Dude, is that a boulder of salt?
Actually just a grain. Magnified.
Dude, is that a boulder of salt?
Times eleventy billion and a half!Actually just a grain. Magnified.
Times eleventy billion and a half!
Thrice in this thread it has been implied the pilot has passed on. The report is there has been one fatality and that was a passenger. Are there now more than one fatality?In all seriousness, RIP sled driver.
Perhaps I didn't read properly, I thought I read in one of the earlier posts that the pilot was killed.Thrice in this thread it has been implied the pilot has passed on. The report is there has been one fatality and that was a passenger. Are there now more than one fatality?
You have it right. It was in post #12. I think that poster only assumed.Perhaps I didn't read properly, I thought I read in one of the earlier posts that the pilot was killed.
Partial loss of power. Sounds familiar. These aircraft need to be stage cooled and that is often not the case. The exhaust manifolds will break at the turbo and you will lose a good deal of boost. Fuel issues weren't uncommon either. I had a fuel tank crumple without and blockage and the crease kept the fuel from gravity feeding to the engine. Fortunately I had fuel in the other tank.
Only twice did I have a problem with the 207. Once was when flying an unfamiliar plane. That particular aircraft had engine gauges indicating vastly different than any of the others I had flown. Even though I had briefed with the pilot beforehand I was so surprised after takeoff that I returned for precautionary landing. The other was when about 10 nm out on the return leg I noticed everything but fuel flow was redlined. Just as I am on the radio to coordinate me getting to the front of the conga line I noticed oil on the windscreen. I forget what was the source of that. I announced PAN PAN. Everyone heard that and got out of the way except one of my coworkers. I was landing on 15 for a short final when he turned final for 33. I called him several times, no response, so I circled to land 33 behind him. Oh well. Improvise and overcome.Partial loss of power. Sounds familiar. These aircraft need to be stage cooled and that is often not the case. The exhaust manifolds will break at the turbo and you will lose a good deal of boost. Fuel issues weren't uncommon either. I had a fuel tank crumple without and blockage and the crease kept the fuel from gravity feeding to the engine. Fortunately I had fuel in the other tank.
Well, there was one other problem I had with the plane. A fuel bladder (left) began to leak big time but that was caused by company ops of full right tank and 10 gallons only in the left tank causing the bladder to become brittle.