The news media going completely ballistic over a nominal aviation operation. This happened last week when an Airbus went into LAX with a stuck front landing gear. We all knew there was virtually no chance of this ending in a spectacular disaster but the news media just went crazy. Of course the gear never collapsed, the tire only burned up, and the airplane landed safely.

John

ooops I misunder stood something.

John

I’ve been away from Europe for a few months and having spent most of my school German lessons watching Warton’s best flying past (and therefore being unable to make sense of the website) I’ve missed this piece of bad news…….what happen to the 109? :confused:

Ground looped badly and crashed while landing, a week or two ago. Pilot ok but the airplane is very heavily damaged, the engine was ripped right out of the airplane. Search this forum back a couple of pages and you will find the thread with pics and the report.

John

After Red 7’s demise, is some of our valuable warbirds becomming too few to fly at airshows? Let’s not forget that with the tragic lost of the Firefly, we also lost CAF CASA/HEINKEL HE-111, and while I do wan’t all flying warbirds to perform in front of the public, I think that some of our warbirds are too rare and precious to be flown on a regular basis. Any lost of an warbird especailly when crewmembers are injured or killed deeply saddens me, and would also sadden the warbird community if we lost one of these precious commodities. I just want your opinion on this matter. 🙁

That’s just the recent history. Looking back, the CAF also lost the ultra rare B-26 Marauder and A-20 Havoc. Wisely the Lone Star Museum has never flown their A-20 and Kermit Weeks has ceased flying his Marauder. When it’s getting down to just a few examples amounting to the fingers on one hand (specifically the Marauder) it’s time to not fly them.

John

Except Black 6 😉

Yeah that was a pilot’s brain ground loop. Cooling doors? what are those for….oh ****!!!

John

I wonder when the first 262 rolls out with correct markings….I was looking at the Planes of Fame’s new Storch last weekend and even that has the full markings…We must end this PC nonsense and revisionist cleaning up of WWII history. Not a Nazi here, but you get the point.

John

It’s too bad that ten years and a week or so later on 29 Sept, 1990 Doug Lacey did not heed the lessons learned from the Bullock crash when he was performing outside the envelope maneuvers in his PV-2D Harpoon in Northern California, taking…ironically 7 people as well. What a waste of lives. (It wasnt during an air display but at a seaplane gathering Lacey was not invited to)

John