Dangerous to learn to fly in the Philippines?

[A_flyer]

There were 4 crash with small planes from flight training school in the last 2 weeks. 2 Cessna 150 and 2 Cessna 172.... Fortunately, no injuries!

Here is the last one just near the Mall of Asia in Manila:


Plane crashes near mall (Manila Times - Feb 2, 2008)
A trainer plane crash-landed at a grassy area near the SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City on Friday afternoon...
Read here: http://www.manilatimes.net/national/...80202met8.html

Two in Cebu, One in Bohol and last one above in Manila!
Read here: http://globalnation.inquirer.net/ceb...ane-crash-no-3

ATO have a lot of accident investigation job these days....

[RHB]

On a positive note the flight training school here in Dumaguete has an excellent safety record. They have Cessna 150s, and Piper Cherokees. There is an American in charge of the ground school for whatever difference that may make. It really pays to do your research before embarking on any potentially dangerous activity in the Philippines, whether it be flying, scuba diving, or mountain climbing.

[KeithD]

Maybe they are all practicing the BA 'land short of the runway' technique

[A_flyer]

I really hope it's better than this US flying school....


I think it's better to choose another one

[RHB]

nice photoshop job.

[A_flyer]

nice photoshop job.

It's an old photo, I don't think we had photoshop at this time...

[A_flyer]

Warning I'm landing....


Gosh! I missed the runway

Somebody can help me to go down ... Please?

[RHB]

The only reason I say that is from the limited perspective of the pic, it is hard to imagine the flight path given the angle of the plane, also the plane must have been there for a long time as the branches of the tree are all in tact and grown around the structure. As a pilot and photoshop user it was a guess.

I love the second pic, We used to launch model sailplanes that way, piggy back

[A_flyer]

The only reason I say that is from the limited perspective of the pic, it is hard to imagine the flight path given the angle of the plane, also the plane must have been there for a long time as the branches of the tree are all in tact and grown around the structure.

Don't think as a pilot, but think of hurricanes or other equivalent very windy meteo events...

[KeithD]

Is that one from the BA School of Landing?

[A_flyer]

nice photoshop job.

It's definitively not a photoshop job, here is another photo from the other side: