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Vintage P-47 aircraft crashes in Hudson River, pilot killed
Christian Science Monitor ^
| 5-28-16
| Magdalena Doris
Posted on 05/28/2016 10:25:52 PM PDT by smokingfrog
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To: smokingfrog
To: smokingfrog
As written many decades ago: pilots walk around all smug like they know about something better than sex. It’s especially maddenly that they do.
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posted on
05/29/2016 9:00:59 AM PDT
by
Hulka
To: smokingfrog
What a loss. Bill Gordon did an impressive job all the way. No one was hurt and it looks like he saved the plane from major damage. But what a loss...may he rest in His Peace.
More here.
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posted on
05/29/2016 9:26:31 AM PDT
by
GBA
(Here in the matrix, life is but a dream.)
To: GBA
Thanks for the link.
Probably some kind of engine failure.
Looks like he did everything right but got trapped in the cockpit. Maybe the water landing jammed the canopy? Or would it be SOP to try and perform a water landing with the canopy already opened?
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posted on
05/29/2016 9:40:18 AM PDT
by
smokingfrog
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To: smokingfrog
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posted on
05/29/2016 9:53:11 AM PDT
by
Flag_This
(You can't spell "treason" without the "O".)
To: smokingfrog
My guess would be canopy open for ditching.
Otoh, his first priority is to fly the airplane and if the canopy wasn't open, he might not have had time to open the canopy in addition to his low altitude emergency flying chores.
Otherwise, I think the two P-47 ditching dangers would be being knocked a bit loopy on impact, combined with the P-47 turned anchor sinking too fast for him to recover from the impact, unstrap and get out.
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posted on
05/29/2016 10:03:59 AM PDT
by
GBA
(Here in the matrix, life is but a dream.)
To: tcrlaf; gigster
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posted on
05/29/2016 5:12:07 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
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To: tcrlaf
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posted on
05/29/2016 7:51:41 PM PDT
by
Aria
(2016: The gravy train v Donald Trump)
To: smokingfrog
To: jaydubya2
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posted on
06/02/2016 6:25:31 AM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: smokingfrog
Yes, it doesn't look bad. It's a shame the Pilot didn't make it. Here's some more recovery photos:
http://www.pddnet.com/news/2016/05/photos-day-wwii-plane-pulled-hudson-after-deadly-crash
To: Flag_This
Good video.
7 out of 10 Fighter Aces in the Euopean Theater flew Thunderbolts.
Pilots were flying 3 missions every day towards the end of the war.
The Thunderbolt could reach near supersonic speed in a dive without breaking up.
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posted on
06/04/2016 9:08:15 AM PDT
by
smokingfrog
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To: smokingfrog
The P-51 gets all the glory, but I love the “Jug.”
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posted on
06/04/2016 9:11:27 AM PDT
by
Flag_This
(You can't spell "treason" without the "O".)
To: Flag_This
Me too. The Jug was a tough bird and a real workhorse.
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posted on
06/04/2016 9:33:16 AM PDT
by
smokingfrog
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