flynbeekeeper - I am glad you are okay! Great job getting back on the ground safe!

FBK, I am glad you made it. You have great flying skills. To make matters worst, it looks like you also had some power lines to deal with. Hope you had haul coverage.

I was perfectly happy just lurking here for the last year or so, however I'm just down the road and off work this week so if you happen to need a hand with recovery etc. give me a call.

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I could probably come up with equipment as well, truck, goose neck trailer, backhoe etc.

Well done and glad to hear everyone is OK!

I just got two of these in the mail. http://www.maxpulsemaxdim.com/maxpulseproduct.htm
I intend to offer it in the Thrush with PAR 36 LED leading edge recognition lights. I'll be putting one in my Maule. It's no bigger than a dimming rheostat and weighs less than an ounce and is STC'd. Can't hurt, and they really do make you more visable.
On edit, I think it's cheaper at Chief and Aircraft Spruce. Nice guy too, I bet he would go for a group buy. Is that allowed here?

Thanks for all the kind words. I am sure each one of you could have and would have done the same.
I do have hull coverage through AIG (brokered by Bill White, the absolute best). The Beegles salvage crew arrived with the FAA today and was loading 89D on the trailer at 12:25 PM when I last checked.

As a 180 driver I'm more than slightly interested in this incident. I also understand that it comes down to the collected wits of the pilot to make for a happy ending. my profound admiration of Mr. flynbeekeeper here to keep it together and live to tell us about it. Tom

What impresses me is he had the guts to push foward on the stick. I don't think that is a natural reaction. I think instinct is to pull up.

a64pilot wrote:What impresses me is he had the guts to push foward on the stick. I don't think that is a natural reaction. I think instinct is to pull up.

That probably why he did it. Smart.

Glad you are alright BeeKeeper and well done. After taking out a good part of Brooklyn during a rudder lockout demo in the Dornier 328, I had an instructor tell me to always keep flying the plane until you're not flying any more. Fight to the end, which is what you did. My hat off to you.