Corsair crash at airshow

[colmbo]

Wasn't that one in Phoenix...several years ago?

[oakranger]

Ah crap.  Hate to see that happen.  Wish it was N. Korea missle instead a WWII A/C that crashed

[harry1]

 So,,,,, in real life the pilot bailed.

 Thats just wrong. He shoulda kept flying around until he kilt the other guy and then kilt ords at the base.
 Guess he didnt think he could get a fresh plane from the hanger after the fire blew up his ride.

[xtyger]

Well, it I suppose it goes to show planes can stay on fire longer than I thought. I've always felt planes in the game were allowed to burn too long before breaking up. Maybe not?

[JunkyII]

Ah crap.  Hate to see that happen.  Wish it was N. Korea missle instead a WWII A/C that crashed

LOL N koreas missle didnt get Sat in to orbit its a ICBM

[BansheCH]

Oil fires like he had can usually be blown out... Assuming you have the sand to nose it over and dive; and do so before the fire burns off the elevator fabric.

Notice that the fire extinguished as the F4U picked up speed in the dive.

This guy did the smart thing.


My regards,

Widewing

I agree. He didn't have much of a choice but to ditch. Bummer about the plane. 

[Tr1gg22]

I don't recall anyone ever posting this video on here before, and hopefully skuzzy doesn't mind me posting in here since this section is the most active.  The pilot escaped but what a waste to beautiful and historic plane


http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c63_1238792931

they have a lot of cool vids on that site Did anyone check out helicopter hell?

[Tr1gg22]

I agree. He didn't have much of a choice but to ditch. Bummer about the plane. 

I no it was crazy he did not fly around for 5 minutes 

[Bodhi]

 

He has insurance.  That's manditory i understand.

liability insurance is.  hull is not.

[Guppy35]

Wasn't that Steve Hinton flying that bird?

[Masherbrum]

we lost a tbm avenger here in new jersey last month. on a test flight, the pilot heard a "bang", the fire....he managed to turn the plane back, and land it, but there was no fd on millville airport....so it still burned to the ground. it was one i had seen in airshows at mcguire afb. was a beautiful aircraft. the pilot got out with burns on his chest and hands, otherwise ok.

I believe I saw this at the Thunder over Michigan Airshow last year.   

[CAP1]

Wasn't that Steve Hinton flying that bird?

not sure about that, but wasn't he flying the red baron in one of the races when the gearbox siezed?

[ImMoreBetter]

http://www.warbirdaeropress.com/articles/bail_out.html

Bit more info.

[ROX]

As a kid growing up, I lived a half mile from the Waukegan Airport (IL).  There was a guy who was a big corporate VP in Chicago who collected WWII warbirds.  He had a Corsair and would take it up on sunny-non windy weekends.  It was LOUD.  I could always distinguish it when it took off.

He also rented it out to the film industry and they used it to film the tv show Baa-Baa-Black Sheep.



ROX

[CAP1]

As a kid growing up, I lived a half mile from the Waukegan Airport (IL).  There was a guy who was a big corporate VP in Chicago who collected WWII warbirds.  He had a Corsair and would take it up on sunny-non windy weekends.  It was LOUD.  I could always distinguish it when it took off.

He also rented it out to the film industry and they used it to film the tv show Baa-Baa-Black Sheep.



ROX

yep...radial engines have a music all their own. the guy that owned the tbm i mentioned earlier, also has a b25, and a corsair. a couple ears ago, when he first bought the corsair, he flew it right over my shop....only about 1,000 to 1500 ft or so. was a beautiful sight.