Old Dog Flying wrote:The Arrow has, like most if not all of the light Piper products , a manual flap handle between the seats.

Looks like it eh. Don't know why it happened, but it did. I believe VAM has it now.

I believe this was a case of, oops, pulled the gear handle up after landing instead of the flaps.
Interesting system though.

CADORS: http://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/2/cadors-screaq/rpt.aspx?lang=eng&rptcads=2012P1010&cads=&occdtefrom=&occdteto=2012-07-09&srchfldcd=1&txt=cyyj&srchtype=1 A privately registered Piper PA 28A aircraft was doing circuits at Victoria International Airport (CYYJ) and landed gear up, closing r...

Like everyone has said above, It's pretty much broken down into
having the experience to read the water, being able to anticipate
what the machine you're driving is going to do, and what you need
to do to put it down safely.

Kinshasa - A plane carrying 112 people crashed as it attempted to land in stormy weather in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Friday, but at least 53 people have survived, the air company said. The plane, operated by Hewa Bora Airways, crashed at Kisangani airport in the northeast of the...

Just wanted to thank the guys working at CYYJ today around 2:00.
Seemed like they had a huge work load going on and appreciate them
accommodating us floaters out of Pat Bay. Kudos to them and Thanks!

Does anyone have a 185F 1976 POH in .pdf? Could only find on google a 185F 1975 which is slightly different.
Greatly appreciated.

Thanks Widow... I believe my question has been answered. Thanks for the replies and help. Feel free to converse and elaborate further.

Thanks for a quick reply. Great thread and interesting information.

I have a question regarding VFR minimums. Mainly directed to flying floats on the southern west coast. 602.14 Minimum Altitudes 602.15 Permissible Low Altitude Flight 602.117 Special VFR (Question not directed to controlled airspace) My question is about this CAR. Minimum Visual Meteorological Condi...

I spent a year in West Africa with a company that flew beech 1900s. Pay was lousy but the time was valuable and it was quite entertaining landing a 1900 on short dirt runways. I have to admit though, I have a lot of respect for South African aviation standards. I have experienced how bad maintenance...

I have personal experience with this one. As far as flying commercially, good luck. If you don't have South African citizenship forget it. I managed to get a South African Validation on my License to fly ZS registered aircraft out of West Africa. But they put a limitation on the validation that says...

I don't know if this has been said in this post, but if your flap indicator breaks you can tell when you have take-off flap selected if you (while still on the ground/water) put your left aileron full down and pump the flaps down just past when they're flush I wouldnt try this while you're in the ai...