Bad Day Flying

On Apr 6, 7:47*am, Matt Whiting wrote:
Phil J wrote:
On Apr 5, 5:56 pm, "Mortimer Schnerd, RN" mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com
wrote:
Phil J wrote:
If you were this pilot, would you ever get back in the cockpit??
http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?C...e64-5fec-4034-....
I probably would, but I think I'd try wearing a seat belt the next time..

--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com

He was wearing it, but he somehow managed to 1) go to full throttle,
2) throw the controls to the left, and 3) snag his seat belt buckle
and unlatch it - all at the same time. *Not a good thing in an
airplane without doors. *If I was him, I think I might get the feeling
that someone up there doesn't want me to fly!

Well, *I'm personally pretty skeptical of some aspects of this story and
the accidentally released seat belt is one of them.

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I had that thought too. He might have just forgotten to buckle it.
On the other hand, it is possible that he snagged his sleeve on the
buckle and release it, or released it in some other way.

I don't think this was intentional because it would just be too risky
to fling yourself out of an airplane like that. At the least you
would expect to be seriously injured, at the worst killed outright.
And you wouldn't do it in the middle of a lake. You would do it
within easy swimming distance from the shore.

The article doesn't say whether or not he built the airplane. If he
did, it is hard for me to imagine that someone would go through all
that work and then intentionally destroy the airplane.

Phil

Phil J wrote:
On Apr 6, 7:47 am, Matt Whiting wrote:
Phil J wrote:
On Apr 5, 5:56 pm, "Mortimer Schnerd, RN" mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com
wrote:
Phil J wrote:
If you were this pilot, would you ever get back in the cockpit??
http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?C...e64-5fec-4034-...
I probably would, but I think I'd try wearing a seat belt the next time.
--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com
He was wearing it, but he somehow managed to 1) go to full throttle,
2) throw the controls to the left, and 3) snag his seat belt buckle
and unlatch it - all at the same time. Not a good thing in an
airplane without doors. If I was him, I think I might get the feeling
that someone up there doesn't want me to fly!
Well, I'm personally pretty skeptical of some aspects of this story and
the accidentally released seat belt is one of them.

Matt- Hide quoted text -

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I had that thought too. He might have just forgotten to buckle it.
On the other hand, it is possible that he snagged his sleeve on the
buckle and release it, or released it in some other way.

I don't think this was intentional because it would just be too risky
to fling yourself out of an airplane like that. At the least you
would expect to be seriously injured, at the worst killed outright.
And you wouldn't do it in the middle of a lake. You would do it
within easy swimming distance from the shore.

The article doesn't say whether or not he built the airplane. If he
did, it is hard for me to imagine that someone would go through all
that work and then intentionally destroy the airplane.

I'm not suggesting the accident was intentional. I'm just saying the
story seems a little too much and details may have been changed to cover
something such as forgetting to fasten your seatbelt. Certainly,
anything is possible and maybe this happened exactly as described, but
it certainly seems unlikely.

Matt

If you were this pilot, would you ever get back in the cockpit??

Sure. But I'd make sure I had doors on my next seaplane...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in news:R0WJj.54429$TT4.23058
@attbi_s22:

If you were this pilot, would you ever get back in the cockpit??

Sure. But I'd make sure I had doors on my next seaplane...

;-)

Like you could fly anything that wasn't a chevvy with wings.


Bertie

On Apr 5, 10:10 am, Phil J wrote:
If you were this pilot, would you ever get back in the cockpit??

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?C...e64-5fec-4034-...
Phil

He has a italian name so he was probably trying
out some insurance scam.
Ken

"Ken S. Tucker" wrote in news:e2011fe6-ceb5-415c-
:

On Apr 5, 10:10 am, Phil J wrote:
If you were this pilot, would you ever get back in the cockpit??

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?C...e64-5fec-4034-...
Phil

He has a italian name so he was probably trying
out some insurance scam.
Ken


As opposed to being Ken and trying out some scam to make people believe he
actually knoew something about anything.



Bertie

"Ken S. Tucker" wrote in message
...
On Apr 5, 10:10 am, Phil J wrote:
If you were this pilot, would you ever get back in the cockpit??

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?C...e64-5fec-4034-...
Phil

He has a italian name so he was probably trying
out some insurance scam.
Ken

The Italian name means he's Italian, or descended from one........... not a
dumbass or a Canadian or something.
Oh! I better add this ........ :-)

TonyP, Italian

On Apr 5, 6:49 pm, "muff528" wrote:
"Ken S. Tucker" wrote in ...

On Apr 5, 10:10 am, Phil J wrote:
If you were this pilot, would you ever get back in the cockpit??

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?C...e64-5fec-4034-...
Phil

He has a italian name so he was probably trying
out some insurance scam.
Ken

The Italian name means he's Italian, or descended from one........... not a
dumbass or a Canadian or something.
Oh! I better add this ........ :-)
TonyP, Italian

Let's not disparage a country full of limey's and frogs,
who are legally dishonest, not my fault the wop's keep
getting caught.
BTW, I think the word "dumbass" is Politically Incorrect.
Ken
PS: I like pizza :-)

"Ken S. Tucker" wrote in
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On Apr 5, 6:49 pm, "muff528" wrote:
"Ken S. Tucker" wrote in
messagenews:e2011fe6-ceb5-415c-abf7-bd7b99118b15
@q27g2000prf.googlegro
ups.com...

On Apr 5, 10:10 am, Phil J wrote:
If you were this pilot, would you ever get back in the cockpit??

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?C...e6ad5e64-5fec-
4034
-...
Phil

He has a italian name so he was probably trying
out some insurance scam.
Ken

The Italian name means he's Italian, or descended from one...........
not a dumbass or a Canadian or something.
Oh! I better add this ........ :-)
TonyP, Italian

Let's not disparage a country full of limey's and frogs,
who are legally dishonest, not my fault the wop's keep
getting caught.
BTW, I think the word "dumbass" is Politically Incorrect.

Entirely accurate in your case, as is "fjukkktard"


Bertie

" BTW, I think the word "dumbass" is Politically Incorrect.

Dam! I thought I was being PC by pretending to be offended. Someone needs to
publish the rules. (As if the usenet isn't already full of PC kops.)
TP