Hahahahahaha...Originally Posted by saber25
Hahahahahaha...
The opinions and statements of this poster are largely based on facts and portray a possible version of the actual events.
It's not exactly "free" diving; ICON requires that you install a MVR (Mask Voice Recorder) and spy cameras that continually record your depth and blood-oxygen level.Hahahahahaha...
Ron "green Spandex is a no-no" Wanttaja
True, but it is the continuing saga of a company and it's sinking fortunes.
I'm trying to come up with another smartass comment, but I can't...
From Icon, reported on another forum:
Isn't pilot error prohibited by their sales contract?During flight operations of two A5s down in Miami, Florida, this Saturday, 1 April (no joke), one of the A5s experienced an extremely hard landing that resulted in hull damage that caused the aircraft to take on water. Both the pilot and passenger were uninjured. While the aircraft subsequently submerged up to the wings, it remained afloat and was towed approximately eight miles to a marina where it was loaded onto an A5 trailer and transported back to ICON. The situation is still under thorough review by ICON, but all initial information suggests pilot error.
Looks like the sales contract won't hold water......
Apparently the resale value isn't that great, leaving the buyer "underwater?"
Waterboarding is considered torture but check this out!!
That represented 5% of the Icon fleet
Rick
Here Dana, you can have this one with my compliments. Icon press release:
"We said it was spin proof, not submarine proof."
I'm feelin' like Henny Youngman(you youngins' go ask your parents).
And btw, it's not smartassism, it's sarcasm. ;>)
Well... on Icon's side is the fact that homebuilt seaplanes/amphibians suffer a higher accident rate, anyway, due to the additional hazards of water operation. The Fleet accident rate (accidents per number of registered examples) of the Searey is actually higher than the Lancair line.
Ron Wanttaja
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