radfordcAugust 17, 2010, 2:45pm
RicardoAugust 17, 2010, 3:50pm
Amazing video! Cool pilot, cameraman and the broadcaster who calmed down expectators and never lost nerve. Post comments say the pilot suffered only a minor foot injury on spite of the vertical fall. I believe the Rans 10 has a pretty sturdy cockpit,. Do you think a Max could stand such a vertical fall?
radfordcAugust 17, 2010, 3:54pm
Ricardo, did anyone say what caused the fire after the plane hit the ground?
RicardoAugust 17, 2010, 4:33pm
No, they didn't say it, no written comments either. The broadcaster was warning the expectators to remain calm and stay in place during the fall, also said fire could develop after touching the ground and fire crew should be there at once. He also informed the audience that the pilot was already out of the plane as soon as fire started.
radfordcAugust 18, 2010, 11:32pm
New information from AvWeb:
A 22-year-old Argentine aerobatic pilot is out of business for the moment but living to blog about it thanks to the BRS ballistic parachute he installed in his RANS S-9. Dino Moline's only injury was a slightly burned foot after a wing snapped off during a negative G maneuver. The published negative G limit is -4. Moline was performing at Show Aereo 2010 at El Trebol, Argentina when, as he pulled up while inverted, the left wing departed. Although we haven't spoken with Moline, he is quoted on an Argentine blog site this way. "I do not know what happened, I think it was fatigue and I felt an explosion, saw a shadow passed me and was the wing. Then I heard Cesar (Faristocco) shouted my radio to pull the parachute and I did. I do not think anything. I saw fire in the plane, and I despaired a little. Burned my foot, but I'm okay."
The incident happened in front of about 3,500 spectators at the show, which was sponsored by the local flying club in El Trebol, a small town in Sante Fe province in northeastern Argentina. BRS says that's "save" number 253 for the whole plane parachute system.
aeronutAugust 19, 2010, 6:24pm
Wow thats a good reason to use a whole plane parachute.
never surrender; never give-up
onwardthruthefogSeptember 7, 2010, 10:43pm
Awesome video! It speaks volumes of the need for a chute!
Greg SSeptember 8, 2010, 1:41pm
I think it speaks volumes about what happens when you overstress an aircraft by doing things in it it wasn't designed for, or do them improperly. If that happened in the US, he'd probably turn around and sue RANS for some ungodly amt. of money for an accident that he caused.