French Fortress nose-over in 1953

F3V · **Posted:** Fri Feb 08, 2013 12:50 pm

Hanoï 1953, no injuries aircraft repaired and go back to France

gary1954 · **Posted:** Fri Feb 08, 2013 1:24 pm

wow I bet the pucker factor :shock:

came into play here...great shot, to bad she was eventually scrapped :axe:

in the 70s

F3V · **Posted:** Fri Feb 08, 2013 2:17 pm

BGOE was exactly scrapped in march 1967

Jesse C. · **Posted:** Fri Feb 08, 2013 2:24 pm

Interesting shot. Thank you for sharing.

Could you please put something in the heading to indicate this is an old event and not something recent.

Thanks again!

T J Johansen · **Posted:** Fri Feb 08, 2013 2:25 pm

This is the old TWA, and Shah of Persia B-17, right?

T J

airnutz · **Posted:** Fri Feb 08, 2013 2:25 pm

Well, it's the first time I'm glad to hear "Pink Lady" is still grounded.

Ken · **Posted:** Fri Feb 08, 2013 3:34 pm

Curious to know the circumstances as it looks like the pilot got her shut down before she nosed over. If so, good thinking!

Sabremech · **Posted:** Fri Feb 08, 2013 3:40 pm

I usually refrain from making a comment on the sensitivity of the title of a thread, but this is getting ridiculous asking for the title of the thread to be modified because someone might think it happened recently. Read the thread, then you'll have the information you're likely looking for as to whether it's recent or not or involved someone you or I know.
David

gary1954 · **Posted:** Fri Feb 08, 2013 4:15 pm

T J Johansen wrote:

This is the old TWA, and Shah of Persia B-17, right?

T J

Shah of Persia Shah of Iran :axe:

same same

gary1954 · **Posted:** Fri Feb 08, 2013 4:16 pm

Sabremech wrote:

I usually refrain from making a comment on the sensitivity of the title of a thread, but this is getting ridiculous asking for the title of the thread to be modified because someone might think it happened recently. Read the thread, then you'll have the information you're likely looking for as to whether it's recent or not or involved someone you or I know.
David

Amen David,

Amen

Dave Lindauer · **Posted:** Fri Feb 08, 2013 4:48 pm

Looks pretty fortunate that he ran into the soft ground after leaving the runway. Hard ground and he'd presumably have run into or across the ditch with a lot more damage.

I wonder if anyone was sitting in the nose?

tom d. friedman · **Posted:** Fri Feb 08, 2013 5:18 pm

F3V wrote:

Hanoï 1953, no injuries aircraft repaired and go back to France

the water reflection in the ditch is pretty cool!!

F3V · **Posted:** Fri Feb 08, 2013 5:55 pm

at this moment there she still had her luxurious equipments

you can see french fortresses on this video at 39 minutes (in french)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... jhXMlji3Uk

a flight with F-BDRR aka 44-83757, F-BEEA aka 44-85643, F-BEEB aka crashed in 1949 at Yaoundé, F-BEED aka 44-83729, F-BEEC aka "thunderbird" ans F-BGSR aka Sally B (without engines)

aerovin · **Posted:** Fri Feb 08, 2013 8:55 pm

Interesting to note that the only remaining vestige of its TWA livery is the Boeing emblem painted emblem on the vertical stabilizer which matches exactly photos of the airplane seven years earlier when it was NX4600 (and later NL1B). The rest of the airplane was completely paint stripped but the small logo remained. Curious.

Chris Brame · **Posted:** Fri Feb 08, 2013 10:33 pm

Looks like she was thirsty... :lol:

Quote:

you can see french fortresses on this video at 39 minutes (in french)

Just watched the video, and what a great find! Merci, F3V.

Scott, if you want to add this to your B-17 Movies page, I'll make some stills for you.

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