-soft-landing-for-pilot-at-moorabbin-airport/story-fngnvmhm-1226823860115 A PILOT was left shaken after losing a wheel and running off the runway while trying to land at Moorabbin Airport this afternoon. Emergency services were called to the airport when the single-engine aircraft damaged a wing and lost a wheel at around 2.20pm. MFB spokeswoman Meg Rayner said the pilot, the sole occupant of the aircraft, had escaped relatively unscathed but was “quite shaken”. “He’s hit the runway and taken a sharp turn to the left and run across the infield,” Ms Rayner said. “Luckily his wheel came off and that brought the plane to an abrupt halt.” Fire crews remained at the scene to check whether the plane’s fuel cell was undamaged before towing it off the runway. The incident caused the temporary closure of the North-South runways while the plane was removed, while the other runways remained open. Fire trucks from Carlton, Clayton, Mentone and Highett attended the accident.

From http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/news/plane-lands-on-beach-near-barwon-heads/story-fnjuhxh0-1226811382415 SURPRISED beach goers watched as a vintage Tiger Moth plane landed on the sand at Thirteenth Beach this afternoon. They hurried out of the way as the plane made the emergency landing about 1.30pm, reportedly because of an engine failure. Witnesses said between 50 and 100 beach goers watched the incident before two men exited the plane "I heard someone screaming for us to get out of the way and turned around and saw it," said Melbourne man Alex Keynes. "It missed my mother-in-law and three-year-old niece by about one metre. "Overall, I'd say the pilot did a fantastic job to land it safely and not hit anyone, but I would like to know what their policy is about landing on the beach, because if that happened at somewhere like Torquay, where th beaches are much more crowded it could have been very dangerous." Louis Cameron also witnessed the bizarre event. "It was really strange. I was reading a book one minute and then I heard a noise and looked up and saw the plane," he said. "It was pretty much a perfect landing. "It was a surprising thing to see but it really wasn't that dramatic. People just hurried to get out of the way. "It was a smooth landing, it just bounced a bit when it got on the rocks. "The interesting thing now will be to see how they get it out of there."

http://www.youtube.com/embed/fybch3DX8c8 Good Driver. Regards R W

A ragged, old, derelict shuffled into a down and dirty bar. Stinking of whiskey and cigarettes, his hands shook as he took the "Piano Player Wanted" sign from the window and handed it to the bartender. "I'd like to apply for the job," he said. "I was an S-2/C-1 driver, flying off carriers back in the 70's, but when they retired the "Stoof" all the thrill was gone, and soon they cashed me in as well. I learned to play the piano at O-Club happy hours, so here I am." The bartender wasn't too sure about this doubtful looking old guy, but it had been quite a while since he had a piano player and business was falling off. So, why not give him a try. The seedy pilot staggered his way over to the piano while several patrons snickered. By the time he was into his third bar of music, every voice was silenced. What followed was a rhapsody of soaring music unlike anything heard in the bar before. When he finished there wasn't a dry eye in the place. The bartender took the old pilot a beer and asked him the name of the song he had just played. It's called "Drop your Skivvies, Baby, I'm Going Balls To The Wall For You" he said. After a long pull from the beer, leaving it empty, he said "I wrote it myself." The bartender and the crowd winced at the title, but the piano player just went on into a knee-slapping, hand-clapping bit of ragtime that had the place jumping. After he finished, the pilot acknowledged the applause, downed a second proffered mug, and told the crowd the song was called, "Big Boobs Make My Magneto's Light. He then launched into another mesmerizing song and everyone in the room was enthralled. He announced that it was the latest rendition of his song, "Spread 'em Baby, It's Foggy Out Tonight and I Need To See The Centerline", excused himself and headed for the john. When he came out the bartender went over to him and said, "Hey fly boy, the job is yours, but do you know your fly is open and your pecker is hanging out?" "Know it?" the old pilot replied, "Hell, I wrote it!"

A 'Baptist Preacher' was seated next to a cowboy on a flight to Texas.. After the plane took off, the cowboy asked for a whiskey and soda, which was brought and placed before him. The flight attendant then asked the 'Preacher' if he would like a drink. Appalled, the 'Preacher' replied, "I'd rather be tied up & taken advantage of by a woman of ill-repute, than let liquor touch my lips." The cowboy then handed his drink back to the attendant and said, "Me too, I didn't know we had a choice."