Tim Savage wrote:
L-188 wrote:
I wondered about that myself. Saw a similar arrival of a B-25 a few years ago at a show in Manitowoc WI. He kinda dropped it in and the nose wheel strut sounded like a low frequency tuning fork.
The part that failed was going to fail...period. It had little or nothing to do with what everyone on the internet seems to consider an overly hard landing. I have seen the part that failed and it was not stress related at least anytime in the near past. We will be sharing our findings with the A-26 community as we gather them because others in the fleet may have similar issues.
I would like to thank the members of the forum WIX community for not rampantly second guessing us and creating idle speculation. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the WIX Facebook group.
If you ever wonder why operators and pilots of warbirds seem to avoid posting on that forum or here for that matter..wonder not..it is exactly that kind of stuff.
Thanks to all of you who have reached out with offers to help and well wishes. It is appreciated even if I haven't had time to reply to you all personally.
What I found extremely frustrating about the Facebook page was that there were people who basically said A-26s were known for this and others completely ignored it and kept on with their own "theories". Everybody wants to play Monday morning quarterback. I wonder how many of those people are pilots, let alone pilots who have been in a similar situation.
Also think it is ridiculous how every time there is a gear issue, someone always has to say that the pilot should have cut the engines and quickly feathered the props to save the engines. Like that is what a pilot in a distressed aircraft is worried about!!
Well done to you and you team, I'm happy it isn't worse than it could have been.