DISASTER, how am I going to get out of this one?

[@monacosfranz4202]

Love it when people come together like this to help each other out.

[@ShortField]

They were awesome, thank you.

[@N1611n]

Well done Powermain Limited, I expect you were very 'Tyred' at the end of that day..... I'll get my coat! 🤣🤣🤣

[@ShortField]

LoL :-)

[@tl3000siriussportpilot]

If you have a tube tire, the easiest way is two person lift up from the wing. Take out the tube from the out side of the tire, check the debre is out, put in the new inner tube and inflate. Carrying a pair of spare tubes and a light weight inflater helps a lot.

[@edmoore3910]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@dr_jaymz]

I have seen people stand under the wing and lift it off the ground. Makes you cringe a bit.

[@paulhodgins]

Hats off to Powermain!

[@howardhall2971]

I carry a pressure repair pack from Halfords just connect and press, the gunge will ruin the tube but you will get home

[@kevchilton908]

The museum looks amazing and I hope it really takes off for the wonderful people who are keeping our aviation history alive! Glad you managed to get safely home Terry, what a great bunch of helpful people you encountered! 👌🏻👍🏻

[@ShortField]

It was really interesting I don't think the video does it justice. Thanks Kev 👍

[@TheLincolnshireFlyer]

Brilliant to see human kindness. Thank you for the video 👍😊

[@ShortField]

No, thank you for the watch and kind comment.

[@geoffreycoan]

I flew into Manston on an LAA open weekend earlier this year and the museum is really good, spent so long there that the NAAFI cafe had closed by the time I’d finished! Great result Terry, really helpful people you found. I’ve had more than my fair share of punctures an so in my aircraft I carry a small portable electric tyre inflator, a spare inner tube, motorcycle tyre levers and a small bottle of shower gel - the latter being to make it easier to get the tyre back onto the rim! Adds a bit of extra weight but worth it to be reasonably self sufficient. I think my series of punctures were due to the age of the tyres, flakes coming off the sidewalls and rubbing inside the tyre on the inner tube. Since replacing all the tyres and inner tubes I’ve not had a single puncture.

[@bvqbvq]

What a great bunch of guys! I've always worried about being stranded when I land away somewhere remote. In reality there is very little that you can do without carrying a load of spares and tools. That said I do carry a small bicycle pump and a puncture repair kit as well as a few spanners, etc. I've toyed with the idea of making a light weight stand to prop under the undercarriage leg just high enough to get the wheel off the ground.

[@QnC76]

Haha. I have the same aircraft and had the same issue with the front wheel. Since then I keep always 2 pcs inner tube + xiaomi air pump + small electric screwdriver + strong powerbank in the plane. Good to see that you was able to solve this situation whith a help of a lot of nice people.

[@poetpilot]

Great video. I used to fly into Manston in my Jodel to clear customs. On one occasion I landed in a strong crosswind, virtually across the runway (in those days it was very wide). In earlier days I flew with 617 Gliding School briefly at Manston. Great to see the museum stuff!

[@rodneyskennedy3163]

Great to see a local company help you out!

[@mothmagic1]

It always heartens me to see the willingness of fellow aviators to le lend helping hand. Mich like the narrow boat community. In this case they weren't even aviation people so even more humane of them. They may even have enjoyed the chance to work on something different. If so a win all round.

[@rappermusician]

Nice story - always good to hear of people being kind

[@RoutesAbove]

What an amazing turn of events!! Glad it was all sorted so quickly! Great video Terry

[@marchaywood9378]

Super well done you and the Powermain team, really nice story

[@nathanwildthorn6919]

Thank you for an engaging video with a heartwarming ending. 😊

[@AlphaKilo.Warrior]

Professional filming and editing. Props to you (pun intended) what an amazing museum

[@classicraceruk1337]

A nice adventure huh Terry. Shows how great people can be.

[@RV7FlyPer]

great video - punctures in the sidewall are always because of too little tyrepressure and/or not enough talk (powder) between tube and tyre so they scuff against each other during landing and "rip" a hole in the tube... I fly the Vans RV6's and 7's and learned the hard way. Tyre pressure to be correct - and "lubrication" between tube and tyre :) thanks for sharing.

[@nevsmate8663]

most excellent, great to see there are still helpful people out there....

[@chrsfrwll]

What a great ground crew. Love the Lightning. As well as M2, my dad's log books showed he was cleared to 60000 in them! There's a cockpit of one hooked up to simulator software at Tangmere Military Aviation Museum. Managed to squeeze myself in and have a quick "flight".

