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Post by ErrolC on Apr 24, 2014 7:24:35 GMT 12
Thanks for the update.
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Post by kiwibeavers on Apr 24, 2014 19:04:51 GMT 12
Hi Errol, do you have any photographer friends in the Hawkes Bay? Wouldn't mind a photo or two of Cresco LTP static or working. Thankyou.
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Post by ErrolC on Apr 24, 2014 19:34:19 GMT 12
Afraid not.
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Post by kiwiduster1 on Apr 30, 2014 20:48:00 GMT 12
kiwibeavers !! Check your messages !! Sent 2 days ago !! Cheers
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Oct 9, 2014 10:40:02 GMT 12
from The Dominion Post....Injured pilot recovers to fly againBy TRACEY CHATTERTON | 5:00AM - Thursday, 09 October 2014 ROBIN LANGSLOW: “I remember clipping the fence, but
the impact is a bit hazy.” — Photo: BRETT MEAD.ROBIN LANGSLOW's bones crumbled like “cornflakes” when his topdressing plane dived into a bank.
As a topdressing pilot with more than 40 years experience, flying for Langslow, 61, is as natural as driving a car.
On February 4th, Langslow was approaching the airstrip on his central Hawke's Bay farm, as he had done “thousands of times” before.
The Civil Aviation Authority is investigating what went wrong.
“I remember clipping the fence, but the impact is a bit hazy. I think I was partially stunned from the clip to my teeth.”
The cockpit crashed into the bank at about 50 knots and his head was flung forward into the joystick, smashing his teeth, cheekbone and eye socket.
His arm on the power lever snapped and “blew” the bone through the skin.
His right leg shattered like “cornflakes” while a bone in his left leg also split the skin, and his ankle was left dislocated and dangling on an odd angle.
His passenger, a topdressing loader driver, suffered similar injuries.
Luckily, Langslow's son was home and called the emergency services.
Having bones protruding did not stop Langslow giving the firefighters advice on how to cut him and the passenger out of the cockpit.
“I remember telling them they were cutting all the wrong bits.”
Then they shut him up with some pain relief. CLOSE CALL: Robin Langslow remembers giving emergency services advice on how to cut him
and his passenger out of the cockpit.The Lowe Corporation rescue helicopter flew both men to Hawke's Bay Regional Hospital in a critical condition.
The pair were lucky the crash killed the engine and prevented a fire starting.
“It was a bad accident — we were very lucky to get out of it. I don't take it lightly, that's for sure.”
Nine weeks later, Langslow's son pushed him down the aisle so he could give his daughter away. He made sure his face and teeth were repaired for the big day.
Four operations and eight months later, Langslow's limbs have healed around pins and metal rods.
He hobbles around the house and garden but needs to take the car to his hangar, a couple of hundred metres away.
He is back flying in a private capacity only.
“I don't think it's fair on the rest of the family to put them through that anxiety.”www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/10595340/Injured-pilot-recovers-to-fly-again
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Post by ZacYates on Oct 10, 2014 14:33:28 GMT 12
Great read and so glad to see Robin's recovering so well. Thanks for sharing, Bruce  |
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Post by ZacYates on Dec 10, 2014 10:11:03 GMT 12
An unfortunate addendum to this crash: Robin Langslow has been in Court over the crash. Story at the NZ Herald here: www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11371951"Robin Maxwell Langslow, 61, appeared in the Hastings District Court yesterday and admitted one representative charge of failing to comply with his flying conditions and a single charge of placing his passenger in unnecessary endangerment when he tried to land a Cresco top-dressing plane on his Otane farm......" Quite upsetting to read. |
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Post by ErrolC on Dec 10, 2014 10:22:22 GMT 12
There is making mistakes while piloting, then there is
From the reporting, the medical reasons for the restrictions on carrying passengers do not appear to have contributed to the crash.
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jan 15, 2015 16:43:00 GMT 12
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Post by skydognz on Jan 18, 2015 19:40:41 GMT 12
How do we get high winds and fog
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Post by thomarse on Jan 18, 2015 20:59:51 GMT 12
The media can get anything it would seem.
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