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!
A friend of mine emailed this to me from...Alaska...for true.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
The Best Duct Tape Story ....EVER!!!
During a private "fly-in" fishing excursion in the Alaskan wilderness, the chartered pilot and fishermen left a cooler and bait in the plane. A bear smelled it. This is what the bear 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!
A friend of mine emailed this to me from...Alaska...for true.
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!
A friend of mine emailed this to me from...Alaska...for true.
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5 comments:
WOW....but I still wouldn't want to fly in it. Wow!
We got that as an e-mail from Wes Patterson in Washington last week. Didn't have your address so didn't send it on to you. Hell of a way to run an airforce.
RB
I would like to have seen that right rear tail aileron thing, that got chewed up pretty badly, wondered if that got the duct tape treatment as well. Royce
Did you click on the picture to enlarge? There is the niftiest rifle carrying case attached to the wing. R
Duct tape the only thing holding my truck together. Amazing story and pic's.
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