pierre smith
Well Known Member
Mornin' everybody. I just read the thread about a new RV10 door leaving the airplane on it's maiden flight but the pilot keeping his cool, landed the airplane safely.
Years ago, a ferry pilot was bringing a P-51 north from South America when the tach went to zero for some reason. Although the engine was humming along at the usual Saudi-pleasing gas guzzling rate, the pilot thought, "Uh-Oh! engine failure", pulled the throttle back and bellied the -51 into a dry riverbed. Needless to say, he filled the radiator scoop with piles of dirt, wrinkled a perfectly good warbird, all because of numbnuts!
Taking a deep breath, thinking quickly and then making a decision is a wise move for sure. I've had a door open on my Cessna 310 and also an Agwagon and it definitely startles you. My current workhorse, a PT-6 Airtractor, lost it's tach the other day and earlier, the oil pressure went to zero on that $250,000 engine!!! Both instances were gauges but hey, if the engine's running, keep flying and just go and land soon.
Glad the RV-10 pilot and airplane are OK,
Pierre
RV-6A, 0-360, 3 bladed Catto, very close to flying....
Years ago, a ferry pilot was bringing a P-51 north from South America when the tach went to zero for some reason. Although the engine was humming along at the usual Saudi-pleasing gas guzzling rate, the pilot thought, "Uh-Oh! engine failure", pulled the throttle back and bellied the -51 into a dry riverbed. Needless to say, he filled the radiator scoop with piles of dirt, wrinkled a perfectly good warbird, all because of numbnuts!
Taking a deep breath, thinking quickly and then making a decision is a wise move for sure. I've had a door open on my Cessna 310 and also an Agwagon and it definitely startles you. My current workhorse, a PT-6 Airtractor, lost it's tach the other day and earlier, the oil pressure went to zero on that $250,000 engine!!! Both instances were gauges but hey, if the engine's running, keep flying and just go and land soon.
Glad the RV-10 pilot and airplane are OK,
Pierre
RV-6A, 0-360, 3 bladed Catto, very close to flying....