bexrbetter Posted March 27, 2015 Posted March 27, 2015 Old Oshkosh picture, Pax was killed. The plane in front of the Vans(?) saw the fighter coming and turned out of the way onto the grass not trusting him to be able to see him and was hoping the Vans would follow suit. 1
Birdseye Posted March 27, 2015 Posted March 27, 2015 Reminds me of the old motorcycle accident excuse, "sorry mate I didn't see you". Sad to see anyone die without cause. 1
flyerme Posted March 27, 2015 Posted March 27, 2015 That's horrible, I like the suggested ( Bex I think)reversing camera mounted in front for high angled tail draggers to see whats directly in front of them.
Guest ozzie Posted March 29, 2015 Posted March 29, 2015 The aircraft was from Canada returning home after the convention. Pax was a well known Lazair owner pilot.
dutchroll Posted March 29, 2015 Posted March 29, 2015 Numerous eyewitnesses stated that the Avenger did not s-turn on the taxiway, though the Avenger pilot (understandably I suppose) denied this. When you're in a radial taildragger, you have to make your s-turns worthwhile. I still s-turn even when I'm 99.999% sure there's absolutely no-one on the taxiway at all! And if the taxiway is too narrow, go onto the bloody grass! Yes the RV passenger was killed.
bexrbetter Posted March 29, 2015 Posted March 29, 2015 Similar incident, oh if only planes could talk. Wait, what?? 2
Birdseye Posted March 29, 2015 Posted March 29, 2015 No car involved in this one. Just like big jet engines, small propellors are also dangerous.
Downunder Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 Was watching a number of different tail draggers the other day weaving and so on. I had just fitted a car cam and thought one of these would be ideal... 1 2
red750 Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 Interestingly, an episode of Air Crash Investigation aired on TV yesterday, featuring the mid-air collision of a DC7 and a Constellation over the Grand Canyon in 1957. The evidence that the aircraft collided included the photo below showing prop slashes in the fuselage of the Connie.
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