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Cessna takes off without pilot

  • 20-11-2009 8:24am
    #1
    ian_m
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭


    Just stumbled across this and had to share with you...

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    A light aircraft has taken off at Coober Pedy in outback South Australia without the pilot.

    The man was unable to start the Cessna from the cockpit, so got out to spin the propeller by hand.

    When the plane started it became airborne without him and travelled about 300 metres before it crashed in a ditch and rolled over.

    No-one was injured in the mishap but police say the plane is a write-off.

    LINK

    Brilliant...:pac::pac:


Comments

  • #2
    diverdriver
    Closed Accounts Posts: 987 ✭✭✭diverdriver


    Oh dear, it happens from time to time usually though in something lighter like a Cub. Really some aircraft don't need a pilot at all. As one of my Instructors used to tell me, trim and then leave it alone. It knows how to fly a lot better than you. It's makes you wonder why anyone has difficulty learned to fly at all.


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