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Title: A photo of a really wet beaver (STS)
Post by: NIN on May 27, 2010, 02:28:12 PM
http://www.adn.com/2010/05/26/1296139/pilot-trainee-crashes-into-remote.html

(Sorry, guys, could not resist)
Title: Re: A photo of a really wet beaver (STS)
Post by: Stonewall on May 27, 2010, 02:36:53 PM
(http://www.wearyourbeer.com/product_thumb.php?img=images/Naked_Gun_Beaver_Cream_Shirt.jpg&w=150&h=150)
Title: Re: A photo of a really wet beaver (STS)
Post by: tsrup on May 27, 2010, 03:38:25 PM
+1 for excellent use of STS
Title: Re: A photo of a really wet beaver (STS)
Post by: davidsinn on May 27, 2010, 03:40:19 PM
Sucks to be AKWG. That's two bent Beavers in as many years. Last one was a write off. Think this one is too? The easiest way to get her out of the lake is to call up the army and ask for a 'Hook.

Quote from: tsrup on May 27, 2010, 03:38:25 PM
+1 for excellent use of STS

I don't think the setup could have been any better.
Title: Re: A photo of a really wet beaver (STS)
Post by: NIN on May 27, 2010, 03:53:43 PM
Quote from: davidsinn on May 27, 2010, 03:40:19 PM
Sucks to be AKWG. That's two bent Beavers in as many years. Last one was a write off. Think this one is too? The easiest way to get her out of the lake is to call up the army and ask for a 'Hook.

As my business cards used to say "You call, we haul."  I seriously doubt that beaver weighs more than 22,000 lbs soaking wet.   Would be an interesting rigging job. I'd really rather rig something like that to flip over as you lifted, versus having to put it down on the upper surface of the wing and the tail. :(

Quote from: davidsinn on May 27, 2010, 03:40:19 PM
Quote from: tsrup on May 27, 2010, 03:38:25 PM
+1 for excellent use of STS

I don't think the setup could have been any better.

Actually, I had other setups, but this was the one I decided to hammer home, STS.
Title: Re: A photo of a really wet beaver (STS)
Post by: bosshawk on May 27, 2010, 05:37:47 PM
So that is what a beaver looks like, upside down?

Seriously, I had a few hours in land-based Beavers in the Army and we lost a few of them in Viet Nam, one a ground loop after hitting a berm alongside the runway on a dirt runway.
Title: Re: A photo of a really wet beaver (STS)
Post by: SJFedor on May 27, 2010, 08:54:29 PM
sadness  :-[

but nice STS!
Title: Re: A photo of a really wet beaver (STS)
Post by: tsrup on May 28, 2010, 01:26:39 AM
Quote from: NIN on May 27, 2010, 03:53:43 PM
I seriously doubt that beaver weighs more than 22,000 lbs soaking wet.   
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Actually, I had other setups, but this was the one I decided to hammer home, STS.


You missed one.  ;D

Title: Re: A photo of a really wet beaver (STS)
Post by: NIN on May 28, 2010, 01:32:56 AM
Quote from: tsrup on May 28, 2010, 01:26:39 AM
You missed one.  ;D

Story of my life.