So this happened about two miles from my home today...
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nooshinjohn
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A Navy SNJ-5 WWII training aircraft crash landed on the freeway. 20 minutes earlier, and I would have been right in the middle of the mess. I know the pilots that fly these aircraft, as they are part of a demonstration group out of Van Nuys. The plane that was lost flew over my house going slower than usual, and sounded like it was running rougher than usual, but I thought nothing of it until the smoke plume started to rise.
Glad the pilot got out safely.
https://youtu.be/0UWAw9efoiI
Glad the pilot got out safely.
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“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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Is he in the HOV lane?
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When I was in the USAF, my last year was spent writing for a base newspaper. I had to go to the crash site of a T-38 trainer. The pilot tried to land it in a field that wasn't level, the plane bounced twice and hit a farmhouse. He, the trainee and someone in the farmhouse didn't fair so well.
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You sure you didn't shoot him down??
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All those lanes and he lands on the divider wall???Political Correctness'.........defined
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It was an unpowered landing Jesse. He put it down right in the middle, but with a tail dragger, you need to set that as well. The plane bounced pretty hard, as the freeway is also in hilly terrain. He walked away, so I guess that counts as a good landing.The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
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It's a German Messerschmitt.Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
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nooshinjohn wrote: »It was an unpowered landing Jesse. He put it down right in the middle, but with a tail dragger, you need to set that as well. The plane bounced pretty hard, as the freeway is also in hilly terrain. He walked away, so I guess that counts as a good landing.
I figured, but still with all that road thought he'd be able to avoid the wall. But yeah, any landing you can walk away from is a good one.Political Correctness'.........defined
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Why the German markings?
"As to why it's bearing the markings of the N@zis' famed air force, the Condor Squadron reportedly performs mock dogfights at air shows. Lower-value vintage planes like the AT-6 are often dressed up to look like WWII-era fighters." -
nooshinjohn wrote: »It was an unpowered landing Jesse. He put it down right in the middle, but with a tail dragger, you need to set that as well. The plane bounced pretty hard, as the freeway is also in hilly terrain. He walked away, so I guess that counts as a good landing.
I figured, but still with all that road thought he'd be able to avoid the wall. But yeah, any landing you can walk away from is a good one.
I will be driving through there tomorrow, and if safe to do so, I will try and take a picture of what in looked like for the pilot. It's hilly, and curves softly to the right. If he had a tricycle gear aircraft, he probably would have saved it, but no chance with a tail-dragger.The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
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There's a joke waiting to happen about that Fokker being a Messerschmitt but I can't quite come up with it.
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It's a German Messerschmitt.
That could have been a HUGE Messerschmitt...Oh the Humanity! I'm sure glad that Fokker was okMy New Year's resolution is 3840 × 2160
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