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(Cessna) Skycatcher Prototype Crashes
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| 9/18/08
| Niles
Posted on 09/18/2008 1:55:37 PM PDT by pabianice
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Not good. Built overseas. Sounds like an in-flight break-up. Glad the pilot got out.
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posted on
09/18/2008 1:55:37 PM PDT
by
pabianice
To: pabianice
Not good at all. Cessna was trying to keep costs down by having their new entry level plane built in China.
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posted on
09/18/2008 1:57:24 PM PDT
by
Domandred
(McWhathisname / Palin - 2008)
To: pabianice
They should change the name to groundcatcher.
3
posted on
09/18/2008 1:57:52 PM PDT
by
kms61
To: pabianice
The pilot of the test aircraft was able to parachute to safety... Although one hates to hear of any a/c crash, I'm glad the test pilot got out without serious injury.
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posted on
09/18/2008 1:58:45 PM PDT
by
Seaplaner
(Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
To: pabianice
Pure supposition based upon above report: wing spar failed at bottom of fuel tank (pop); fuel ignited briefly (sparks); wing failed.
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posted on
09/18/2008 2:00:17 PM PDT
by
pabianice
To: pabianice
Built in China. Sheesh. Can’t even get a good plane anymore.
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posted on
09/18/2008 2:00:18 PM PDT
by
b4its2late
(Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
To: pabianice
Since the pilot jumped, I assume he had no control at all. All controls locked...Otherwise, a good test pilot would try a dead-stick landing...But then again, I am not a pilot.
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posted on
09/18/2008 2:00:23 PM PDT
by
devane617
(Fish died on his Harley when he hit a camel at dusk.)
To: pabianice
Cessna is just trying to increase sales of the Ballistic Recovery System (BRS) option...
8
posted on
09/18/2008 2:01:17 PM PDT
by
gridlock
(The Democrats have attacked Motherhood. Now, if they attack Baseball and Apple Pie, we got it made!)
To: pabianice
Skycather: Made in China.
9
posted on
09/18/2008 2:01:46 PM PDT
by
GBA
To: pabianice
It’s not like this was a prototype with innovative aerodynamics and technology. It’s a damn piston single. Who the heck can screw something that simple up?
10
posted on
09/18/2008 2:01:50 PM PDT
by
cll
(Carthage must be destroyed)
To: pabianice
MADE IN CHINA
Time for an embargo.
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posted on
09/18/2008 2:02:11 PM PDT
by
Arkancide
(www.arkancide.com)
To: Domandred
Not good at all. Cessna was trying to keep costs down by having their new entry level plane built in China.But if I can buy it at Walmart for $499...
Might be worth considering.
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posted on
09/18/2008 2:02:19 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(Change is not a plan; Hope is not a strategy.)
To: b4its2late
Accidents happen! Honest!
To: pabianice
Made in China... red flag!
In all fairness though, I did know a test pilot when I was younger. When I first asked him what he did for a living, he said, "I rip the wings off of aircraft". Apparently, the manufacturers really want to know the exact limits of the machine before failure and they pay good money to find out.
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posted on
09/18/2008 2:06:32 PM PDT
by
DocRock
(All they that TAKE the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 Gun grabbers beware.)
To: Publius6961
I wouldn’t buy a plane from WalMart, but
I *might* buy a boat from WalMart.
The difference being, I can swim...
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posted on
09/18/2008 2:06:38 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Who cries for the krill?)
To: pabianice; CindyDawg
I went back to my thread last year when Cessna announced this plane at Oshkosh.
Lookie what I found:
CindyDawg: "How much with an attached parachute?:) "
ROFLMAO
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posted on
09/18/2008 2:07:18 PM PDT
by
Domandred
(McWhathisname / Palin - 2008)
To: Tijeras_Slim
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posted on
09/18/2008 2:07:33 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Who cries for the krill?)
To: Publius6961
Yeah you’re right. Who could pass up a deal like that to kill yourself? LOL
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posted on
09/18/2008 2:07:57 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(McCain, the Ipecac president... Obama the strychnine president...)
To: pabianice
I’m thinking “too much lead in the paint”.
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posted on
09/18/2008 2:08:03 PM PDT
by
RobRoy
(This is comical)
To: null and void
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