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maximal hassle
Hi every body! It’s an aviation blog, why not narrate my aviation story? I’m french, i can speak english a little bit but sometimes i do some errors. So if you have anything to modify in my text, send me a personnal message!
I’m student pilot in a Flying club, in eastern France. Everybody talk a lot, and narrates their stories. I was with my instructor and a lot of people outside, and a young pilot, with all our attentiveness, narrated it:
” I was just a passenger. The pilot was a friend, he flew on a DR-400 everytimes he went the the flying club. We were 4, the “Robin” was full. Just before it, a pilot of the club flew on the same plane (he did the flight check). Both flights were during the night. The plane was on the parking, we got up in it juste after the pilot left it. My friend had experience, and I was flying in that club too. We didn’t check the plane, because it flew 5 minutes ago. 10 Minutes after, we were allowed to drive on the taxiway.
In my head, all was good, it was a flight like others. But in a fragment of a second, i said: “Holly shit, is that orange light?” 5 seconds after, I was sure of it. There was fire on the plane, juste under us. I told it to my friends. We toof off our security belt, it was hot hot hot. My friend who had the radio announced it to the control tower, and the ATC responded the fired truck was on the taxiway. My mother was on the control tower, with the ATC.
On the DR-400, essence tanks are inside wings. It’s a wood plane. The plane was on fire mor than 5 sec ago. We got off it but for get off of a DR-400, we need to put our feet on the wing… where the essence is! We left the radio. The fire truck was on the taxiway, and we were all with a part of our feet on fire (because of the essence into those wings).
We were OK, but the plane was totally KO. The tower (and my mom) didn’t know if we were alive or not. After that freaky moment, we learnt the fire truck, who was not accustomed for those situations was too much pressed and… oh shit, maximal hassle, was overturned on the taxiway.
We didn’t check the plane before fly. Apparamently, the brake fluid leaked and the fire grew up in the plane with the help of it.
Maybe a check would have avoided it. Check your plane, please!”
Maximal hassle: Fire on tha plane… Essence into wings… FIRE TRUCK OVERTURNED!
When I listened it, i was scared. I flew just after it, I was like “Hey Jacques, do you smell burnt?” every 2 seconds! :D
Scray story.. I swear it’s true. Good flights ! :D
