Ass, grass, or crash.

I call it Friday.

StoneyBologna: "Ass, grass, or crash."

Nobody glides for free...

Putin?

TA-DA!

So a river in Ohio belongs to Kentucky?

"It never happened here and I've never seen anything like it."

It's a proud moment when you are quoted in an article.

"No word on charges" Are you kidding me?

No one got hurt, and flying low over a river, so long as FARs on minimum safe altitudes are observed, is not illegal.

farking hell. If a guy is out mudding in his truck where it is legal to do so runs into a tree or breaks down do they look to throw the book at him?

People do low altitude river runs all the damn time. It's fun and a great way to take in the scenery. People need to chill the fark out with all this OMG AIRPLANES!! bullshiat.

I WAS looking for a pic of Donald Duck flying a table with drop-down leaves, but the above will have to do.

AU_Aviator: People need to chill the fark out with all this OMG AIRPLANES!! bullshiat.



settle down there, Chester.

Any landing you can walk (or swim) away from is a good one, any landing where the plane can be reused is a outstanding one.

AU_Aviator
"No word on charges" Are you kidding me?

No one got hurt, and flying low over a river, so long as FARs on minimum safe altitudes are observed, is not illegal.

farking hell. If a guy is out mudding in his truck where it is legal to do so runs into a tree or breaks down do they look to throw the book at him?

Why yes, Yes they do.

AU_Aviator: "No word on charges" Are you kidding me?

If an aircraft crashes, for whatever reason, the FAA has to investigate to identify the cause. Local authorities frequently assist. If it turns out he was breaking the rules, there will be charges, but most likely there won't because it sounds like an engine malfunction. The reporter's little bit of hype notwithstanding, it sounds like a run of the mill situation.

BRENDAN-FACE: So a river in Ohio belongs to Kentucky?

Yes.

Sounds like attention-whoring. "Look at me in my red homemade ultralight crash into the river....ta-daa"

subby used up all the words on the Internet. Please come back later.

Dragynwing

lol ok point taken


alkhemy
The reporter's little bit of hype notwithstanding, it sounds like a run of the mill situation.

Agreed. It's that hype that kinda burns me. So many times people are looking to string up a pilot, whereas if they themselves had gotten into an analogous situation in their car would wonder what the big deal was.

At least he was over water. Seems like every year or so around here someone crashes an ultralight, and it's always into something less than forgiving, like a corn field. The pilot usually winds up stone farking dead, too, so this dude should count himself doubly lucky.

And I know fark-all about flying, but those ultralights don't seem real stable to begin with. Those and the motorized paragliders both seem to accidentally hit the ground with disturbing frequency.

Young man, there's no need to feel down, I say young man...

/You can stay at the Y...

And Darwin Said: "I'll see you again...just playing with you this time"...

jibern: Young man, there's no need to feel down, I say young man...

/You can stay at the Y...







it's fun to stay at the....

outatime
And I know fark-all about flying, but those ultralights don't seem real stable to begin with. Those and the motorized paragliders both seem to accidentally hit the ground with disturbing frequency.

My dad, who is now retired, was an Air Force pilot and a commercial airline pilot - highly experienced, fixed wing and rotor, F-15, F-16, A-10, 727, 737, 747, L-1011, owned a single engine Mooney, etc, etc . . .
And whenever he caught sight of an ultra-light, he'd say "you'd never get me to fly one of those things!"
Hehehe, it kinda wanted to make me give it a try, just to show him I've got more guts. They are fun to watch, though.

In other news, there is a Tobacco Festival.

should have been in the headline.

I will not buy this tobacconist. It is scratched.

BRENDAN-FACE: So a river in Ohio belongs to Kentucky?

No, a river in Kentucky is called the Ohio river.

I don't remember ever entering, but my older brother has honest-to-goodness trophies from his victories racing tobacco worms at this very festival!

/My family (until recently) was the largest tobacco producer in the state (Ohio's production isn't much, so "largest" isn't all that big).

Breech Birth: In other news, there is a Tobacco Festival.

should have been in the headline.

The strange thing is not that there's a Tobacco Festival, but that it's in Ohio and not one of the larger producing states (KY, NC, VA).

/Not positive, but my guess has to do with Cincinnati's historical significance.

AU_Aviator: "No word on charges" Are you kidding me?

No one got hurt, and flying low over a river, so long as FARs on minimum safe altitudes are observed, is not illegal.

farking hell. If a guy is out mudding in his truck where it is legal to do so runs into a tree or breaks down do they look to throw the book at him?

People do low altitude river runs all the damn time. It's fun and a great way to take in the scenery. People need to chill the fark out with all this OMG AIRPLANES!! bullshiat.

That's pre-9/11 thinking. In other news, the world is getting smaller. It took less than six years between the day that I created my Fark account, and the day that a story appeared on Fark about someone I know. Just wait until I see him.



/bookmarked

model airplane? (poppies)

Pretty good low altitude river run.

Link (new window)

Pribar: Any landing you can walk (or swim) away from is a good one, any landing where the plane can be reused is a outstanding one.

it sounds like you also took flying lessons at gil's discount flying school.

More_Like_A_Stain: AU_Aviator: "No word on charges" Are you kidding me?

No one got hurt, and flying low over a river, so long as FARs on minimum safe altitudes are observed, is not illegal.

farking hell. If a guy is out mudding in his truck where it is legal to do so runs into a tree or breaks down do they look to throw the book at him?

People do low altitude river runs all the damn time. It's fun and a great way to take in the scenery. People need to chill the fark out with all this OMG AIRPLANES!! bullshiat.

That's pre-9/11 thinking. In other news, the world is getting smaller. It took less than six years between the day that I created my Fark account, and the day that a story appeared on Fark about someone I know. Just wait until I see him.



/bookmarked

the father of my friend also made fark in the headline "Police arrest only black man in Saskatchewan".
i forgot the password to the profile i had at the time and i never got to fill everyone in on everything and be an important part of the thread. it is something i regret to this day and now i keep a quiet vigil over the greenlights hoping i will once again have another crack at the whip

First one of you aristofags that references it incorrectly shall sponsor me for TotalFark

i'm driving my life away: Pribar: Any landing you can walk (or swim) away from is a good one, any landing where the plane can be reused is a outstanding one.

it sounds like you also took flying lessons at gil's discount flying school.

Don't dis Gil now, where else can I learn to fly for 49.95?

Ultralight Plane Crashes at Ripley Festival. But the pilot survives, Believe it or Not.

Too expensive to fill up?

It was only ultra-light because he didn't put gas in it.

/duh