Sean Tucker Oracle Airshow

In a previous article, "Jay Honeck" said:
A few years ago he was in an inverted spin when the crankshaft and prop
departed the aircraft. He recovered and dead-stick landed back on his
home airport.

The CRANKSHAFT departed the airplane?

That's what the article said.


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Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
If I have pinged farther than others, it is because I routed upon
the T3s of giants.
-- Greg Andrews

Yes, that's right, no BS, the propeller and the forward part of the
crankshaft departed the airplane.I saw a video of it, with sound, and
believe me there is absolutly no one in the world that has as much "cool" as
Sean D. Tucker, it was just like this happened all the time, every day, and
he made a perfect landing, all while reasurring his student that things
would be fine. There's no better stick than Sean.

"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
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In a previous article, "Jay Honeck" said:
A few years ago he was in an inverted spin when the crankshaft and prop
departed the aircraft. He recovered and dead-stick landed back on his
home airport.

The CRANKSHAFT departed the airplane?

That's what the article said.


--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
If I have pinged farther than others, it is because I routed upon
the T3s of giants.
-- Greg Andrews

Franklin Newton wrote:

Yes, that's right, no BS, the propeller and the forward part of the
crankshaft departed the airplane.I saw a video of it, with sound, and
believe me there is absolutly no one in the world that has as much "cool" as
Sean D. Tucker, it was just like this happened all the time, every day, and
he made a perfect landing, all while reasurring his student that things
would be fine. There's no better stick than Sean.

Fellow airshow ace Mike Goulian (who's also a good pal of Sean) also had an
engine quit in a bad spot a number of years ago. I think it was during practice
in Texas just before one of the aerobatic championships. He came out of it ok,
but it sounded like it took a hell of a lot of skill to do it. Both of those
guys are awesome and every now and then they perform together.

Paul Tomblin wrote:

In a previous article, "Jay Honeck" said:

A few years ago he was in an inverted spin when the crankshaft and prop
departed the aircraft. He recovered and dead-stick landed back on his
home airport.

The CRANKSHAFT departed the airplane?


That's what the article said.



Let me guess, a newspaper article? :-)


Matt

In a previous article, Matt Whiting said:
Paul Tomblin wrote:
A few years ago he was in an inverted spin when the crankshaft and prop
departed the aircraft. He recovered and dead-stick landed back on his
home airport.
The CRANKSHAFT departed the airplane?
That's what the article said.
Let me guess, a newspaper article? :-)

No, AOPA Pilot or Flying.


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one never ceases to be baffled by the minuscule number whose shape even
vaguely resembles a circle. -- [unknown]