A-26 airshow video

[T J Johansen]

This video was posted by a Norwegian guy recently. It shows N167B "Sugarland Express" at an airshow at Ski (near Oslo) in Sep. 1992.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iayVNS20rc

[Michel Lemieux]

Wow......

That is fast & low for an A26.

I wonder what was the IAS on that first pass.

Tks for sharing

Low and fast for an A-26 is nothing new. That airplane loves to go fast. Think of it this way...it is a wide-body Tigercat with a faster wing!

[Ryan Keough]

Whoa, they are really loading it up on the pullouts... interesting (and just a teeny bit scary) to see the wings flex like that.

[Erik H]

Wow......

That is fast & low for an A26.

I wonder what was the IAS on that first pass.

Tks for sharing

If you listen carefully (and understand norwegian..) ,the pilot is speaking to the public over the PA system and reports 320 knots on the second pass.

[CrazyCavia]

Seen last Saturday, nice sounding plane.

[Michel Lemieux]

Funny Ryan....

they are really loading it up on the pullouts...

I was thinking the same. With all the spars stories you hear about A26s, it made me wonder how much these type of spirited performances cuts down on the life of the airframe. Specifically after investing that amount of $$$ of a restoration.

I am not passing any jugment here as I do not know any better Come think of it I do not thing the Airspray birds where abused less with all the hard years of work that where put in tehm. And with that said, I am pretty sure they have many years of life left into them.

See ya all one day.

[Michel C-GNCJ]

Lovely. And that sound...

Radials are hard to beat !

[bdk]

These are flying at very light weights compared to gross so the stresses are low.

[ZRX61]

Low and fast for an A-26 is nothing new. That airplane loves to go fast. Think of it this way...it is a wide-body Tigercat with a faster wing!

Or a 6 seat Mustang

[dors]

very bob hoover-esque

[bipe215]

He threw a roll in there near the end. I doubt he pulled over 3 to 3.5G
at any point.

Steve G

[RickH]

The stories about the A-26s shedding wings is a bit unfair.

These stories started during Viet Nam. The gross weight on the A-26 loaded with ordnance is 35,000 lbs. The USAF was routinely loading the Invaders in Viet Nam to 45,000 lbs. They were also doing partial drops with high G pullouts.

[famvburg]

I read in an A-26 book that the main cause for the failing wings on the K models was in adition to the heavier underwing loads, all the taxiing on rough, unimproved surfaces were putting excessive negative forces on the spars & of course, they weren't designed for as much negative stress as they were positive. I always wondered about many of the civil versions that had the spar carry through structure replaced with a hollow structure to increase the interior space, how they held up structurally. I'm sure they went thru their share of thunderstorms & other turbulence.

The stories about the A-26s shedding wings is a bit unfair.

These stories started during Viet Nam. The gross weight on the A-26 loaded with ordnance is 35,000 lbs. The USAF was routinely loading the Invaders in Viet Nam to 45,000 lbs. They were also doing partial drops with high G pullouts.

[RickH]

I'm not aware of failing wings on the Ks. The K had a steel spar overlay that beefed up the original extruded spar. The strap is clearly visible on surviving Ks.

Most don't realize that there were only 2500 odd A-26s built. Production was terminated along with most wartime contracts immediately after the end of the war. All of the A-26s in Viet Nam were WWII production and many had been flown in Korea and probably a few in WWII.