Aircraft pics

Norm reynolds · #1 08-02-2007, 09:11 PM

This is a real lost these guys did what they did best and loved doing so so sad
I found this and I think I am hooked
http://www.jetsrc.com/videos/15smoke.wmv

nuch_ss396 · #2 08-05-2007, 07:09 AM

Hey Norm!

Right behind you on that one. I think I'm hooked as well.
Think I'll build an F-14 Tomcat though

Steve

**SS427** · #3 08-15-2007, 03:23 AM

Just an update. I was just sent this video of the crash.
P-51 crash

It concerns me as many in the Warbird community have said that these two would not do a formation landing especially with disimiliar aircraft, however the video appears to me that was what they were doing. Some also think it could have been prop wash and/or a blind spot. If indeed there was a blind spot (which there would have been in Gerry's case) it surprises me he did not shoot a go around. Whatever the case, both these men are/were seasoned pilots and would never have put either in harms way intentionally. I will wait patiently until the NTSB figures out what went wrong. Regadless, it was still an accident.

Also, I stated earlier the D-model involved in the crash was "Dazzling Donna". It was in fact Dazzling Donna but painted up as "Stang" for an upcoming movie titled "Thunder Over Reno". I am not sure that the filming was completed prior to the crash as both planes are in the movie.

Regardless, it will be a great tribute, and I am sure dedicated to someone very special in the P-51 community. Gerry was instrumental as was Bob Odegard in the initial restoration of the P-51C Red Tail that I also helped restore as well as the re-restoration after engine failure/crash that took the life of a good friend Don Hinz.

427TJ · #4 08-16-2007, 11:50 PM

The latest explanation I have heard is that they were performing individual landings after flying a five-ship formation for a photo shoot. The lead aircraft, a Sea Fury, led the formation overhead the runway and each aircraft performed a "pitch-out" for spacing prior to landing one by one. The lead aircraft landed on "brick one," meaning the first part of the runway, forcing the second airplane, an F2G Corsair, to go-around due to insufficient spacing on the runway. (The leader was supposed to land farther down to provide spacing for the number two airplane, etc.) So the number two plane goes around and the number three, the yellow-nosed P-51D, lands. The mishap green-winged P-51A performed his final turn and apparently had lost sight of the preceding airplane, the P-51D, and had come very close to the 51D making it look like a formation landing. It seems that the mishap P-51A finally regained sight of the preceding 51D as he flared for landing. He may have tried to add power for a go-around but did not have room as he impacted the 51D's tail.

nuch_ss396 · #5 09-09-2007, 07:56 AM

OK - This is one of my all time favorite USAF bombers.

It's the Convair B-58 Hustler. Our first mach 2 bomber!

Nuch

nuch_ss396 · #6 09-09-2007, 08:00 AM

More B-58's:

Nuch

nuch_ss396 · #7 09-09-2007, 08:09 AM

B-58 fly-by! Watch the crowds physical reaction as it passes.

B-58

47Hammer · #8 09-09-2007, 08:59 AM

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Nuch

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If I remember this was the bomber from the movie Fail Safe. Great looking aircraft.

nuch_ss396 · #9 09-09-2007, 08:34 PM

Yeah - it was the "Supercar" of the SAC bomber fleet.

Nuch

427TJ · #10 09-09-2007, 10:49 PM

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OK - This is one of my all time favorite USAF bombers.

It's the Convair B-58 Hustler. Our first mach 2 bomber!

Nuch

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One of the great names too: "Hustler." John Denver's father (real name Dutchendorf) set at least one speed record in a B-58 and later flew his son's Learjet.

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