[@Timothyshannon-fz4jx]

That is amassing, the English elecxtric lightening could outclimb any aircraft we have today, even the typhoon. History is important, we must honor it and treasure it to remember the sacrifice made by others on our behalf and so honor them as well, not only 'the few' but the thousands of others who perished in bomber command, both then, and now, as we possibly face war with Putin, we must remember the lessons of the past, and draw on them and apply them to today, my grand father was in the RFC, an air borne radio operator, my late mother grew up during the war, so my late family always had a close affinity with those times, i hope the museum really takes off in every sense, they do us a grate service, good luck to them.

[@markallisonparamotor]

Glad you managed to get away in time! Looked like a nice flight back in the end.

[@ShortField]

It was Mark, setting sun and direct routing.

[@IanFlyer100]

What lovely people. And the museum is now firmly on my list of places to visit the next time I'm in Kent. Didn't even know it was there! Incidentally, the nearby Spitfire & Hurricane museum is also well worth a visit.

[@ShortField]

Thanks Ian, yes I know and they get the bulk of the visitors as it's run by the IWM so I wanted to give them some exposure.

[@paulmyhill4158]

glad you had a good time i only live up the coast in Herne Bay its a Great Museum and next door is also another smaller musem that houses a spitfire and hurricane . So looking forward to Aviation returning to Historic Manston Airfield .2025 they are also planning a airshow at Manston so do come back for that.

[@FlyingDarkLord]

Glad you made it back safely & another great video 👍🏼

[@ShortField]

Sorry for the late reply Geoff, thank you sir.

[@LeeRussell]

Nice one Terry - glad it all worked out in the end! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@ShortField]

Thanks Lee.

[@solarBumbleCat]

glad you got it sorted awesome 🥰

[@iainstingemore4048]

My mate works at the turbine place there, he would of sorted that for you. That was his Pitts Python hanging up in the museum. Great video mate, I love flying into Manston great people at Polar Helecopters and Helix.

[@GolfFoxtrot22]

I've been looking forward to this video Terry. I have a brew and settling in.

[@ShortField]

Thanks Giles :-)

[@youngskyculler]

Great story. I've been there, and got really lucky. Often I do a touch-and-go at my home airfield before leaving the area, and that habit saved our bacon this time. During the touch-and-go it got a little exciting. Right side was sagging, rough, and very draggy. We had planned to go to a mountain dirt airstrip, where there are is no road access to the outside world, and only a tiny town serviced by boat. Fortunately we were still at home, on pavement, with aircraft services (sort of), and even then it was an all-weekend affair. I think often about where we might have been stranded. We could send messages, but how would we get parts & services to us? Would that wheel have gouged into the dirt and caused real damage?

[@georginahallett8716]

Another superb video! What a wonderful bunch of guys and gals, both at the museum and Powermain to get you back in the air to beat the sun going down. As for the museum, that used to be the MT section when I was stationed there in 1969/70, and talking about the NAAFI, in July 1969, we sat up all night watching the first men land/walking on the moon. I really must get back down there in 2025 to have a good look around. I wonder if that was the Chippie I blagged a ride in back in '69🤔.....a trip around Dover Castle and back and a few aeros over Pegwell Bay....happy days😃....Once again, thank's Terry for your videos🙂

[@peterthoshinsky6468]

Thanks Terry. Great video. I carry an extra inner tube whenever I flyout. It's one thing to find mechanic on a field, have no tube, and then only to have no way to repair it pending a one week delivery, so I keep a spare with me. For the same reason I keep and entire array of the toggle switches. I have had two toggles break/snap on me, fortunately only Strobes/Nav lights, so I was able to continue flight activities, but if a master/avionics switch broke and I was away from home it would take a few days to get one shipped. Mechanics are frequently easier to find than the part you need right away. I also keep a spare Ducati regulator as I happen to have one and that is a known occasional failure point.

[@ShortField]

You are so right, we have a few switches and small stuff in a box in the back but we really should carry a spare tube, have started bringing that tyre weld stuff with me now though.

[@robertjames8909]

As a thought for the future why not carry a spare wheel and or a puncture repair kit I have used one in my classic car also battery air pump you might be able to get an adapter block which fits onto an ordinary bottle Jack, good luck I enjoy your videos👍

[@TheBioniXman]

Landed there in my microlight as part of an RAF expedition back in about 1997.

[@paulgodfrey2323]

I would offer a ride to the team who helped out, Kindness rewarded and an excuse for more flying. Win win

[@kkiwi54]

I've often thought that I should carry a spare tube, maybe I'll give it more thought 😆 I do carry one of those puncture repair aerosol cans but maybe that wouldn't work on a tube 🤔

[@flyingkub]

Well that way a bit of a stressful time for you but a happy ending. I will have to get down there some how.

