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    That's a tough one Chris, Here are my thoughts in no particular order 1. Treat flying with the respect it deserves 2. Conduct thorough preflight inspections of your aircraft 3.Check weather 4. Refrain from showing off 5. Practice what you were trained in emergency procedures between BFR's 6. Make smart decisions when flying if things aren't going as planned 7. Trust your gut feelings, if your not comfortable for some reason, don't go just to please others 8. Understand it can happen to you and you can be that someone else 9. Don't take risks They are some things I think we can do to stay safer Alf
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    Tell him Phil Yep I saw one In the photo
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    Great tribute Chevy
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    Gotta have that timing right Yenn or things will get rough, or you will end up with advanced and retarded comments lol
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    Come on Laurie 5 pages!!! At least 10 by now lol
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    Human input, human factors, wing isn't dangerous we are
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    Ahh just beautiful Bob the area we live and fly in I never tire of the view around here Well done mate, see you Sunday as I'll pop in to the club house on my way to Lakes
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    Don't worry Butch Plenty on here to Edjumakate you lol
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    Dazza is on a cruise ship somewhere around New Zealand as we speak lol
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    Apparently what I heard with that one was the chute was installed as per it should have been on the aircraft but the activation handle was installed on the control bar and when the pilot pushed out to takeoff the chute activated due to cable being stretched past the activation point Had it been installed on the base it would not have activated Another case of human error if this is true
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    Neil I hear what your saying about the return lines and if Rotax says they should have one the should with no excuses But an engine failure from this or from any other reason is not a reason to die People should not really die in a forced landing, the plane will fly perfectly under control all the way to the ground It's what you do at the bottom determines whether you live or die Yes a failure from not having the return line on as required is stupid but still not a reason to die, so what you saying about how many have died from this is not valid They died from mishandling the plane in the end
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    Still cheap if it saves you just once As Nev says don't mandate them as it should be a choice
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    BLA82 You will probably find that you will carry it around and never use it during your flying career But!!! What an investment it will be if you have to use it and it infact does save you 6-7k was well spent I always had the knockers bagging it out, but I just said to them I bet there would be plenty of dead pilots who were knockers of a BRS that would give anything to have had one on when they were meeting their demise It's a small price to pay to possibly give you a second chance
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    SDQDI Lanyard was attached to the mast under the top engine mount, not to the wing
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    No notable difference Nev
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    Hi BLA82 I put one on my trike after I had a near miss with 4 ibis coming out of a turn I thought it was a good investment even after 400 odd hours of trike flying and although I had complete faith in the trike previously this almost caught me out Unfortunately the person I sold it too lost his life 14 months after I sold it to him It could have saved him if he used if even from the 400 ft he was at when he stalled the inner wing turning final I insisted he arm the chute like I did for every flight and practice often reaching for it so it became instinctiveas I said to him he wouldn't have time to fiddle for the pin to arm it if the poo hit the fan did he arm it while flying that I cannot answer but I do doubt it. The chute was mounted at the rear of the base bar with a designed mount for airborne trikes with the rocket pointing about 45 deg down departing behind the wheel spat which believe it or not was the most effective position Are they worth it?? I think my life was worth more than the 6500 it cost me if it saved me just once
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    Frog Thank you for the message, I wasnt in anyway having a go at you and I was sincere in saying I'm glad you survived it I'd like to send you a private message after I get home from this charter bus I'm currently doing as I'd like to talk to you about a few things that aren't all related to aviation if that is ok with you
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    Nice words dan3111 You were fortunate to have known him personally and for 10 years Yes friend it will be very hard for all of you next Saturday and my thoughts will be with you on that day Losing someone who is a friend and is so highly respected by many is like losing a relative The aviation community is a tight knit bunch and none of us like to lose anyone, it makes you realise how fragile life is and how quick it can be taken away and for reasons we sometimes cannot understand the how or why of it
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    Hey Frog I had 760 hours of great flying in trikes thank you very much And it was my choice to go BACK to 3 axis as I am getting older and didn't want to dress up in a freezer suit all the time Still love the trikes to this day even though I haven't flown one in 4 years And just for your info my last trike which was the first ever XT912 ever produced by Airborne plated 001 took the life of the new owner 14 months after I sold it to him because he stalled the inner wing turning final So yeah Frog I know what it's like to lose someone also And BTW was I reading correct earlier that those killer trikes tried to kill you by you walking in to the propellor??? If so did it start up by itself and chase after you or were just off with the fairys and tried killing yourself?? Or you just like to blame the trike for your own lack of attention PS I'm glad your ok BTW and thanks for sharing that as it could save someone else later on
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    Ahh no you don't take the risk with 70 + passengers that have their lives in your hands, owner or not Not only paid the ultimate price with his life but ruined the lives of hundreds after he took the innocents with him Anyway what's done is done and we can't go back
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    Better stay in bed Frog for the rest of your life Because everything thing in life is a trap for death And guess what, you can still die in bed Trikes are not death traps Just because John passed away in one doesn't mean they are death traps Who knows what manoeuvres they were doing, who knows what happened ? The only 2 that knew what reallly happened are not here to tell us. Although I had never met John in person I had discussions with him on this forum and I bet for a man that lived and breathed trikes with many safe thousands of hours under his belt he wouldn't like hearing you call them death traps You want to give them up? fine just please refrain from spreading gossip that isn't true
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    Dann3111 Trikes are very safe mate, the human element is the weakest link, humans make them, fly them and maintain them Take the human element out of operating anything mechanical and it is all safe We are the weakest link
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    Hey Dinga Well said Doug You are right, at the end of the day you are the only one in control of your own destiny, be that with your skills, decision making, maintenance or checking after maintenance done by someone else, the list goes on.
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    Thanks Frank I didn't take it any other way I sort of knew what you were getting at Mind you, you must have knew him way better than me and would have probably been good mates with him as you were living closer to him than I here in Mexico
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    Hi Frank It was never going to be a race for me to be the first I just have had Ross on my mind quite a lot through this year and today was a day I was going to remember him publicly Funny how friendships work, I only ever met him just once but the impact he made was lasting Huge loss to Deb and Kellie and also a huge loss to others that new of him Loved the conversations I had with him by phone, he is missed
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