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Here's a nice little place to put all your aviation safety videos.

I'll start with a 'hand proping gone bad' video.




Enjoy...
 
Here's another one.

It's a takeoff that would soil anyones pants! Stinson in Duncan, BC as I recall.


 
Really? Nobodies got a thing to say about either of these two videos? Nothing to add? I coulda sworn this thread would have done better. Maybe it's been shown already...if so, sorry.
 
Well first you posted them on a weekend morning and folks are likely doing other things. Second both videos have been posted before so lots of folks have already seen them. They are good lessons about hand propping and DA .
 
Captain said:
Here's a nice little place to put all your aviation safety videos.

I'll start with a 'hand proping gone bad' video.

Enjoy...
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Hand-propping, like most aspects of aviation, is not too tolerant of bone-headed operations.
 
Threefingeredjack said:
:dunno: The guy in the Stinson got off didn't he???? :D
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She did indeed... but decided in retrospect that the whole thing was a bad idea. Sometimes it just takes a real good scare to drive this stuff home.

"Oh dear... Have to 'fess up. Things do come back to haunt one, don't they? This was me, Selina, in GYYF. Of course I have already received this video a few times in the last couple of days. I think it was 1999 or 2000.

What can I say? It was hot, I had 2 passengers and thought I knew more than I did about short field takeoffs. This little field is just outside of Victoria B.C. and once we were in the air we headed straight to Nanaimo's LONG runway to land and assess damages. The only victims, other than my pride, were the gear fairings as I did a bit of landscaping on the way out.

What was I thinking? I sure didn't use correct short field procedures and quickly ran out of room. I knew I was in trouble and also knew I was committed to the takeoff. As we lifted off my right seat passenger, a more experienced pilot (as was the second passenger in the back), was quick enough to yell at me to push the nose down and was ready to do so himself if I didn't. That instinct to pull up is strong especially with the tops of the trees coming at you.

Just about the best learning experience I've every had... And probably the scariest.

Coincidentally I met the owner of this little field this past weekend at a fly-in and we had a little reminisce about my "incident". The field is still in use although I think they have removed a few more of the trees at the end. I don't think I'll be tackling it again although a little voice inside says perhaps I should go back without passengers and do it properly!"
 
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