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Title: P51 crash in Idao
Post by: SFRT - Frenchy on December 21, 2006, 07:25:50 PM
I'm in Idao falls airport and the word is a P51 crashed NE on a highway. The pilot survived with a minor hand injury, but "pieces of planes" litter the highway.

Looking for more infos, if anyone finds a website.
Title: P51 crash in Idao
Post by: Fishu on December 21, 2006, 07:32:48 PM
http://www.localnews8.com/news/local/4983986.html

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WWII Plane Crashes in Rexburg
A P-51 Mustang has crashed on US Highway 20 near the middle Rexburg exit.

An eyewitness tells Local News 8 the plane is upside down and fluid is pouring out of the plane.

The pilot, John Bagley, is reported to be OK. He refused to go the hospital with minor scrapes and bruises.

Traffic is being rerouted through the exit. It's not sure when the road will be opened, because they're waiting for FAA investigators.

Bagley runs the Legacy Flight Museum, located at the Rexburg Airport.

Story Created: Dec 21, 2006 at 5:33 PM MST

Story Updated: Dec 21, 2006 at 6:15 PM MST


The plane looks rather messed up, the pilot is lucky to have made it out with only slight injuries. The cockpit area looks to be pretty much intact, even the canopy, but everything else is quite much a total loss.
Title: P51 crash in Idao
Post by: Maverick on December 21, 2006, 08:16:26 PM
Aw that will buff out......


Seriously I am glad the pilot made it out pretty lightly injured. The plane, even in it's current state can be repaired. Sounds like the usual reporter fluff brain couldn't get the story straight but the gist is that he's flying a new engine and it quit on him during touch and goes. Good move to set it down with no injuries or damage to anyone else. to the pilot.
Title: P51 crash in Idao
Post by: ByeBye on December 21, 2006, 08:21:55 PM
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Originally posted by Fishu
http://www.localnews8.com/news/local/4983986.html



The plane looks rather messed up, the pilot is lucky to have made it out with only slight injuries. The cockpit area looks to be pretty much intact, even the canopy, but everything else is quite much a total loss.



That reporter is a hottie!
Title: P51 crash in Idao
Post by: ByeBye on December 21, 2006, 08:25:36 PM
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Originally posted by Maverick
Aw that will buff out......


Seriously I am glad the pilot made it out pretty lightly injured. The plane, even in it's current state can be repaired. Sounds like the usual reporter fluff brain couldn't get the story straight but the gist is that he's flying a new engine and it quit on him during touch and goes. Good move to set it down with no injuries or damage to anyone else. to the pilot.


What are you talking about? She clearly stated that the engine of the V-51  just let go during stop and goes.  :lol
Title: P51 crash in Idao
Post by: DiabloTX on December 21, 2006, 08:26:27 PM
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Originally posted by ByeBye
That reporter is a hottie!


Dude...get your glasses checked.

:rofl
Title: P51 crash in Idao
Post by: ByeBye on December 21, 2006, 08:30:02 PM
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
Dude...get your glasses checked.

:rofl


Dude, did you see the pic of the reporter? Not talking about the fat cow ancor.
Title: P51 crash in Idao
Post by: Mark Luper on December 21, 2006, 08:32:40 PM
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Originally posted by ByeBye
Dude, did you see the pic of the reporter? Not talking about the fat cow ancor.


I was HOPING you weren't talking about the anchor :eek:

Mark
Title: P51 crash in Idao
Post by: DiabloTX on December 21, 2006, 08:34:35 PM
Yes I did.  I guess I'm just used to the actually hotties we have here in Houston.

Lauren Freeman, Jennifer Reyna, Dominique Sachse, Lisa Foronda...
Title: P51 crash in Idao
Post by: ByeBye on December 21, 2006, 08:36:54 PM
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
Yes I did.  I guess I'm just used to the actually hotties we have here in Houston.

Lauren Freeman, Jennifer Reyna, Dominique Sachse, Lisa Foronda...


Im just used to the Arizona hotties I guess. Like the ones around ASU and in Scottsdale.
Title: P51 crash in Idao
Post by: Yeager on December 21, 2006, 08:40:28 PM
that will be a major rebuild.  dude is lucky to walk away from that.
Title: P51 crash in Idao
Post by: Mark Luper on December 21, 2006, 08:42:46 PM
Isn't it interesting how a post about a plane crash, a WWII museum piece at that, denegrates into a discussion about "hotties"?

I take partial blame for having added to that. It sure seems dificult to stay on topic in most posts, doesn't it?

Your mileage may vary though.

Mark
Title: P51 crash in Idao
Post by: ByeBye on December 21, 2006, 08:44:18 PM
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Originally posted by Mark Luper
Isn't it interesting how a post about a plane crash, a WWII museum piece at that, denegrates into a discussion about "hotties"?

I take partial blame for having added to that. It sure seems dificult to stay on topic in most posts, doesn't it?

Your mileage may vary though.

Mark


Just human nature. That's one reason why life is interesting.
Title: P51 crash in Idao
Post by: DiabloTX on December 21, 2006, 08:46:37 PM
Yeah true, sorry about the hijack.

