Supermarine Spitfire XIX crash at French airshow

Bear said:
locked right brake ?
wet field?
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It looks like he pitched over and the prop dug in and side loading the aircraft to swerve left and flip.

The Spitfire uses hand lever braking with pedal position changing the amount of force from one braking side over the other. Plus you take off with left pedal applied so if the brake activated it would have swerved the other way. I can see it seizing up and not having been noticeable during taxi.
 
Bear said:
locked right brake ?
wet field?
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Gopher hole?

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Good looks to the crowd for getting the dude (or chick) out of there the old fashioned way. Shame to see, obviously, but I gather they're mostly data plates anymore. We can rebuild him!

As an aside, it's always rubbed me slightly sideways that the airshow world is just overrun with Spit 19s, Typhoons, 51Ds, etc. I want 109Es, Spit Vs, Hurricanes, 109 Emils, 190As, F4Fs, A6Ms etc. You know, the planes that actually fought in the part of the War that mattered. Yeah, yeah, I know, the 51D did a lot of heavy lifting, and it all mattered, but you know what I mean. I would donate anatomy to see a Polykarpov I-16 fly.
 
Boris Badenov said:
Good looks to the crowd for getting the dude (or chick) out of there the old fashioned way. Shame to see, obviously, but I gather they're mostly data plates anymore. We can rebuild him!

As an aside, it's always rubbed me slightly sideways that the airshow world is just overrun with Spit 19s, Typhoons, 51Ds, etc. I want 109Es, Spit Vs, Hurricanes, 109 Emils, 190As, F4Fs, A6Ms etc. You know, the planes that actually fought in the part of the War that mattered. Yeah, yeah, I know, the 51D did a lot of heavy lifting, and it all mattered, but you know what I mean. I would donate anatomy to see a Polykarpov I-16 fly.
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I'd go for an I-16, or an I-153. How about a Brewster Buffalo?
 
KSCessnaDriver said:
I have a thing for Russian biplanes. One day, I'd love to own one, either an AN-2 or PO-2
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Oh god the Colt.... That thing is the Ford Tri-motor of the modern age.

Funny enough some places actually have an anti Air syllabus for those... involving hunting them with helicopters because it's more efficient than using fast jets.


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Lawman said:
Oh god the Colt.... That thing is the Ford Tri-motor of the modern age.

Funny enough some places actually have an anti Air syllabus for those... involving hunting them with helicopters because it's more efficient than using fast jets.
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Air America: 2
VPAF: 0
 
Boris Badenov said:
IMS, there's a picture or video of a Huey door gunner taking down an AN-2, but I could be making that up. In any case, it evidently happened at least once (twice if MikeD is correct?)
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Even without pics, I'm pretty sure that happened. :smoke:
 
This is a Griffon Spit, reports are that he added power too quickly and the torque overcame his ability to control it. Very amateur move if true.
 
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