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dell30rb

dell30rb

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The swift in my avatar pic was recently replaced. It was a great plane but unfortunately totaled in a ground handling mishap by a mechanic. No injuries, insurance settled quickly and the owner bought an even nicer one to replace it.

Here's a little video of the new plane from yesterday.

http://youtu.be/xc4A5HULfNw



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Appears to be working now.

Enjoy the view of the back of my head. I got a haircut recently so it's looking pretty good back there.
 
How did it get totalled on the ground? Sounds crazy...
 
Unit74 said:
How did it get totalled on the ground? Sounds crazy...
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It all happened very quickly. It had an issue with the mixture adjustment and the on-field shop was taking a look at it. They towed it around to their building. Mechanic cranks it up to check out the problem. Starts with a ton of throttle. The plane went a few feet, wing clipped a tug, then he grabbed the brakes and it nosed over hard, digging the prop into asphalt at a high power setting. Wing was damaged beyond repair and the wing attachment on the fuselage was also damaged. The engine/prop were toast. Insurance decided to total the plane vs. repair.

.01 hours had elapsed on the engine hour meter since my last flight.
 
Da-yum! That would wake you up Fo sho, AP was prolly like well, guess I better start browsing the want ads again.
 
Unit74 said:
Da-yum! That would wake you up Fo sho, AP was prolly like well, guess I better start browsing the want ads again.
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That was my first thought. Then I wondered what I would do if one of my mechanics did something like that.

I would probably would not fire him because he will never do anything like that again.
 
Zeldman said:
That was my first thought. Then I wondered what I would do if one of my mechanics did something like that.

I would probably would not fire him because he will never do anything like that again.
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yabut the mechanic would prolly not get a raise for a very long time...

I had a guy break a $40K pump...I didn't fire him...but it was a near thing.
 
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