tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post3858619330057262493..comments2024-03-19T03:54:31.995-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Hope he bought a lottery ticket after that . . .Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-41758318098837138712013-07-19T04:41:14.485-05:002013-07-19T04:41:14.485-05:00That A/C seems awful light and lacking in power to...That A/C seems awful light and lacking in power to pull a banner, especially in the current hot conditions in CA.<br />Geoff<br />Who hangs around military pilots who have trouble understanding the lack of specific excess power in light aircraft.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-64381312879969893262013-07-18T23:11:05.256-05:002013-07-18T23:11:05.256-05:00Dave,
I'm only familiar with taking off, the...Dave, <br /><br />I'm only familiar with taking off, then coming back and snagging the banner, myself. Usually with ground helpers, and all the problems inherent with flying low and slow on the back side of the power curve, and then suddenly adding a yank backward followed by a massive drag surface attached to the plane. <br /><br />Usually banner towers get in trouble with being too low and too slow, not compensating for drag... or the same stall-spin from watching the ground instead of flying the plane that gets sightseers everywhere. <br /><br />I don't know enough about this one to give a specific comment on this case. And the reporter ain't helping. On a Wing and a Whimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754595334684845895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-85808891287279938232013-07-18T21:17:58.112-05:002013-07-18T21:17:58.112-05:00Reminded me of this little piece: http://www.youtu...Reminded me of this little piece: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYO4lZkLfFkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-72548866787786580012013-07-18T18:57:01.407-05:002013-07-18T18:57:01.407-05:00I've never towed a banner, but I have a friend...I've never towed a banner, but I have a friend who used to; he told me that the procedure is to lay the banner out backwards with the leading end suspended between two poles, take off clean, then snare the banner in a fly-by, lifting it off the ground. I wonder, then, about this story, which suggests that he was taking off with the banner attached. Can any banner pilots weigh in?<br /><br />Miss D., do you have any insight? It's been years since I've had any stick time.davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13579043129470256468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-24862564368765251182013-07-18T00:45:12.002-05:002013-07-18T00:45:12.002-05:00Can't imagine the flaps helped his asymmetric ...Can't imagine the flaps helped his asymmetric lift problem any...Dan Fnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-80308155867019580532013-07-17T23:09:59.863-05:002013-07-17T23:09:59.863-05:00God was his co pilot that day.God was his co pilot that day.c w swansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02735507642689652780noreply@blogger.com