danc Posted January 5, 2010 Report Posted January 5, 2010 Here's the story as I received it. During a private "fly-in" fishing excursion in the Alaskan wilderness, the chartered pilot and fishermen left a cooler and bait in the plane. And a bear smelled it.. This is what he did to the plane. The pilot used his radio and had another pilot bring him 2 new tires, 3 cases of duct tape, and a supply of sheet plastic. He patched the plane together, and FLEW IT HOME! I heard that the pilots name was Wayne. Some dude from Ontario.
purekgw Posted January 5, 2010 Report Posted January 5, 2010 (edited) how much duck tape they carry with them ?!? woops didnt see part with other pilot Edited January 5, 2010 by Pure
HTHM Posted January 5, 2010 Report Posted January 5, 2010 Somehow I don't think an AME would sign off on that....
irishfield Posted January 5, 2010 Report Posted January 5, 2010 Somehow I don't think an AME would sign off on that.... Why not... it would pass a maule fabric punch test! lol Ya bring'm home anyway you can...
johnnyb Posted January 5, 2010 Report Posted January 5, 2010 beautiful! I still prefer Gorilla tape...but in case of emergency, the grey stuff'll do too
bigugli Posted January 5, 2010 Report Posted January 5, 2010 And here I was expecting to see a pic of GCD's hands taped together Neat job with the tape. Hundred mile an hour tape sure is great.
bigfish1965 Posted January 5, 2010 Report Posted January 5, 2010 I see he installed a gunner on the front end too. Keep them pesky bears away...
bubbles Posted January 5, 2010 Report Posted January 5, 2010 I would like to see some more use of TUCK tape, a little more colourful
kickingfrog Posted January 5, 2010 Report Posted January 5, 2010 Mythbusters did an episode on duck tape. Patched a hole in a boat, made a boat, picked up a car etc.
irishfield Posted January 5, 2010 Report Posted January 5, 2010 LOL.. I missed this part !!! I heard that the pilots name was Wayne. Some dude from Ontario. Wasn't me.. but I do know who it was and it is true.. was flown home this way. Not an issue.. that's what we call a "field repair" !
Paully Posted January 5, 2010 Report Posted January 5, 2010 From need.. To Want.. To innovation! , oh wait.. thats 3M
Radnine Posted January 5, 2010 Report Posted January 5, 2010 And it will probably keep flying that way until the insurance cheque comes in. Jim
dannyboy Posted January 5, 2010 Report Posted January 5, 2010 The ship is based in Anchorage Alaska, here is a link to what happened. Dan
vinnimon Posted January 5, 2010 Report Posted January 5, 2010 I beleive steve smith from the red green show had a contest a few years back with duck tape.I think someone from the hammer won it.That plane would of topped it and won for sure.As for using it on the better half ITS NOT STRONG ENOUGH.esp when I say IM GOING FISHING.
Roy Posted January 6, 2010 Report Posted January 6, 2010 I think it might have been Gerritt who once said, probably when referring to children, " Silence is golden, duct tape is silver." I agree.
tjsa Posted January 6, 2010 Report Posted January 6, 2010 I have seen that before but never posted it. One day years back, probably 1984ish, I was down in Oshkosh Wisconsin for the annual Experimental Aircraft Association show with my dad and a good friend of his. Tired of the tent breakfasts after 4 days, we took the shuttle to the terminal lounge. While eating breakfast, we noticed an F-14/16??(could have the model wrong now) parked outside. We finished breakfast and walked out to it to look it over while waiting for the shuttle to return. We gave it a good look over. I climbed up to the cockpit and there was a roll of duct tape on the dashboard. Shortly after that, the air force pilot came along, we introduced ourselves and said we hope you didn't mind us taking a closer look at your ride. He was all smiles and said, no problem, can I answer any questions? Immediately I asked him what the duct tape was for, and he replied, "everything, when I inspect my aircraft after landing, and find a small issue, I just tape it up, so that it does not become a larger issue until I can get it properly serviced". We laughed about that. Unfortunately no pictures, I left my SLR locked up in the truck by our tent :wallbash: We sure could not have done that in today's world now.
danc Posted January 6, 2010 Author Report Posted January 6, 2010 I have seen that before but never posted it. we noticed an F-14/16?? That's how we fix our F-150's and F-250's as well Tom. Duct tape.
vinnimon Posted January 6, 2010 Report Posted January 6, 2010 That's how we fix our F-150's and F-250's as well Tom. Duct tape.Because duct tape doesnt rust lol
bigugli Posted January 6, 2010 Report Posted January 6, 2010 I beleive steve smith from the red green show had a contest a few years back with duck tape.I think someone from the hammer won it.That plane would of topped it and won for sure.As for using it on the better half ITS NOT STRONG ENOUGH.esp when I say IM GOING FISHING. 3M used to sponsor a design school fashion show where the couture was all crafted from duct tape supplied by the company.
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