Now this is a tough Airframe....A-10 baby!
Posted on 08/19/2005 2:36:22 PM PDT by sionnsar
A Dozy pilot flew his plane for two hours before he noticed that five-and-a-half feet of one wing had been torn off by a tree on take-off. The Irish pilot told investigators he thought he had been "struck by a little bird" on takeoff in his five-seater Cessna 210.
But despite two of the three passengers being top flight engineers on their way to fix a Boeing 767, no one noticed that half the left wing, containing one fuel tank, was missing. The unnamed pilot was forced to make an emergency landing at Jersey International Airport two hours later after he finally spotted the fuel gauge plummeting towards empty.
The drama unfolded as the Cessna took off from Brittas House Airstrip, 18 miles east of Shannon in Ireland last Friday.
As the small aircraft - bound for Lisbon in Portugal - left the runway it collided with treetops which ripped off a 5ft 7ins section of the left wing. The fuel tank was later found on the ground - back in Ireland.
Jersey International Airport was alerted and air traffic controllers guided the damaged plane to safety.
A spokesman for the airport said: "We were amazed it had managed to fly as long as it had, it was in a real state when it came in.
"The pilot was the most shocked of us all as he had not realised the extent of the damage while he was flying."
I am not familiar with the plane. I am relying on the story:
that half the left wing, containing one fuel tank, was missing.
Reporters get so many things wrong, I wouldn't be too surprised if this were in error. Lessee... (turning to Google)
Cessna 210 wingspan 36' 11''. Missing 5' 7''. Cabin (on a modified plane), about 42''.
Wing length = (36'11'' - 42'')/2 = 200.5''. Missing 67''. It's missing about 28%, or a bit over a quarter.
So you're closer than the reporter, but less dramatic.
So who has the aerospace ping list?
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"But despite two of the three passengers being top flight engineers on their way to fix a Boeing 767, no one noticed that half the left wing, containing one fuel tank, was missing."
Incredible pics -- thanks!
Nevermind. . Post 30.
;-)
A-10 Warthog! My favorite jet. :-)
Whaaat!? I'd like to see that (though I am regretting posting this article, for all the pings I'm getting).
It looks like the underneath of several of my son's little metal toy planes. The ones I step on... in the dark....and then say "Oh! Darn!"
Post 30.
"One-winged landing
In the summer of 1983, an Israeli F-15 staged a mock dogfight with Skyhawks for training purposes, near Nahal Tzin in the Negev desert. During the exercise, one of the Skyhawks miscalculated and collided forcefully with the F-15's wing root. The F-15's pilot was aware that the wing had been seriously damaged, but decided to try and land in a nearby airbase. It was only after he had landed, when he climbed out of the cockpit and looked backward, that the pilot realized what had happened: the wing had been completely torn off the plane, and he had landed the plane with only one wing attached.
A few months later, the damaged F-15 had been given a new wing, and returned to operational duty in the squadron. The engineers at McDonnell Douglas had a hard time believing the story of the one-winged landing: as far as their planning models were concerned, this was an impossibility. "
http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/aircraft/f-15/F-15.htm
Paleo has aerospace, I have aviation. I usually won't ping if he does.
Nothing really. From what I can see, all the safety wiring is done in a tightening direction, it has the proper chafe tape on it, clamps and routing looks good. No visible chafing anywhere that I can see on this side of the motor. Bleed air lines are not discolored, no visible leaks, and the leads off the igniter box look good.
What is wrong?
Now this is a tough Airframe....A-10 baby!
210s used to be favored dope planes for small work.
well why would you have to have hydraulics to land.. hydraulics is what makes you airborne (cars anyway hehehe)
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