Backcountry Pilot • and the numpty of the year award goes to....

and the numpty of the year award goes to....

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and the numpty of the year award goes to....

when i saw this story every thing about it pissed me off.

https://au.news.yahoo.com/video/watch/3 ... ter-crash/

Im a lover of off airport landings but;

there has been 3 planes stuck on lake ayr that have had to be heli lifted off because of the thin crust, all have made the news and its easy to find out about.

Like hell he landed because of an upset stomach, he wasn't up to flying 30 minutes back to William creek yet he was up to walking 18 hours to a road?

Why wasn't he carrying a PLB? its LAW over here and one of the few I strongly agree with. Or even a spot, a sat phone or a UHF radio! (there is emergency UHF channels set up covering the entire country, most of Australia runs on UHF so its not a silly an idea as it may seem)

Brisbane center are contactable on the radio from there if you need help.

what sort of a monkey would walk off into the desert away from his plane? they found his plane an hour after he left it but knew nothing of him till 18 hours later when he turned up on a road way.

my list of gripes could continue for a long time but I really think this comes with a long list of STUPID decisions.
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Re: and the numpty of the year award goes to....

Numpty. ......never heard that before, but knew exactly the meaning. I am gonna have to start using it.
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Re: and the numpty of the year award goes to....

if there is one list of things where not short of over here, its insults :D
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