By: kev35 - 22nd July 2003 at 11:40
Lancman,
apparently they do come with wheels, in much the same way as Lancasters come with perches….:D
Regards,
kev35
By: Bluebird Mike - 22nd July 2003 at 10:42
What, those old Yank things come with wheels, too?! đ
By: Mark12 - 22nd July 2003 at 08:13
Tom Wood has been flying this Mustang for about 30 years.
It is amazingly light damage for a wheels up landing in a P-51.
Informed opinion from the US suggests that this was not an aircraft malfunction. You have either done it, nearly done it or are going to do it.
If this was an approach with a known ‘gear up’ malfuction, and given the choice, I guess that you would opt for the grass and cut the power over the threshold.
Power controls altitude, stick controls speed.
By: dezz - 22nd July 2003 at 00:32
This may sound stupid, but why donât you stop the engine just before âLandingâ?, it seems to me that it would do less damage, but I am sure there is a good reason for keeping it runningâŚanyone?.
Dezz đ
By: Arabella-Cox - 21st July 2003 at 23:54
Got it
Roger, found the original thread – it’s Tom Wood’s P51, and there’s more info on this thread… http://www.keypublishing.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13107
Link to a picture taken after she was lifted back up – http://photosbyandy.tripod.com/imag…ly/dscf1139.jpg
Looking at it, the prop’s trashed (quite what that’d do to the engine I don’t know, but I suspect it’s not nice), there’s damage to the radiator, and the port leg seems to be a lot more compressed than the starboard.
By: Arabella-Cox - 21st July 2003 at 23:45
I think it’s from a couple of months ago out in the US somewhere. Can’t be any more specific I’m afraid Roger, but I do remember seeing photos of the aircraft having been lifted up and put back on its wheels, and all I can say is he got away very lightly with that. Very little damage was done, which is a huge testament to the skill and coolness of the pilot concerned.
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