Lawman
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That would make sense with the prop strike. Essentially dynamic rollover without power to arrest.
Supermarine Spitfire XIX crash at French airshow
- Thread starter RDoug
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That would make sense with the prop strike. Essentially dynamic rollover without power to arrest.
BEEF SUPREME
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No way, a pilot with more money than skill? Can't be true.
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Bear
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http://acepilots.com/british/spitfire.html First Time Flying a Spitfire
"Our instructors were mostly fighter pilots on rest. Apart from leading us on formation exercises, all they did was sit in armchairs on the grass, critiquing our performance in the circuit. Not once did they share their experiences or discuss tactics . On June 16 , when my instructor told me to take Spit B-R and fly it around a bit, I was probably a bit nervous since the first guy to fly the day before had killed himself, taking off in coarse pitch, clipping the top of a hangar and crashing into into a paint storage building. With this in mind I began my first long zig-zag taxi to the far end of the field.
At the holding point on the grass I did my run up and check, winding on full right rudder trim. Traffic was controlled by Aldis lamp; having moved up to the `ready' spot on the grass, I lined up with a hangar on the far side of the field, the same one the fellow had hit the day before, and waited for a green, one eye on the rapidly rising coolant temperature, the other on the tower. On getting the green I released the brakes, and with the stick right back gradually opened the throttle to takeoff power, then carefully brought the stick forward to neutral. (Too far and the prop could hit the ground) Almost immediately the tail was up to flying attitude, and almost full right rudder was needed to keep straight.
A few seconds later, with some light bouncing on the grass, it flew itself off. Sitting in that snug cockpit, almost on the trailing edge, and with that beautiful wing in my field of vision, it was hard to believe I was really flying it. With the speed building up I retracted the undercarriage, closed the canopy and climbed to a safe height over the training area.”
"Our instructors were mostly fighter pilots on rest. Apart from leading us on formation exercises, all they did was sit in armchairs on the grass, critiquing our performance in the circuit. Not once did they share their experiences or discuss tactics . On June 16 , when my instructor told me to take Spit B-R and fly it around a bit, I was probably a bit nervous since the first guy to fly the day before had killed himself, taking off in coarse pitch, clipping the top of a hangar and crashing into into a paint storage building. With this in mind I began my first long zig-zag taxi to the far end of the field.
At the holding point on the grass I did my run up and check, winding on full right rudder trim. Traffic was controlled by Aldis lamp; having moved up to the `ready' spot on the grass, I lined up with a hangar on the far side of the field, the same one the fellow had hit the day before, and waited for a green, one eye on the rapidly rising coolant temperature, the other on the tower. On getting the green I released the brakes, and with the stick right back gradually opened the throttle to takeoff power, then carefully brought the stick forward to neutral. (Too far and the prop could hit the ground) Almost immediately the tail was up to flying attitude, and almost full right rudder was needed to keep straight.
A few seconds later, with some light bouncing on the grass, it flew itself off. Sitting in that snug cockpit, almost on the trailing edge, and with that beautiful wing in my field of vision, it was hard to believe I was really flying it. With the speed building up I retracted the undercarriage, closed the canopy and climbed to a safe height over the training area.”
BigZ
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I remember reading about C47 and Ju52 dogfight somewhere. If memory serves me right, all was going well until the fallschirmjägers the 52 was apparently carrying got pissed and started knocking out windows and firing their StGs
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Adler
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That is cool!