“V” I spotted a very good graphic on the UP when I was Shanghied into UP watch (not happy Jan); can’t be bothered trawling back through the thread – honest – not even for you; but it was about the middle pages, perhaps you have the patience – can’t miss it – great big colour picture, take you five minutes – max. Then you can ‘borrow it’ – (evil grin).
Aircraft and horses are a bit of a family tradition; my Grand Papa was taught by his Grand Papa and so on; one law was always stated with a smile. That being ‘if there was one horse alive on the planet and two horsemen, there would always be a dust up – sooner or later – about how the beast should be managed, ridden and cared for’.
The other was an ‘unbreakable’: a mantra which applied equally to both modes of transport – “keep one leg on each side, your balls in the middle and your heels down at all times – lest ye come unstuck”. With aircraft, the notion of the ball always in the middle (unless you’re playing about) is fairly critical. The more critical the situation the more important it is to do the little things well.
Illusions and such like are not inherently dangerous to the Ag blokes, Aerobat chaps, glider pilots etc. Much like the occasional moment of ‘the leans’ which IF pilots are familiar with; there are many other examples of ‘abnormal but routine’ experience which are just part of earning a living to those familiar, but for the unwary or for those who have not experienced them, then the first untrained encounter can be hazardous. It is the same in any activity which has an element of risk; reading all about Bullfighting and studying it on ‘You tube’ and practicing on the family dog ain’t quite the same as being in the ring with a ton of angry animal – high risk, even for the professionals.
Hard to tell exactly what happened in Perth; but I tend to lean toward your take, GD, Step Turn (clever handle that) and “K”, in that there seems to be several possible contributing elements which led to this dreadful accident. If only one of them had been missing, perhaps things may have turned out better than they did. A very sad day for all concerned.
Aircraft and horses are a bit of a family tradition; my Grand Papa was taught by his Grand Papa and so on; one law was always stated with a smile. That being ‘if there was one horse alive on the planet and two horsemen, there would always be a dust up – sooner or later – about how the beast should be managed, ridden and cared for’.
The other was an ‘unbreakable’: a mantra which applied equally to both modes of transport – “keep one leg on each side, your balls in the middle and your heels down at all times – lest ye come unstuck”. With aircraft, the notion of the ball always in the middle (unless you’re playing about) is fairly critical. The more critical the situation the more important it is to do the little things well.
Illusions and such like are not inherently dangerous to the Ag blokes, Aerobat chaps, glider pilots etc. Much like the occasional moment of ‘the leans’ which IF pilots are familiar with; there are many other examples of ‘abnormal but routine’ experience which are just part of earning a living to those familiar, but for the unwary or for those who have not experienced them, then the first untrained encounter can be hazardous. It is the same in any activity which has an element of risk; reading all about Bullfighting and studying it on ‘You tube’ and practicing on the family dog ain’t quite the same as being in the ring with a ton of angry animal – high risk, even for the professionals.
Hard to tell exactly what happened in Perth; but I tend to lean toward your take, GD, Step Turn (clever handle that) and “K”, in that there seems to be several possible contributing elements which led to this dreadful accident. If only one of them had been missing, perhaps things may have turned out better than they did. A very sad day for all concerned.