January 31, 201214 yr Just got this news in New Zealand http://nz.totaltravel.yahoo.com/a/-/12775248/oops-plane-hits-pole-at-airport/How does this happen??? Craig Spence
February 1, 201214 yr Well it is a Southwest plane, I'm sure the paint scratches made the hideous paint job a little better. Inactive
February 1, 201214 yr Well it is a Southwest plane, I'm sure the paint scratches made the hideous paint job a little better.-1000. Thats not nice. Ian Besemer SJSU- Aerospace EngineeringPrivate Pilot, working on IFR rating, flys Citabria 7ECA/7CKAB, Cessna 172M/P/SP, and Piper 28-161/181's. "Real pilots fly tail draggers"My repaints: http://library.avsim.net/search.php?SearchTerm=Ian+Besemer&CatID=root&Go=Search
February 1, 201214 yr Well it is a Southwest plane, I'm sure the paint scratches made the hideous paint job a little better.+1000 ;)-travis "For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return." Leonardo da Vinci
February 1, 201214 yr Just got this news in New Zealand http://nz.totaltrave...ole-at-airport/How does this happen???Because pilots are just as human as the rest of us ;). John-Alan Pascoe
February 1, 201214 yr Just got this news in New Zealand http://nz.totaltrave...ole-at-airport/How does this happen???How about the fact that the wing is hanging 40 feet out there and well behind the pilot. Nobody was hurt so in the end a minor error with nearly no consequence. Branton Turner
February 1, 201214 yr So it doesn't happen only to A380s. I liked the comment that the pilot must have felt light-headed. Dugald Walker
February 1, 201214 yr Nobody was hurt so in the end a minor error with nearly no consequence.Tell that to the structures guys and techs that are gonna have to work their butts off to get that thing back on line ;). Ohh...and the bean-counters too. :( Patrick Houghton
February 1, 201214 yr I don't know why you guys are making a big deal about this. I do it all the time, and I have to turn off the "crash / damage" detection in order to get into the air... About the only time I don't have to do that is when I start on the active, and then there is no guarantee. :(
February 1, 201214 yr "I was just in a plane crash!! Seriously. The pilot hit a light pole @ Denver International Airport (DEN)." What a drama queen. Does this person tell their friends they were in a car accident if a rock hits their windshield. Edited February 1, 201214 yr by KylanWalters
February 2, 201214 yr @TomWhy was my post on this deleted when all I said was 'Ouch'?Rick,No message in this topic was deleted that I am aware of. You sure you got the right topic???
February 2, 201214 yr Rick,No message in this topic was deleted that I am aware of. You sure you got the right topic???Thanks for that prompt response, Tom.Yes, immediately after I saw the OP's post, and having watched the video, I posted with this:'Ouch. Must be embarrassing for Southwest' When I next went back to see the thread, my post had gone.Does not really matter now. It just had me wondering what had I said that could have caused offence to get deleted. Edited February 2, 201214 yr by vc10man Rick Almeida
February 2, 201214 yr Thanks for that prompt response, Tom.Yes, immediately after I saw the OP's post, and having watched the video, I posted with this:'Ouch. Must be embarrassing for Southwest' When I next went back to see the thread, my post had gone.Does not really matter now. It just had me wondering what had I said that could have caused offence to get deleted.Believe me... Had a post been deleted here, I have at least two methods of confirming that. The two methods do not show that a post was deleted from this topic. Are you sure you hit the POST button? And, it is a big deal that a message like that gets deleted.
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