Seafury T-mk20 midair?

Decamara · **Joined:** Wed Jul 31, 2013 4:14 pm **Posts:** 72

Just saw a collision being reported with a T-Mk.20 and a Cessna 210 in the San Francisco Bay area

Sea fury allegedly landed

210 went down?

On KTVU channel 2 (Bay area)

m50a1ontos · **Posted:** Sun Apr 27, 2014 9:20 pm

AP via Stars & Stripes...

http://ap.stripes.com/dynamic/stories/U ... TE=DEFAULT

bugazon · **Posted:** Sun Apr 27, 2014 9:42 pm

Dreadnaught was at the Dream Machines show today.

MX304 · **Posted:** Sun Apr 27, 2014 9:58 pm

It was Dreadnought. The 210 was also registered to the Sanders' but no word on who was on board. Prayers to all involved.

CoastieJohn · **Joined:** Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:37 pm **Posts:** 1380

Were both planes on a photo flight?

RNDMTRS4EVR · **Posted:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 9:40 am

Sad news.

TAdan · **Posted:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 10:00 am

Saw this on the news this A.M. Very unfortunate.

pilot06 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 12:45 pm

I have a question regarding the post mid-air flight. Isn't the correct course of action to find the nearest airport to land and assess the damage?

PC

MX304 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 1:19 pm

CoastieJohn wrote:

Were both planes on a photo flight?

Not a photo flight.

Matt Gunsch · **Posted:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 1:24 pm

pilot06 wrote:

I have a question regarding the post mid-air flight. Isn't the correct course of action to find the nearest airport to land and assess the damage?

PC

If the plane is flyable, and you can see the damage is not serious, fly it home, it is easier to fix at your home base.

AFWhite · **Posted:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 1:41 pm

Matt Gunsch wrote:

pilot06 wrote:

I have a question regarding the post mid-air flight. Isn't the correct course of action to find the nearest airport to land and assess the damage?

PC

If the plane is flyable, and you can see the damage is not serious, fly it home, it is easier to fix at your home base.

!!!???
"...easier to fix at your home base."

Fix? How about landing safely? This dude passed like 4 airports on the way...how about the damage you can't see? Not to mention, what about the dude who just bought the farm?

Sure, there are malfunctions you'll encounter in flight that you can make it home on...I doubt the procedure for a mid air reads "Fly it home, it's easier to fix at your home base".

davidwomacks · **Joined:** Sat Aug 04, 2012 2:34 pm **Posts:** 195

The Sea Fury is a stout plane remember it was built to get shot to pieces and still come home, kinda like the sky raider that lost half of its wing in a collision with a P-51 at Duxford and still landed safely.

RyanShort1 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 2:04 pm

We don't know what the pilot was thinking, or what information he was operating on. Once we have more details, I think it might be more appropriate to speculate.

Matt Gunsch · **Posted:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 2:27 pm

You fix a Cessna with a tack hammer, you fix a warbird with a sledgehammer, when the Planes of Fame Hellcat had a midair with a cessna, it didn't do that much damage to the Hellcat.

Here is a example of the difference, when I was working on Beech F-33s, if they hit a pigeon, it would punch a hole into the wing, I hit a duck in the T-6, I had blood stains and feathers to clean off.

bipe215 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 2:58 pm

And a 727 has crashed after contact with a 172. This is pointless until you know what kind of contact they had.

Steve

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