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Post by nosig on Jan 7, 2015 11:55:05 GMT 12
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jan 7, 2015 12:00:32 GMT 12
So STUFF put a photograph of a Cessna 152 on their homepage with the headline....   |
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nosig
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Post by nosig on Jan 7, 2015 12:12:48 GMT 12
It's ALWAYS a Cessna!  Evidently it also went 'putt and conked out. No mention of plummeting yet though. Very disappointing |
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Post by The Red Baron on Jan 7, 2015 12:19:57 GMT 12
XL 750 according to the local news site.... here |
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jan 7, 2015 12:26:13 GMT 12
XL 750 according to the local news site.... hereAh, but STUFF are still showing a photo of a Cessna 152 next to the headline link on their homepage. No wonder it crashed if they crammed SIX jumpers into a Cessna 152....it's a wonder it even managed to get off the ground....  |
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Post by ErrolC on Jan 7, 2015 12:27:25 GMT 12
XL 750 according to the local news site.... hereNow saying Whew! Something like 10 of them parachuted into the lake, I assume they weren't planing on a wet landing. I imagine that it could be rather disorientating. |
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jan 7, 2015 12:48:52 GMT 12
I don't know what the procedure is now, but back when I was jumping out of aeroplanes in the mid-1970s, the rule was that if you were jumping anywhere near large bodies of water, it was compulsory to wear a lifejacket. I can remember a weekend spent jumping at Taupo with the Hawke's Bay Skydivers and the club safety officer rigidly enforced that rule, even though our dropzone was Taupo Airport.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 7, 2015 13:06:37 GMT 12
Amazing event, and great that all 13 onboard survived the crash. Well done to the pilot. Would this be the largest number of people to jump from an aircraft in an emergency-escape situation in NZ history?
Radio NZ also stated an expert reckons the aircraft can be recovered so it can't be in the deep bits of the lake.
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Post by The Red Baron on Jan 7, 2015 13:18:14 GMT 12
Never let accuracy get in the way of writing something.......  |
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jan 7, 2015 13:23:29 GMT 12
Unfortunately, STUFF don't have reader comments available with their article, or I'd post something and let them have it with both barrels.
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jan 7, 2015 13:49:16 GMT 12
A photograph currently accompanying the article on the STUFF website....  (click on the photograph to open the news article and view more photos) |
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Post by ErrolC on Jan 7, 2015 13:51:45 GMT 12
Unfortunately, STUFF don't have reader comments available with their article, or I'd post something and let them have it with both barrels. The 'ejected' bit is a quote. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 7, 2015 14:02:32 GMT 12
I hope that the parachutists all had their GoPros running, and that maybe some people on the shore filmed the crash.
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jan 7, 2015 14:07:02 GMT 12
I wonder if that was the pilot's first ride beneath a parachute?
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Post by scrooge on Jan 7, 2015 14:09:01 GMT 12
A pilot and 6 tandems (jumpmaster and passenger) would give 7 parachutes and 13 people. So the combination of numbers seems to average out about right. I'd think under current OSH rules you'd be expected to have floation devices available (worn) for any operation with any possibility of a water landing.
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Post by skyhawkdon on Jan 7, 2015 14:09:55 GMT 12
Great that they all got out.
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Post by mumbles on Jan 7, 2015 14:11:13 GMT 12
A photograph currently accompanying the article on the STUFF website.... (click on the photograph to open the news article and view more photos)"That'll buff right out"  |
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Post by mumbles on Jan 7, 2015 14:13:38 GMT 12
Great that they all got out. Second that. |
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jan 7, 2015 14:32:10 GMT 12
I can remember an incident at Bridge Pa in 1975 where five of us were on jump-run, about a mile out from the exit point at almost 8,500 feet above the ground and over Flaxmere in ZK-CHS flown by Graeme Stratton. The engine gave a couple of misfires, then stopped altogether. I was sitting next to the open doorway beside Graeme, and after he made a couple of unsuccesful attempts to correct the problem, he turned around and said, “I think you blokes had better get out.” I got literally shoved out through the doorway by the other four jumpers in the aeroplane in their indecent haste to get out the door. Many skydivers tend to be very nervous flyers, especially when something goes wrong with the aeroplane. Anyway, we all ended up over Flaxmere, and all got down safely in spite of the many hazardous obstacles in a built-up area (you wouldn't believe how scary a clothesline is when you're heading for somebody's backyard). Graeme managed to get the aeroplane on the ground safely at Bridge Pa aerodrome without any power and everybody put it down to experience. Temple Martin got called out and found some minor problem which he fixed in no time at all, then the 185 was flown back to Taupo.
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Post by lindstrim on Jan 7, 2015 16:13:28 GMT 12
SDT Pacific Aerospace 750XL
From CAA data
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