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Textbook Ditching

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Wed Dec 27, 2017 7:55 am

Textbook Ditching

Well done by the pilot!

https://youtu.be/icddkZEnoAA



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6vRMqRtbx0

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Wed Dec 27, 2017 9:31 am

Re: Textbook Ditching

He definitely did good. I think my 180 would have been on it's back. Hope I never find out!!!!
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Wed Dec 27, 2017 4:00 pm

Re: Textbook Ditching

Yes, good job. Highway yellow Pawnee.
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Thu Dec 28, 2017 1:56 pm

Re: Textbook Ditching

Good job by the pilot if it wasn't fuel starvation that caused the lots of power. That salt water has to create a major restoration problem though. Have any salt water ditchings led to affordable repair. With corrosion problems caused by the salt water, I'd imagine all new wiring, new fabric, rebuilt engine and maybe even blasting the chrome Molly tubing back to bare metal and repainting. Buying a replacement plane sounds cheaper.
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Thu Dec 28, 2017 4:34 pm

Re: Textbook Ditching

I wonder if the Cessna Skymaster ditched in Hawaii a couple years ago was repaired or totaled. Anyone know?
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Thu Dec 28, 2017 4:45 pm

Re: Textbook Ditching

G44 wrote:I wonder if the Cessna Skymaster ditched in Hawaii a couple years ago was repaired or totaled. Anyone know?


Look up tail number
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Thu Dec 28, 2017 4:50 pm

Re: Textbook Ditching

He said no property was damaged. Probably not his plane.

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