[@ShortField]

If you go Algy let me know sir.

[@JodelFlyer]

Nice to hear the good stories of helpful people. Great isn’t it. Museum looked very interesting. As a cadet I flew in those gliders and Chipmunks.

[@ShortField]

Sorry for the late reply Tim, so much history at Manston deffo worth a visit on the strut fly in days.

[@simononeill7175]

Look into a sealant called slime, available in places like euro car parts Green stuff Just pour it into the tyre valve and top up the air and your off Only use a small amount considering the tyre size of the plane

[@Sn00pyJ508]

Puncture in the tube sidewall is unlikely to be caused by FOD. Especially so of the tyre itself wasn’t damaged too?

[@Design_no]

This was great to see. Is there still hope for Britain? Hope so.

[@dereksanders7905]

It will be interesting to see what happens to the museum when Manston reopens as a redeveloped internatiional airport. It is going to happen, all the relevant hoops have been jumped through, permission to operate has been granted etc.

[@ShortField]

I think it should be OK, at least I hope it is.

[@CraigKeenan-lp8tk]

Under inflated tires cause rubbing between the tire and the tube - most likely the cause!

[@poetpilot]

ooo and annuver fing... I've never tried this but it's supposed to be an old pilots' trick for flat tyres. I cannot guarantee that it works and even if it gets you home your tyre will probably be wrecked! But they did used to say, if you're stuck, stuff the tyre full of grass or straw until it's chockablock. Luckily I've never been caught out. I did get a flattie, landing at the old Eurostar factory strip in Warwickshire years ago but because it was the factory, they supplied me with a new inner and helped me change it over. Something else we learned operating the Eurostar.... never let the tyre pressure drop more than 3 psi below the book pressure. If you did, you'd get "graze" punctures resulting from the inner rubbing against the tyre firewall. I used the check the pressures on our Eurostars daily after I found that out.

[@Richardm1981]

Great video! Cheers from Tampa Florida ❤

[@ShortField]

Cheers Richard.

[@beijingpete]

It looks wonderful

[@ShortField]

Worth a visit Pete.

[@wiseoldfool]

How is Janine at parking? That's a reference to an Aussie movie "The Dish". If you haven't seen it, you are missing out on a "little ripper"!

[@ShortField]

:-)

[@glennwatson]

Nice video as always. Just use the pilot activated lighting and fly back at night. Only found out yesterday that’s not a thing in the UK in terms of the PAL?

[@ShortField]

Thanks Glenn. PAL is a thing here at some airfields but SportCruiser is daytime VFR only so we're not supposed to fly it after dark, another quirk of the category that it's certified in :-(

[@johnhughes9381]

Great Video Terry just a thought could you not carry some Tyre weld just incase this happens again small enough to put in cockpit wishing you a Happy Xmas 🎄 Have A Flying New Year 🎉❤

[@ShortField]

Thanks John, I have started to do that now.

[@ShortField]

Oh and happy Christmas to you too sir.

[@fastfreddy19641]

I wonder why small planes don't have solid rubber tyers?

[@ShortField]

That is actually a great question.

[@aero3085]

Greetings from Tennessee USA! (Wondering what the generator shop had to patch the hole in yer tire)?

[@ShortField]

They had a cycle repair kit :-) Thank you sir.

[@aero3085]

@@ShortField Oh dang! You were lucky. Great video. Because of your video I’m gonna keep the basic tools needed to remove my wheels and tires (including a small pump). THANK YOU 🙏🏻

[@Herofromzer0]

İ don't have plan b for this situation, too. Sometimes, I land remote places. If this happens, I don't know what to do. My friends carry a repair kit for their tubeless tiers, but there is no way to repair tubed tiers without removing it and don't know how to like you.

[@ShortField]

I've since brought some of that foam stuff but not sure it would get the tyre back on the rim though.

[@Herofromzer0]

@ShortField Foam things won't work tubed tiers 😞

[@TheRealChetManley]

Missed that in preflight lol?

[@11clarkm]

Genuine question, is this repair legal?

[@nploates]

Particularly as it was in the sidewall.

[@ShortField]

Great question and yes I was a bit concerned about that but it was just for a single flight and when I got back I had the engineers take the whole thing apart again and fit a new innertube.

[@spamhead]

I suppose if it was just a dodgy tube or grit between it and the tyre then probably OK. Not ok on a tubeless car tyre with a sidewall puncture though.

[@YvesPlane_47]

Poor u!

[@ShortField]

:-) 21st century problems :-)

[@YvesPlane_47]

@ Terry, can u fly to kennel airfiield it’s near biggin hill I live close