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Tech291
Moderator
Username: Tech291
Post Number: 50
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2005 - 8:53 pm: | 
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Texan (Unregistered Guest)
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Friday, January 21, 2005 - 4:49 am: |
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**OUCH!**
As a part-time flight instructor, I can tell you the absolute worst 2 words that a pilot or instructor can EVER hear. Ready? ok, here they are.
"Insurance Deductible" |
Tech833
Moderator
Username: Tech833
Post Number: 958
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Friday, January 21, 2005 - 10:03 am: |
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Unless the truck was not occupied, someone died in this. Examine closely. |
Yankee
Intermediate Member
Username: Yankee
Post Number: 373
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Friday, January 21, 2005 - 1:01 pm: |
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That is not a truck, that is a tug that pulls the planes around on the ramps, although a very fancy tug,if I might say. |
Tech833
Moderator
Username: Tech833
Post Number: 959
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Friday, January 21, 2005 - 7:46 pm: |
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Guess again. That is a fueling rig. I was referring to the space that would normally be occupied by the driver of the truck. Unless the truck was parked and it was the plane moving, the person who was sitting in the drivers seat would be room temperature right now. |
Chillydog
Junior Member
Username: Chillydog
Post Number: 13
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Monday, January 24, 2005 - 7:07 pm: |
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My conclusion can't be 100% certain, but there are red "Remove Before Flight" ribbons on the aircraft's pitot tube and angle sensor. Because of that it's more likely that the plane was not in motion.
Bob
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Sg569
Member
Username: Sg569
Post Number: 63
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 - 3:41 pm: |
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The driver didn't set the parking brake??? |
Coyote
Member
Username: Coyote
Post Number: 91
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 - 6:21 pm: |
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Aren't runway's and other area's that plane's use flat though? Kinda nix's the parking brake. Even if it did roll, being as flat as tarmac's are it wouldn't do that kind of damage, would it. I'd say major operator error. Can you say OOPS! |
Tech808
Moderator
Username: Tech808
Post Number: 4644
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 - 6:43 pm: |
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Coyote,
Yes they are flat and YES a plane can and does take off from time to time.
And yes it would do that kind of damage.
Planes tend to roll VERY EASY on a Flat Surface.
Lon
Tech808
CEF808
N9OSN |
Coyote
Member
Username: Coyote
Post Number: 93
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 - 7:36 pm: |
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Tech808, I was refering to the truck not the plane. There is what "look's like" a wheel chalk just in front of the front wheel of that plane indicating it was not moving and rolled back when the TRUCK hit it. A fuel truck wouldn't be anywhere near an area where plane's are under power and still moving, would they? Where there is the possibility of a plane striking a fuel truck. Could you imagine the explosion that could occur? Jet fuel is probably, if not the most volatile fuel there is. Just my observation. |
Tech291
Moderator
Username: Tech291
Post Number: 53
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 - 7:51 pm: |
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when I found tht pic there was no story to go with it so dont know what the details really are.I did have to crop it in order to get it small enough to post and there were no wheel chocks any where in the pic.as a matter of fact,the front lg is about a foot off the ground! |
Coyote
Member
Username: Coyote
Post Number: 94
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 - 8:23 pm: |
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I imagine the nose is off the ground considering the it's jammed in the truck. It would be nice to know the true story behind your pic since it seems to have generated a bit of interest and maybe a tad bit of controversy as to what actually happened. No matter what the true story is, someone probably got in serious trouble and someone may have got seriously injured. My whole point was would they allow a fuel truck near an area where planes are still under power and possibly moving? Sg569 said "driver" refering to a truck driver. Most people don't call pilots drivers. Someone else mentioned the red tag attached to the nose which indicated to that person that the plane was once again, not moving. Once again, just my opinion and you know what the say about those.  |
Wolverine
Intermediate Member
Username: Wolverine
Post Number: 305
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2005 - 4:30 am: |
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OH •••• |
Wolverine
Intermediate Member
Username: Wolverine
Post Number: 306
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2005 - 7:55 am: |
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