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Blumax008(at)aol.com
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 Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:03 am Post subject: Another BRS SAVE !!! Here is a guy alive today because he.. |
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In a message dated 4/22/2009 1:35:52 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, orcabonita(at)hotmail.com writes:
| Quote: | Many totally unforeseen things can and do happen with experimental airplanes, they are not Cessnas and Pipers, we should never forget this. A BRS is a really good thing to have on an experimental airplane that may well save your life one day.
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Since when were Cessnas & Pipers safe airplanes? I've owned a Cessna 404 for cargo, a friend owned a Cessna 421 for pleasure & both were the most underpowered pieces of dangerous crap we've ever flown. We were lucky & learned a big lesson...twin Cessnas & Pipers are not safe airplanes. Ultralights are if you use common sense. Since 2004 there have been twelve (12) fatal accidents in 421s alone.
As for a BRS, I've been flying ultralights since 1978 & never used one & never needed one. I'm 60 years of age & if I go tomorrow nobody will give a crap including me....nobody but my insurance company that is. The money I've saved in purchasing one & buying repacks has been phenominal for over 30 years. Those thousands of dollars saved have bought me a hell of a lot more flying time.
Another little tidbit for all you lifesavers...I've died before...it ain't no big deal. I drowned when I was a kid & was underwater for over 20 minutes. Clinically dead. What was it like? Being dead is like you were before you were born. There it is...for all you religious freaks to ponder on.
Like the old saying goes...Don't smoke, don't drink, don't chase women, live an extra two years & die anyway.
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| Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:32 am Post subject: Re: Another BRS SAVE !!! Here is a guy alive today because h |
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| Blumax008(at)aol.com wrote: |
Like the old saying goes...Don't smoke, don't drink, don't chase women, live an extra two years & die anyway.
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Interesting take on life... I am not 60 yet but most definitely want to get there and beyond !
How about Smoking, Drinking, Chasing women, flying ultralights, riding motorcycles, AND live the extra two years  Thats my goal !
Mike
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| Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 3:23 am Post subject: Another BRS SAVE !!! Here is a guy alive today because he.. |
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The failure was due to fabric on this plane. >>
Talking to a local Inspector. He had failed 2 ulralights over the weekend
for dodgy fabric.
A lot of planes in the UK were built in the first flush of enthusiasm and
are all growing old together. Perhaps fabric failure is something to look
out for especially.
The trouble is that some of these older machines may not be considered worth
the money for a recover and they will just be put in the back of the barn
and forgotten. Anything which reduces the fleet reduces the power of any
argument we may have with authority.
Just a thought
Pat
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John Hauck
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| Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 1:29 pm Post subject: Another BRS SAVE !!! Here is a guy alive today because he.. |
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The failure was due to fabric on this plane. Many will say that checking
the fabric would have prevented this accident, which is true.
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Did they say why the fabric failed? I didn't see the reason for failure.
Met your Dad at Lakeland. Enjoyed talking with him.
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John Hauck
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| Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 1:34 pm Post subject: Another BRS SAVE !!! Here is a guy alive today because he.. |
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If you ever do need one, you'll probably scream all the way to impact, if you aren't too scared.
john h
mkIII (Member of the Switlik Caterpillar Club twice.)
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From: Blumax008(at)aol.com (Blumax008(at)aol.com)
Subject: Re: Another BRS SAVE !!! Here is a guy alive today because he..
As for a BRS, I've been flying ultralights since 1978 & never used one & never needed one. I'm 60 years of age & if I go tomorrow nobody will give a crap including me....nobody but my insurance company that is. The money I've saved in purchasing one & buying repacks has been phenominal for over 30 years. Those thousands of dollars saved have bought me a hell of a lot more flying time.
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