CAF P-39 landing incident at Tyler, TX

[Pat]

I thought all Aussies were already honorary Texans as a default thing.

Well I never. I suppoze Texas is kinda average size for an Australian State, and we have a big star on our flag, but we don't let it get lonely, we've crossed it up.

Meanwhile, back in reality...

Sorry James, I couldn't help myself...

[JDK]

Sorry James, I couldn't help myself...

Oh no! I never realised! You are all upside down! Hold on....

[lmritger]

I thought all Aussies were already honorary Texans as a default thing.

Well I never. I suppoze Texas is kinda average size for an Australian State, and we have a big star on our flag, but we don't let it get lonely, we've crossed it up.

Meanwhile, back in reality...

Sorry James, I couldn't help myself...

I cannot stop laughing at this photo.

[Pogo]

Ha ha ha -- that gave me the biggest laugh since the b-slap pic in the Diamond Lil thread!

[Dan K]

WELL, OK. IT'S JUST SO SLIPPERY THIS WAY...

[Obergrafeter]

Talk about getting off topic. This thread is getting upside down.

[bluehawk15]

<GROAN!>

[Mark_Pilkington]

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just to close off the "off-topic" debate: Who said everything's BIGGER in Texas?


Australia's area is 2,941,300 sq miles compared to the United States at 3,537,441 sq miles

Western Australia 976,790 sq miles
Queensland 666,876 sq miles
Northern Territory 548,640 sq miles
South Australia 379,725 sq miles
New South Wales 312,528 sq miles
<< at 268,601 sq miles, we would put lil'Texas down here with our small States! smiles
<< at 93,026 sq miles, we would put the entire United Kingdom down there with it!
Victoria 91,749 sq miles
Tasmania 26,410 sq miles

In regards to holding on "down-under", we just grow our toe nails longer!


Regards

Mark Pilkington


http://www.wisegeek.com/how-big-are-the-states-in-america.htm

rank state (country) size in square miles
1 Alaska 656,425
2 Texas 268,601
- (France) 211,207
3 California 163,707
4 Montana 147,046
5 New Mexico 121,593
- (Poland) 120,725
6 Arizona 114,006
7 Nevada 110,567
8 Colorado 104,100
9 Oregon 98,386
10 Wyoming 97,818
11 Michigan 96,810
- (United Kingdom) 93,026
12 Minnesota 86,943
13 Utah 84,904
14 Idaho 83,574
15 Kansas 82,282
16 Nebraska 77,358
17 South Dakota 77,121
18 Washington 71,303
19 North Dakota 70,704
20 Oklahoma 69,903
21 Missouri 69,709
22 Florida 65,758
23 Wisconsin 65,503
24 Georgia 59,441
25 Illinois 57,918
26 Iowa 56,276
27 New York 54,475
28 North Carolina 53,821
29 Arkansas 53,182
30 Alabama 52,423
31 Louisiana 51,843
- (Greece) 50,944
32 Mississippi 48,434
33 Pennsylvania 46,058
34 Ohio 44,828
- (Bulgaria) 42,823
35 Virginia 42,769
36 Tennessee 42,146
37 Kentucky 40,411
- (Iceland) 39,768
38 Indiana 36,420
39 Maine 35,387
- (Austria) 32,374
40 South Carolina 32,007
41 West Virginia 24,231
- (Denmark) 16,629
42 Maryland 12,407
43 Hawaii 10,932
44 Massachusetts 10,555
45 Vermont 9,615
46 New Hampshire 9,351
47 New Jersey 8,722
48 Connecticut 5,544
49 Delaware 2,489
50 Rhode Island 1,545
51 District of Columbia 68
rank state (country) size in square miles

[m charters]

Well if it's about size....Canada is 3,851,807.61 square miles!

But as for the original topic, glad pilot is ok, and plane is repairable.
The P-39 is one aircraft after all the years I've been around airshows, that i have never seen fly.

[JDK]

Well if it's about size....Canada is 3,851,807.61 square miles!

And both Canucks and Aussies 'live on the edge', too. Eastern here, Southern your end!

A friend of the (Canadian) Mrs JDK responded to the Texan - "Yes, Texas is quite large. It'll fit into the lakes in my Province."

All a bit of fun, and not to detract from the origin of the thread, I hope. I trust repairs will be documented here, too?

Regards,

[Ray Clausen]

Uh, back on the P-39 topic...

Mike (m charters), rest assured that it will be appearing at airshows again. I am heading up to Tyler Sunday to assess the damage and see if we can ferry her home after a little work. While everyone initially agreed with the ferry-if-possible plan, I'm hearing rumors that I may have to do some serious convincing to get approval now. We'll be taking detailed, high resolution pictures an making lots of measurements. I'll get as much info out here as I can as soon as I can. In the meantime, I'm still desperately seeking main landing gear wheels....

Also, just posted some P-63 news on the P-39/P-63 thread.

Thanks!

[Lynn Allen]

Any news yet??

[Jack Cook]

Who cares about the plane.
I just wanta know if toilets really swirl backwards downunder...........

[bluehawk15]

I'm sure Ray will have a better report soon. Right now he's working on bringing a plan together. I flew five of us up to Tyler in the Mockingbird (U-11) yesterday. The folks at the HAMM are some wonderful people, and their museum is simply beautiful! Oh, and a fantastic burger (and other good eats) at the cafe there in the old terminal as well.

It appears we have been very blessed as the damage to the plane is relatively light. Good thing they were built tough! I think it will be back in the air a lot sooner than some might think, but that's just my opinion as a pilot, but I think the Cobra Den Maintenance Team would agree.

Speaking of the Cobra Den, I'm taking orders for the shirts now. Please reply on the P-39/P-63 thread viewtopic.php?f=3&t=31659 if you would like me to order one for you.

[Lynn Allen]

Who cares about the plane.
I just wanta know if toilets really swirl backwards downunder...........

Yes, mean while back at the ranch.....

Glad the hear the good news...