cap Posted May 6, 2008 Report Posted May 6, 2008 Hmmmmmm....don't have photos to prove it because I took great offense at my stupidity and the collection of grinning engineers asembled wouldn't have dared to take a photo, but "Yes".....I've flown a 206 with no skid gear of ANY type attached. A/C weight was about 1550-75lbs and had full tanks. It had me and an engineer friend onboard also doing a track on the M/R blades after a major O/H on the a/c. Registration will go unmentioned of course. Particulars?...........Speed 135-137MPH with 70% Q. These readings we could not understand at all until we accidentally happened to look out and down for some reason.......and "Holy sh** man"! We tried 150MPH VNE to see what Q we might be pulling at VNE on the return flight and reached that point at 75%. The arrival back at the hangar with no landing gear and many grinning faces is another story that I won't delve into here. Suffice it to say that anyone who has flown floats on an R/W and had almost all of one side defate for some reason, will be able to guess how the landing was accomplished........VERY CAREFULLY of course. You may stop laughing now. Quote
Mark_ Posted May 6, 2008 Report Posted May 6, 2008 That story is too crazy not to true Cap...your 5 bucks is in the mail. Mark Quote
TwistedSpar Posted May 6, 2008 Report Posted May 6, 2008 whoa.....hold the brown nosing...there isn't a picture with that far fetched look at me story...so keep your five bucks until someone actually shows the picture as you requested it. :down: Quote
3BX2 Posted May 6, 2008 Report Posted May 6, 2008 Hall Beach NWT August 1978, no crane or hoist to go from skids to floats, so.........well, it's definitely a sleek, light and fast aircraft :punk: Quote
Guest bag swinnger Posted May 6, 2008 Report Posted May 6, 2008 Hey that's a great photo!...But what have you got there a Camera of some kind? Quote
southern canuck Posted May 6, 2008 Report Posted May 6, 2008 yes, thats a big disney 360 camera Quote
cap Posted May 7, 2008 Report Posted May 7, 2008 TwistedSpar.......someone produces a picture of my 'event' and I'll rip his face off with glee. I swore my engineer friend to silence forever over this and his answer was......"Don't worry buddy because nobody would believe me if I related this story to them anyway, so your safe" and then he falls down laughing his fool head off. Quote
Mark_ Posted May 7, 2008 Report Posted May 7, 2008 Relax a little there Spar, I never have been and never will be a brown noser. That comment pi$$ed me off a little I'll have to admit. Mark Quote
vortex Posted May 7, 2008 Report Posted May 7, 2008 Hey Cap, did that happen in Chetwynd? If it did, I never heard about it... Quote
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