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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Nov 3, 2014 18:25:24 GMT 12
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Post by jonesy on Nov 4, 2014 0:05:27 GMT 12
Just saw this on media here...yep just a bit bizarre! Just down the road from work, a bit difficult to confirm from the picture, but pretty sure thats the pub next to the shopping mall, biggest danger would be one of the "locals" wandering in its path as he was on his way for a few warm Emu Exports! All class  |
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Nov 4, 2014 0:21:07 GMT 12
The late Dick Beattie used to land ZK-DPH on the road and taxi into the Patangata pub carpark on a regular basis.
On one occasion, I even saw DPH in the Te Aute pub carpark. The only way he could have got the 185 into there would have been to land it on SH2.
Mind you, Dick could be a bit of a mad bugger at times when it came to rules & regulations.
He was a real “old-school” pilot.
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Post by suthg on Nov 4, 2014 5:46:12 GMT 12
I guess he felt in the instance above that without wings, he was not a hazard to other traffic and could stay on his side of the road. Backing out would need some manual pushing! Yes the spinning prop would have its attendant risk - and the braking and mobility is not as good as a car... but it was an emergency, was it not??  |
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Post by jonesy on Nov 4, 2014 7:24:28 GMT 12
I guess he felt in the instance above that without wings, he was not a hazard to other traffic and could stay on his side of the road. Backing out would need some manual pushing! Yes the spinning prop would have its attendant risk - and the braking and mobility is not as good as a car... but it was an emergency, was it not?? The spinning prop is a risk...you should see the locals there-they arent the quickest moving people on the block! |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 4, 2014 9:09:06 GMT 12
School finishes at 2pm there? That's early. Listen to my interview on the WONZ Show with well known kiwi comedy actor Peter Rowley and he talks about his dad flying into the pub, and going in for several beers while Peter waited in the Auster in the pub carpark, then later they'd fly home! www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZ_Show_51_60.html#58_Rowley |
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Post by Bruce on Nov 4, 2014 9:26:15 GMT 12
I guess he felt in the instance above that without wings, he was not a hazard to other traffic and could stay on his side of the road. Backing out would need some manual pushing! Yes the spinning prop would have its attendant risk - and the braking and mobility is not as good as a car... but it was an emergency, was it not?? The spinning prop is a risk...you should see the locals there-they arent the quickest moving people on the block! If you were close enough for the prop to be a danger, you'd still be in trouble if it was a car. The Plane is probably moving slower anyway so is probably safer! No WOF though! |
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Post by baronbeeza on Nov 4, 2014 10:00:01 GMT 12
www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/man-who-taxied-plane-to-pub-faces-charges/story-e6frfku9-1227110893941There is another of the case of trying to spot the truth. The media will run whatever slant they wish to portray and would probably have trouble filtering out the BS anyway. There is no doubt the Skipper is parked, wingless, in a car parking space. There is talk of a jerry can, ok good, that explains a little. The engine could have possibly been run. Did a sober man (he was tested) taxi nose into a kerb and park.... I doubt it. The value of the aircraft is in the engine and prop. Did he leave the engine running, very much doubt it. Keys in the ignition... possible. The cops could see that and work it out. Is the machine an aircraft or another form of road transport ? Well it is not an aeroplane. So we are getting into the realms of a wheeled hovercraft ! Did it ever travel under it's own power on public roads ? Given the lack of video and other pics I would be thinking it was given a quick run outside the pub as a dare or bet. At least that was probably the intention. You would think something approaching the truth will be circulated in a couple of weeks. How the world has changed, years ago this would never have got a mention. Aircraft on roads, aircraft parked at the pub, all done before..... and many times over. At least the Midget Mustang at Wigram was going to get fuel. I have also been involved in an RNZAF Airtrainer taking off down the road. In that instance the pilot had done a forced landing onto the road due fuel starvation. Rather than risk a truck retrieve, with all the hazards involved there, the Engineering Officer and CFS pilot decreed it safer to fly the aircraft to Wigram to investigate further. Not a problem and nothing was ever mentioned, as out of the ordinary, in the reports.
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Post by lumpy on Nov 4, 2014 11:39:48 GMT 12
If you were close enough for the prop to be a danger, you'd still be in trouble if it was a car. The Plane is probably moving slower anyway so is probably safer! No WOF though! Thats more or less how I see it too . Its clearly a motor vehicle ( has an engine as its motive force and wheels ) , but with no reg or wof . As far as the prop goes , well if I fitted one to my car it would still be an unsafe fixture and as such be considered illegal ( and it still would not make my car an aircraft ) |
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Post by Radialicious on Nov 4, 2014 16:26:17 GMT 12
Years ago a few of use drove from Woodbourne to Wanaka for a New Years Eve party. I was on holiday in hokitika at the time and the boys picked me up on the way through. In the meantime I had carved a 3' diameter wooden propeller as an ornament for the front of Sean Ropers Valiant station wagon that we were driving. I attached the prop to an Austin Seven fan bearing assembly that was lying around grandads shed and this was soon mounted on the front of the car. At even walking speed, the prop spun in the breeze and on the open road she was fair humming! On the way south, we'd have to stop at many one lane bridges and there was enough inertia in the prop for it to spin wildly as we let cars exit the bridge. That Valiant was the talk of the town as we cruised around Wanaka over the weekend. We decided to remove it each night so that it didn't get souvenired. At one point we asked some police about the legality of having a freewheeling prop spinning on the bonnet. One cop's opinion was that sure that prop would take a nasty bite if it hit you but it would be followed very quickly by a nasty whack from the car that followed so they didn't have a problem with it. Lotsa fun was had  |
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Post by suthg on Nov 4, 2014 19:56:50 GMT 12
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Post by baronbeeza on Nov 5, 2014 1:37:16 GMT 12
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