[Morten]

The Cub was from 1937 and will probably not fly again.
The pilot is from 1938, not a scratch on him and is ready to fly again.

Quite right "- Losing engine power was like flying a glider with poor performance." - it's what I always tell my passengers...
He also quite rightly refers to focussing on flying the aircraft so it does not 'fall straight down'.

Google translate version here: https://translate.google.com/translate? ... 1.15324324

Good result !

[Lockhaven]

Why does it show him sat in the 1937 J3 Cub, but then shows a picture of a much younger crashed Super Cub

[Morten]

Hah! I didn't even pay attention to the fact that the paint job on the 2 aircraft were different.
Yes, the captioned photo says he sits in the 1937 Cub that is clearly not the one which was involved with the accident. The Accident aircraft LN-KCH appears to be a 1952 model, so a mere whippersnapper.

[Dusty_B]

The caption says that the photo of him in the J3 was taken a week before the accident.
It doesn't claim that he crashed in the J3, just highlights that he (also) flies an aircraft that is older than him.

[neilmurg]

So that seems to verify the old saw that 'it flies barely quick enough to kill you'. Something that Maurice Kirk has relied on...

[rusty eagle]

That happened to me at a similar height in a Jodel D9. My many cable breaks in a low performance Slingsby Swallow kicked in and I was back in that glider as soon as the engine stopped . Stick fast forward to flying speed by feel and then a smooth landing.

[M609]

The report was out a few weeks ago. Turns out putting the fuel selector to «off» before take off ends badly.

Both the AIBN and the PIC both agree on the sequence of events

[Flyin'Dutch']

The report was out a few weeks ago. Turns out putting the fuel selector to «off» before take off ends badly.

Both the AIBN and the PIC both agree on the sequence of events

Always do your run up checks on the tank you're going to take off with.......

[TopCat]

Always do your run up checks on the tank you're going to take off with.......

Very much so.

Start the engine on the emptier tank and do all the taxying on that; change tanks for run up, then leave the selector alone.

Doing it in this order tells you fuel is getting through from both tanks.

Many years ago, I started the engine once with the fuel off (not intentionally, I might add).

I got less than a minute at low rpm before it stopped. It would have been a lot less than that at run up power in my aeroplane.

Quite reassuring actually.