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Discussion in 'United Kingdom' started by steve f, Nov 21, 2008.

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  1. steve f

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    #1 steve f, Nov 21, 2008
    My ex-wife started taking flying lessons about the time our divorce started and she got her license shortly before our divorce was final, later that same year.

    Yesterday afternoon I got a phone call, informing me that she narrowly escaped injury in the aircraft she was piloting. Seems she was forced to make an emergency landing somewhere in bedford because of bad weather.

    Thank God the kids weren't with her.

    The FAA issued a preliminary report, citing pilot error: She was flying a single engine aircraft in IFR (instrument flight rating) conditions while only having obtained a VFR (visual flight rating) rating.

    The absence of a post-crash fire was most likely due to insufficient fuel on board.

    No one on the ground was injured.

    The photograph below was taken at the scene to show the extent of damage to her aircraft.

    She was really, really lucky.


    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v704/Helfa/crash.jpg
     
  2. amenasce

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    #2 amenasce, Nov 21, 2008
    :D
     
  3. marioz

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    #3 marioz, Nov 21, 2008
    good one
     
  4. Dale

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    #4 Dale, Nov 21, 2008
    like it steve
     
  5. harmitc

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    #5 harmitc, Nov 21, 2008
    Nice!
     
  6. agup48

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    #6 agup48, Nov 21, 2008
    Ahaha, you had me going. :D

    Good one. :D
     
  7. ferrari-nut

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    #7 ferrari-nut, Nov 25, 2008
    LOL
     
  8. m5guy

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    #8 m5guy, Dec 21, 2008
    Love it! Just made my wife read the original post and view the crash damage!
     
  9. jhsalah

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    #9 jhsalah, Dec 21, 2008
    Hilarious :D

    I think maybe it had something to do with the substandard equipment. That's a pretty cheap airplane.
     
  10. Arvin Grajau

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    #10 Arvin Grajau, Dec 21, 2008
    rofl.
     
  11. Matt LaMotte

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    #11 Matt LaMotte, Dec 22, 2008
    You got me on that one.
     
  12. closeshave

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    #12 closeshave, Jan 1, 2009
    ;)
     
  13. mseals

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    #13 mseals, Jan 1, 2009
    :D :D :D

    Mike in Kuwait
     

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