Originally posted by mike currill
If that’s the case then the british are to blame after all the P51 was built in response to a British requirement

BLAME!!!!!!

There is no blame when it comes to the P51 😀

Rather him than me, still I suppose it’s cheaper to get an insurance claim than pay for the wing mod when it runs out of hours :p

From a Brighton News site

Plane makes emergency landing
by our news team

An aerobatics pilot returning from an air show was forced to make an emergency landing when his wheels got stuck.

Lance Nicol was preparing to land at Shoreham Airport after performing in his Yak 50 Russian plane at Airbourne 2003 in Eastbourne with the Yakovlevs Display Team.

The undercarriage would not come down and rather than bailing out over the sea, Mr Nicol prepared to land without wheels on the grass runway.

Fire crews from Shoreham and Worthing were put on standby at the scene as he glided in at 3.50pm yesterday.

Mr Nicol, whose team is based in Sailsbury, turned off the engine and fuel system before touching down. He landed safely but the plane took a beating as it bumped to the ground, suffering damage to its fuselage and propellers.

Mr Nicol said he had been flying for 20 years and had never experienced the problem before.

He said: “I’ve been doing this for a long time.

“There were a lot of emergency checks to do prior to landing so you don’t have time to get scared They keep your mind occupied.”

Any chance that it could have just taken off?

Originally posted by Willow

The question is, untill it’s actually at an airshow in front of us, does anyone really care which barn it’s being stored/restored in?

Willow

(teddy getting nervous now)

From my own point of view I do care where it is stored/restored as it makes part of the history of the aircraft. If we are just relying on it turning up at an airshow then to many younger enthusiasts this aircraft simply doesn’t exist as it has only been seen by a handfull of people for virtually 11 years now and was rather reclusive before that. This is far from the only aircraft to fall into this category as well, throughout the world there are as many if not more vintage aircraft stored, under restoration or simply being used purely for the owner pleasure as there are on the airshow circuit, if you take all of these out of the equation then you end up with only half the picture and it doesn’t reflect the preservation scene accurately.

Must have been a good party.

Oh no I see another fire coming on. :rolleyes: