Idaho plane that crashed was dropping toilet paper

Associated Press ^ | Sept. 11, 2012

[Free ThinkerNY]

MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) -- Idaho authorities say the pilot of an airplane flying over a Republican party gathering had been dropping rolls of toilet paper before it crashed.

The Federal Aviation Administration says early indications are that the experimental airplane stalled or reached a speed and angle at which it lost its lift.

[GeronL]

DUmmie down! DUmmie down! DUAC!DUAC!

[GeronL]

If its really a DU’er we could call it DU Farce One.

[Batman11]

Talk about dumping...fuel!

[gov_bean_ counter]

When it's your time to go, it is just your time to go.

At least the TP made the clean up easier...

[ExSES]

Read the story, he was one of two pilots performing at a Republican fundraiser...

[knittnmom]

“Humble and another pilot had been performing aerial tricks for the GOP fundraising event.”

[TurboZamboni]

maybe an occutard hijacked a plane with pilot?

[pabianice]

Speed was not involved. A wing stalls solely because its critical angle of attack was exceeded. If there is insufficient altitude from which to recover from the stall or a resulting spin, you crash.

[HerrBlucher]

No. According to the article, there were two planes doing aerial manuevers for the GOP gathering. The dead pilot apparently got distracted by the TP dropping and stalled without sufficient altitude to recover.

[Dan(9698)]

One of the things that is done at air shows is to drop a roll of toilet paper so that it unrolls leaving a long strip of paper.

Then the airplane tries to see how many times they can fly through the strip of paper.

The problem is that the airplane approaches stalls in the quick turns. In this case it looks like it did stall.

[McGruff]

MOSCOW, Idaho

How ironic.

[GeronL]

I thought for sure it was a leftist trying to interfere a GOP gathering.

Why would they TP themselves?

[GeronL]

Weird.

I assumed it was a leftist ... why TP your own event?

[JPG]

And so ends the sad saga of the craft known as TP1.

[GeronL]

Only if the Occutard had been occupying and sleeping in the backseat

[Brandonmark]

[TurboZamboni]

Sheryl Crow wept.

[skinkinthegrass]

thxs, for the post....
Aviation and Aerospace ping

[tcrlaf]

KARMA.....
I believe in it.