Glad the pilot is ok though.  It's amazing to me what the difference between "repairable" and "write off" is.
Title: P51 crash in Idao
Post by: storch on December 21, 2006, 08:52:43 PM
I think I may have read somewhere that the cockpit of the P51 was rated to withstand a 50G impact.
Title: P51 crash in Idao
Post by: DiabloTX on December 21, 2006, 08:57:31 PM
I'm willing to bet fifty bucks you saw it somewhere on the internet.
Title: P51 crash in Idao
Post by: storch on December 21, 2006, 08:59:40 PM
no I think it was in a P51 book, pay up.
Title: P51 crash in Idao
Post by: DiabloTX on December 21, 2006, 09:12:47 PM
Ok, I believe you.  Deer, rabbits, or squirrels?
Title: P51 crash in Idao
Post by: storch on December 21, 2006, 09:20:29 PM
lyme disease infected deer ticks please.
Title: P51 crash in Idao
Post by: DiabloTX on December 21, 2006, 09:22:56 PM
You working on a WMD?
Title: P51 crash in Idao
Post by: storch on December 21, 2006, 09:24:08 PM
I'm gonna give them to AQ via an email
Title: P51 crash in Idao
Post by: DiabloTX on December 21, 2006, 09:25:33 PM
You do realise that that email addy might be worth $25,000,000.99?

You can buy alot of bucks for that.
Title: P51 crash in Idao
Post by: storch on December 21, 2006, 09:27:08 PM
never thought of that. I was going to use http://www.AQ.org
Title: P51 crash in Idao
Post by: DiabloTX on December 21, 2006, 09:27:54 PM
50/50 then?
Title: P51 crash in Idao
Post by: storch on December 21, 2006, 09:28:58 PM
ok since I don't know how to extract the ticks from the deer it only seems fair.
Title: P51 crash in Idao
Post by: Fishu on December 21, 2006, 09:34:45 PM
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Originally posted by Maverick
The plane, even in it's current state can be repaired.


Perhaps, but most of it would need to be rebuild than just repaired. Just depends on whether someone is interested in rebuilding half of the plane.
Title: P51 crash in Idao
Post by: nirvana on December 21, 2006, 10:34:54 PM
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Originally posted by Fishu
Perhaps, but most of it would need to be rebuild than just repaired. Just depends on whether someone is interested in rebuilding half of the plane.


You've never seen Bodhi's place of work.
Title: P51 crash in Idao
Post by: Wolfala on December 21, 2006, 10:35:25 PM
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Originally posted by Fishu
Perhaps, but most of it would need to be rebuild than just repaired. Just depends on whether someone is interested in rebuilding half of the plane.


Well, look at the bright side. You don't have to go fishing around some south pacific jungle for all the pieces - they're all in 1 place.

But good job to the guy getting it down and saving his bacon and not hurting himself or anyone else.
Title: P51 crash in Idao
Post by: Holden McGroin on December 21, 2006, 10:57:14 PM
Where in the hell is Idao?
Title: P51 crash in Idao
Post by: Airscrew on December 21, 2006, 11:51:35 PM
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Originally posted by Holden McGroin
Where in the hell is Idao?

Inbetween Orgon and Motana
Title: P51 crash in Idao
Post by: storch on December 22, 2006, 12:45:54 AM
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Originally posted by Airscrew
Inbetween Orgon and Motana
:rofl
Title: P51 crash in Idao
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on December 22, 2006, 02:21:42 AM
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Originally posted by Mark Luper
Isn't it interesting how a post about a plane crash, a WWII museum piece at that, denegrates into a discussion about "hotties"?

I take partial blame for having added to that. It sure seems dificult to stay on topic in most posts, doesn't it?

Your mileage may vary though.

Mark


Some would argue that this is the point where the discussion PROGRESSED from geek talk. :lol
Title: P51 crash in Idao
Post by: MiloMorai on December 22, 2006, 04:56:13 AM
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Originally posted by Airscrew
Inbetween Orgon and Motana
Where is Orgon and Motana?

I know where Oregon and Montana is.
Title: P51 crash in Idao
Post by: DiabloTX on December 22, 2006, 05:11:18 AM
Orgon and Motana are near Nevda and Wyomg.
Title: P51 crash in Idao
Post by: cpxxx on December 22, 2006, 06:27:49 AM
Did pretty much the same thing myself in a pony in  AH last night, dweeb!

Glad to see he's OK though. He was amazingly calm talking to the reporter.  But I'll be he's sore all over this morning based on my experience crashing motorbikes. It looks like it cartwheeled or at least ground looped with vigour.

Have no doubt it will be rebuilt. All you need these days, is the the data plate. There are big arguments as to what consitutes a restoration or a re-build.

A Spitfire went from this

(http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/705000/images/_706443_rescuers300.jpg)

To this:

(http://www.flyinginireland.com/upload_files/AirCorps161-3.jpg)

That P51 is hardly scratched in comparsion.
Title: P51 crash in Idao
Post by: scottydawg on December 22, 2006, 08:09:03 AM
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Originally posted by cpxxx
A Spitfire went from this

(http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/705000/images/_706443_rescuers300.jpg)


Just a note about this crash, the pilot and passenger died (thus the yellow tarp) after hitting a tree on final approach on April 8 2000 at Goodwood airport in Sussex UK (same place with the racetrack).  Reports are he had taken cold medicine and that might have caused him to be drowsy.