[BC] Almost a Darwin award!

[DHultsman5@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/28/2005 3:57:21 PM Central Standard Time, mre at ais.net  
writes:

>  That guy is a real idiot, but tied with him is the Cessna 210 pilot  
who
> clipped a fire truck trying to take off from a road and ran  his 
plane into a
> ditch and trees after running out of gas and  landing on the road to 
start
> with
> 
> Paul  Smith



Interesting to me that they let him try to take off.  That looks like  a city 
not rural area.  Taking off is not as easy as landing as seen in the  
videos.....Most times the require the plane to be hauled off in a city  case.  Remove 
the wings and put on a trailer or truck.  Saw something  similiar on a hiway 
in Georgia and they kept the plane in a median for two days  with their red 
plastic tape around the roped off area until the movers got there  to transport 
it.  
 
Was anybody in the plane with him when he tried to take off an hit the  
ambulance or rescue truck????  That would be real stupid.    Fantastic landing job 
but dumb take off decision.


Dave