OT: Bear wrecks AK bush plane

[86er]

Don't leave your food bins on the aircraft. The radio wires were severed. The handheld radio will only transmit far enough to try to reach a plane that is in sight, and they didn't want to waste batteries calling "in the blind". The pilot figured out how to get back safely. Duct tape -

[Bronco]

Always good to have some 100 mph tape handy!!

[Nath]

Thats a neat repair and I take my hat off to them.

Does pee'ing around an area put them off?

Nath.

[bogus bill]

Someone sent me those pictures, and more too. The bear even flattend both main tires. The pilot radioed another plane to bring him some plastic sheets, cases of duct tape and two new tires, and flew it out!

[Mike D.]

Yeah, I got that one couple days ago, too.

[nemhed]

That's nothing compared to the cost of all that tape!

[66GTO]

That'll work. After all, they used to make airplanes from wood and fabric.

That had to be one of those head slap , "What was I thinking when I left the food in the airplane", moments.

[Ysabel Kid]

I knew duct tape could fix anything!

[Bogie35]

That's amazing! Thanks for posting!

bogie

[buckeyeshooter]

I would not want to ride in that plane!!

[Last Spike]

That must have been one seriously riled up bear!

[Nath]

"Now if we could just duct tape the bears paws and gag his mouth we could save some time fixing the plane, you hold him down".

Nath

[jeepnik]

100 mile an hour tape "will" cover bullet holes in an airframe, at least of helos. And it stops bullets as well as the original aluminum.

[bogus bill]

That guy is in for a exspendsive recovering and pain job! My citaberia is being redone now.

[CowboyTutt]

Nice car and plane Bill! (I particularly like the car!)

-Tutt

[44magHunter]

That's a lot of ductape! Looks like it might work. But did it?
Pretty cool either way.