Ooops....

[JohnWillimas]

Great aviation quotes #133... A spokesman said: "The flight went really well and the only issue was when it landed."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-be ... e=facebook

They say it can stay airborne for 5 days. Probably just as well, if this landing is anything to go by. :-)

[Dev One]

Possibly why most aircraft have their cockpit on top?
It seems a modification is needed to fit a pair of nosewheels?
Keith

[grumpyoldb]

I told you the cows were getting bigger.

[Dev One]

Well its not that far to Milton Keynes........
Keith

[Paul K]

A spokesman said: "The flight went really well and the only issue was when it landed."

That applies to a large percentage of aviation mishaps in the last 100 years.

[Dev One]

'There is an art to flying ... or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.' Douglas Adams

The knack was missing that day unfortunately.
Keith

[paulsl]

I can do that.

Every. Single. TIme.

[cstorey]

The video of it is very worrying . There appears to have been no pitch authority at all with the craft maintaining a steep nose down attitude which, if anything, steepened further in the last 20 or 30 feet of descent. This was in what appear to have been relatively calm conditions . Thank goodness the crew escaped unhurt - they were very very lucky

[GHD]

Apparently the mooring line hit power-lines:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-be ... s-37184864

[Kevin Farnell]

Fortunately, no one was seriously hurt in this incident, so we can afford a chuckle.

The following, I found extremely witty -

I told you the cows were getting bigger.

A spokesman said: "The flight went really well and the only issue was when it landed."

That applies to a large percentage of aviation mishaps in the last 100 years.

and

'There is an art to flying ... or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.' Douglas Adams

The knack was missing that day unfortunately.
Keith

Keith's comment reminds me of a report I read of an accident in the RFC, by a pilot who was the son of one of the top brass. Unwilling to embarrass the senior officer, the accident by his son was put down to 'a lack of lift in the air on that day'.

Kevin