Scudrunners

It's kind of sad that as time goes by, more and more of
the aircraft you flew are junked.

C-GKLA was just an old 172, but I did more than a little
instruction on it over the decades, and it's sad to see it
gone.

It was a dual flight, with a decent crosswind.  An instructor
was checking out a [u]bush pilot hero from Africa[/u], whom I
have been told here many times, are much, much better sticks
than I am, and could ever hope to be.

This [u]bush pilot hero from Africa[/u] could not land a 172 in a
15 knot crosswind, which Cessna says in the POH is within the
ability of an "average pilot".

I had no idea that the [u]bush pilot heroes from Africa[/u]
don't even measure up to what Cessna describes is
an "average pilot".

I learn new things every day.  One of them is to not
let a [u]bush pilot hero from Africa[/u] fly a basic trainer in
even slightly challenging conditions, because they are all much
better sticks than I am. 

And I am sure their investment portfolios are much better than
mine, too, because they are all so much smarter than I am, too. 

That's why they all fly jets and I don't.

who is the bush pilot from africa?  am i missing something ?

There is a PPL from Toronto that flies a 182
and likes to tear me a new one continually,
telling me I am a shitty stick, compared to
a [u]bush pilot hero from Africa[/u].

The irony is so far past dripping, that it is
palpable.

PS  I know guys who have flown in Africa,
and they pretty unanimously agree it's a
Malaria-infested toilet.

2017-04-21
Narrative:
On landing at Smiths Falls-Montague (Russ Beach), ON (CYSH), the nose gear of a Smiths Falls Flying Club Inc. Cessna 172M (C-GKLA) broke and the aircraft rolled over. Substantial damages to the aircraft. No injuries or fatalities. Impact: the runway at CYSH was closed until at least 0000Z. The National Operations Centre(NOC), the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) and the Aviation Operations Centre were advised.
O.P.I.:

Further Action Required:
No
Occurrence Summary
Date Entered:
2017-04-27
Narrative:
UPDATE: PILOT REPORT: The pilot of Smith Falls Flying Club, Cessna 172M, C-GKLA on a local flight was on approach to Smith Falls Airport (CYSH) landing in a crosswind when the nose wheel dug into the grass and collapsed the nose wheel of the aircraft. Extensive damage to aircraft. No injuries reported. The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) was advised.

Yeah, that was Rookie's [u]bush pilot hero from Africa[/u].

Couldn't land a 172 in a crosswind.  My hero.

[quote author=Colonel Sanders link=topic=6161.msg16250#msg16250 date=1493709768]
Yeah, that was Rookie's [u]bush pilot hero from Africa[/u].

Couldn't land a 172 in a crosswind.  My hero.
[/quote]

I don't get it. You mean the guy in the video in this post flying into cool places came to Canada to fly a 172 and had some difficulty?

Forum/hot-air-misc-forum/11/colonel/569 ... 5#msg15425

[quote]I don't get it[/quote]

I don't get it, either.  It's a 172, and some crosswind.

These are the [u]Aviation Gods of The Dark Continent (tm).[/u]

And, they are the laughingstock of Eastern Ontario.

I wonder if little pistons was the instructor  ;)

Did he wreck it doing a split S recovering from being upside down accidentally?


If so then BPF may have been his instructor.

Does the instructor get "violated" for not remaining in control of the aircraft?