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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 29, 2015 22:58:13 GMT 12
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Post by ErrolC on Aug 29, 2015 23:12:46 GMT 12
The worst thing in that report is the assertion that it was 'pure luck' that no spectators were hit. Of course much preparation goes into lowering the risk of this as much as practical. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 29, 2015 23:32:05 GMT 12
And the fact there was very few spectators at all on that fenceline helped too.
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Post by baz62 on Aug 30, 2015 9:12:18 GMT 12
I agree Errol that the displays would certainly have spectator safety built in. Looking at the footage the spectators were lucky as with the aircraft on it's belly the pilot certainly had no control over where it went. Any closer to the fence line and he may have ended up through it. But it didn't happen that way (perhaps the crowd line was in the right place in this case), no lives lost just a bent aircraft. One good thing is that being on it's belly tends to bring an aircraft to a fairly quick stop. Certainly been a bad year for aircraft accidents world wide, awful to see the tail break off the US aerobatic aircraft practicing for a show with fatal results.  |
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Post by hardyakka on Aug 30, 2015 21:16:40 GMT 12
The engine was at quite high revs at first. As soon as he saw it was all going wrong, he pulled the power then soon after hit the ground and skidded to a halt. From the footage I've seen I couldn't tell whether it was a take-off or a go-around. Has anyone seen any other footage that suggests what phase of the flight he was in?
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Post by baronbeeza on Aug 30, 2015 23:14:22 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 31, 2015 1:20:21 GMT 12
That could have been a lot worse. Very strange incident. The T-28 pilot is lucky not to have been a little slower.
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Post by baronbeeza on Aug 31, 2015 8:32:49 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 31, 2015 11:10:08 GMT 12
The pilot is wearing just a baseball cap and a T-shirt by the looks. Lucky there was no fire.
The ailerons both pointing down, is that normal?
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Post by The Red Baron on Aug 31, 2015 11:36:23 GMT 12
From reading A.E Cloustons book about the De Havilland Comet his first take off he found out elliptical wings stall at the tip first and drop a wing if you pull it off the ground too early.After that he always let the plane fly itself off the ground.
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Post by baz62 on Aug 31, 2015 12:45:20 GMT 12
The ailerons both pointing down, is that normal? Huh? Look to be working correctly at liftoff, one down one up. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 31, 2015 13:26:47 GMT 12
I stand corrected, I just realised I was looking at it wrongly.
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Post by ZacYates on Aug 31, 2015 16:47:47 GMT 12
That was scary to watch. Great reaction by the pilot to cut the throttle so quickly!
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Post by planecrazy on Aug 31, 2015 21:01:05 GMT 12
Wow that is scary, interesting the ailerons are deflected opposite to the way
she rolls and they have no effect, she just keeps rolling against the ailerons?!
Glad it ended well for all, apart from the damage, nice looking little machine!
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Post by baz62 on Aug 31, 2015 22:39:21 GMT 12
Wow that is scary, interesting the ailerons are deflected opposite to the way she rolls and they have no effect, she just keeps rolling against the ailerons?! Glad it ended well for all, apart from the damage, nice looking little machine! Possibly one wing stalls and trying to lift the dropping wing with aileron just makes it worse. |
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