Maintenance crew riding on the wing of P-51

[1sum41]

you can see where your going in the mustang but you have to s turn very hard. i do wing sitting for the mustang Buzzin Cuzzin while taxiing around at air shows.
see sig for the mustang

[Carrel]

yeah, but i bet you jump off the wing before the plane takes off.

[Penguin]

yeah, but i bet you jump off the wing before the plane takes off.

Wow, just wow. 

-Penguin

[allaire]

Not to mention the big ol' fan of whirring decapitation and dismemberment in front  

That is awesome.  On a related note due to budget cuts the Air Force is toying with similar ideas again.

[1sum41]

yeah, but i bet you jump off the wing before the plane takes off.

... i dont even know what to say to you..

[curry1]

yeah, but i bet you jump off the wing before the plane takes off.

I bet he does.

[flight17]

That is awesome.  On a related note due to budget cuts the Air Force is toying with similar ideas again.
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also long as the ejection cartridges were removed i would do that if it was a secure system... odd though, i wouldnt jump out of plane with a parachute

[oakranger]

yeah, but i bet you jump off the wing before the plane takes off.

Do you play AH at all?

[rabbidrabbit]

That doesn't make sense to me. Why wouldn't they have just one crewman sit on the cowl then? I think they're hitching a ride to the mess hall or something.

The stupid is strong with this one.

Obviously just one extra crewman is not enough to hold down the awesomeness that is the P-51!

Duh!

[Carrel]

Do you play AH at all?

Yes, I just started. I used to play AW for a short time. And when I take off there's no crewmen on the wings. I may be a noob but blind pilots? Crewmwn flying on the wings? You are trying to yank my leg. I may be a noob but I am not stupid.

[1sum41]

Yes, I just started. I used to play AW for a short time. And when I take off there's no crewmen on the wings. I may be a noob but blind pilots? Crewmwn flying on the wings? You are trying to yank my leg. I may be a noob but I am not stupid.

there not blind. you cannot see over the cowling because it is a taildragger aircraft.

[Guppy35]

The link below is a short clip about the P-51.  At about :45 it shows aircraft taxiing and each one has a maintenance crew member riding on the wing.  Why would they do this?  Are they along for the ride for some task at the end of the runway?

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=30d_1301668798

Very common practice for the tail dragger fighters.  I can post pics of Spits, Jugs, P40s, 51s, etc all with ground crew on the wing to direct them while taxiing.  In particular with a bunch of fighters all working towards the runway, you didn't want someone cutting into the tail of another guy in front that he didn't see.

[oakranger]

Yes, I just started. I used to play AW for a short time. And when I take off there's no crewmen on the wings. I may be a noob but blind pilots? Crewmwn flying on the wings? You are trying to yank my leg. I may be a noob but I am not stupid.

A lot of the P-51s and P-47 who have a ground crew on the end of the wing to guild them as they are taxing onto the run way or off.  When you get onto AH, jump into a P-51 and try to taxi your self off the runway with out refueling.  See how well you can see what is in front of you. 

[Guppy35]

Pictures are worth a thousand words.  I think I have 6000 words on the subject here on a very common practice.

Spitfires



Mustang


Thunderbolts



P40s

[Rino]

     I don't know Guppy, according to Carrel we'd be dropping "meat-bombs" all over if we blind pilots did that
in AH    All of a sudden F3 mode makes alot more sense