@@TruckTaxiMoveIt Funny you say that because when i used to fly a number of my instructors would opt for landing a field full of livestock (sheep were mostly discussed, as it was Shropshire) as opposed to a field full of bails of hay. The 'logic' was... at least the animals can move out of the way... Cows on the other hand might be a bit 'slow' to react?
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I love how he straight up says we’re gonna crash, yet the way he said it gave an air of confidence such that I knew no one was gonna get hurt in this video.
@@musclecarbear4704 I made my first jump in '91 and now hold USPA D License (2021) and can confirm that you've absolutely no idea what you're talking about. Facts.
So, I don't know if many of you know but Tracy died back in january 17, 2020 so whenever you see this video you can know that he was a man of honor and always believed keeping himself level headed.
Everyone loves to point out how calm and cool he was during the whole thing. My props go to the passenger. She didn't make a peep from what I heard. She had total trust in the pilot that he would figure it out and get thru it
"Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing." Great flare at the end, btw. I did this in a wheat field 10 years ago and I am still from time to time finding a wheat kernel behind my seat or wherever. Good job, Sir.
@@rowdy6274 , 152 stalling speed is 80Km/h, and it takes 500’ of runway to land. That mean it is more likely that you will hit something hard in a dead-stick landing at 80km/h unless you find a stretch of empty flat ground that is longer than 500’. The paraglide can land below 20km/hr in very short distance. You are less likely to hit something hard.
@@esphilee but you don't need the 500 ft to land. Especially if it's in a field, it goes really quick to get to a stop. If there are trees around you can absorb most of the impact with the wings, additionaly the wings don't just fold in like a parachute does If the wind hits at the wrong angle. We don't even have to talk about actual impact protection, in case of a crash (crash, not just emergency landing) an actual plane gives way more protection. Maybe I'm a bit biased because I fly little fixed wing aircrafts :D
Motorcop- Thanks so much for the nice comments. I have to brief my wife every time we fly. She has a learning-mental disability ', thus always a full briefing. She loves to fly. Always a good briefing to who ever rides the back seat. I could have picked better words other than crash. Maybe forced landing. But she does not know what that means. Better to over state than understate an emergency. Blue skies...
Nebojša Kamenčić if anyone at the helm of a flimsy aircraft turns around suddenly and says, ‘it’s going to be alright’ - to me that would say do worry it’s not going to be alright.
Well done. My father has a powered parachute. No bird strikes yet, but I with him once when he had to land in a fairly strong cross-wind. He straightened it out just a tad too early so we were pointing leftward when the turf tires hit the chipped stone. We immediately veered off the runway into a beanfield. We had soy bean in and on every part of the aircraft. They went everywhere. But just like you, he collapsed the chute quickly so we didn't get jerked around. Great video. It's a good demonstration of how to remain calm when life goes off the rails.
df3yt, Sorry bro it was a bird. I got a quick blur in my upper right view.Found two small downey feathers in the cable guide. small amount of blood and dents in the prop ring. Ive seen birds from all angles. Used to skydive, would see them up at10,000 sometimes. I have several videos of birds flying by me in my other PPC. Ex AirForce type here, NO LOOSE TOOLS OR ITEMS. A place for everything and everything in its place. Have pics on my other computer. Blue skies brother.....Thanks for the comments.
Great flying for sure. To clarify, which way was the bird coming at you? Mechanically, when the bird hit the prop, it shut down the engine or broke the shaft to the engine?
@@adams.1009 one prop broken, one other damaged, dents in prop ring. Some blood, a few feathers. I shut down engine to save damage from horrible imbalance.
"We're gonna crash." "(Silent)" -crash landing- "Are you alright?" "Huh?" "Are you alright?" "Yeah." Very calm for what happened. Strong people just enjoying life and surviving tough situations. Warms my heart.
Hold on were gonna crash...........glide.........glide..........dimp- rumble rumble stop. Take that kinda crash landing any day in a crisis, nice work my man.
She aint saying anything because and i cantell you this from personal experience your to busy trying to determine how hard yoyr gonna hit the ground so you can make a guess on how badly your gonna get hurt.i always wondered after ward why the movies always portray falling people as screaming. Like hell .trust me they dont scream at all.to busy contemplating
This farmer shotgun scenario happened to the drummer of the 1970’s rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd (Sweet Home Alabama, Free Bird, etc.) When they had their famous plane crash that took the life of their lead singer as well as others in the band and crew, the band’s drummer, Artimus Pyle, survived the accident, but was badly injured. He barely had the strength but went to get help. A farmer saw this bloody “long haired hippie” climbing over a fence in his field and shot him with a shotgun. I met Artimus Pyle a few years ago. I’m a retired police detective and I took an overtime assignment to a work security gig at a concert that his new band was playing at. Afterwards, I escorted his bus back to a local hotel And when we got there he came off the bus and came over and thanked me for my service and helping with the concert. We sat outside and talked for over two hours and he spoke in great detail about the plane crash. He told me about getting shot and that he understood why the farmer shot him. It was because to the farmer it probably thought he looked like he was a zombie coming to attack him. He said he got shot in the shoulder and as he was spinning around from the shot, he was able to speak out “plane crash”. The farmer realized his mistake and that his brains were safe and called for help. It was an incredible story to hear. Especially 1 on 1. I got to ask any questions I wanted about the crash and the band. Admittedly I didn’t know much about the band at that time, but boy did I ever after our conversation. I think why we talked for so long, because he met someone that he could tell all these stories to that was hearing them for the first time. In my career I’ve been around countless celebrities, I’ve never had any bad experiences with any off them. But I never met a nicer or more open, and unfiltered man as Artimus Pyle.
Never say - we're gonna crash. Always misdirect the frightened passenger with - hey see if you can revive that bird mangled in the prop back there. I'll set this down nice and easy Wendy. LOL.
I am not a pilot, but I think you managed your emergency like a really experienced pilot. Smooth landing and a very calm and brave passenger, like yours helped a lot as well ! Really glad to see you both safe and sound! My deepest respect !!!
Great... video titled "bird strike" where we literally don't even see the bird nor the striking... LOL. Sincere thanks for providing the timestamp though.
Wow! Total professional, stays calm and in control. He knows his aerodynamics...watch toward the end of the video when he keeps raising and lowering the nose to keep his airspeed up so the wings doesn't stall and fail. Bravo!!!!
“ Hold on, looks like we’ve had a problem. I’m just gonna put her down in that field over there.” Seems like a far more appropriate way to Prepare a passenger than, “hold on! We’re going to crash!“
It was a non - issue, and nothing to flip out about. A power off landing with a ram air canopy is normal. I don't know why he scared his passenger talking nonsense about crashing.
That was a really satisfying landing to watch... the anxiety of anticipation of a hard landing dissipated quickly and smoothly just like the kinetic energy of the ultralight as it seemingly got swollowed by the tall grass! That looked pillow soft... great job on that landing!!!
Any pilot training includes the magic sentence. Don't panic! As a former glider pilot decades ago I still remember some rough moments. Stay calm ...it's easier said than done but that's why certain people shouldn't get behind a steering stick.
When he said, "I think we hit a bird", there was silence, I thought she was going to say, in a muffled voice "you don't fuc@@n say", spitting bird feather out. Great landing by the way. 👍
