The water takeoff that wasn't.

[Ill Mitch]

www.wades.web.st/VIDEOS/WildGoose.wmv

Anyone know the story behind this video?

 

[molson247]

oh wow...ouch!!!!

 

[mar]

<sigh>

What a waste.

 

[crash-proof]

Wow!!! What was he thinking? Can you actually take off in a curve like that? I've read some pilots will start their TO with a sort or U-turn to pick up speed prior to beginning the actual TO run, but this guy was going fast.

Hopefully they were able to restore that Goose.

 

[AHTTD]

He HAD to have a stuck thottle or something! Please, let that be the reason ...

 

[F16TJ]

Amen to what MAR said.

I doubt they'd be able to get that thing out of the river valley. It would be big bucks to use a heavy lift helo to extracate it.

A shame.

 

[Spooky 1]

Amen to what MAR said.

I doubt they'd be able to get that thing out of the river valley. It would be big bucks to use a heavy lift helo to extracate it.

A shame.

Do you know where this happened?

 

[MauleSkinner]

If you listen closely, you'll notice that he was engaging the starter when he hit the beach.

Gotta love those "professional" sound guys

As to what he was thinking, I'd bet somebody thought it would be REALLY COOL to get an up-close video of a takeoff...

Fly safe!

David

 

[Spooky 1]

If you listen closely, you'll notice that he was engaging the starter when he hit the beach.

Gotta love those "professional" sound guys

As to what he was thinking, I'd bet somebody thought it would be REALLY COOL to get an up-close video of a takeoff...

Fly safe!

Okay I'm confused. Why would he be messing with the starter when he hit the beach?

 

[Publishers]

It probably would have been OK until he dug the prop.