Jet incident at Reno during PRS...

Warbirdnerd · **Joined:** Fri Apr 30, 2004 7:34 pm **Posts:** 2923

Glad nobody was hurt...

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Reno Air Races CEO Mike Houghton says two planes at the Reno-Stead Airport touched mid-air during a pylon racing seminar, but no one was hurt.

The incident happened just before 5 p.m. Thursday.

Houghton says one jet landed fine, while the pilot inside the second plane elected not to use the landing gear for safety. He came touched the belly of the plane down at about 140 MPH before skidding to a stop 2-thousand feet away. Fortunately both pilots were unharmed.

Found it here:
http://www.ktvn.com/story/22588531/two- ... ad-airport

P51Mstg · **Joined:** Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:36 am **Posts:** 1202

Great nobody got hurt..... Could have been a disaster...

Mark H

Fouga23 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 17, 2013 4:54 pm

Holy ****

P51Mstg · **Joined:** Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:36 am **Posts:** 1202

Yeah Fouga Basically what I thought.......

Mark H

DH82EH · **Posted:** Mon Jun 17, 2013 6:57 pm

Somebody clearly was lookin' out for those folks.
Thank goodness.
Looks like some pretty cool heads prevailed.

Andy Scott

Pogo · **Posted:** Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:10 pm

PHEW, ain't nuthin' like a happy ending................ :shock:

Rob Mears · **Posted:** Mon Jun 17, 2013 9:47 pm

A fitting choice of race number for the lucky man! :shock:

Dave Homewood · **Posted:** Mon Jun 17, 2013 10:40 pm

Wel done to the pilots.

If there had been a fire, would that garden hose have been much use? It looks a little bit inadequate for dealing with a burning aeroplane.

Wildchild · **Posted:** Mon Jun 17, 2013 10:58 pm

Dear God what happened to the tail?!?!

bombadier29 · **Joined:** Sun Jan 29, 2012 9:17 pm **Posts:** 272

Dave Homewood wrote:

Wel done to the pilots.

If there had been a fire, would that garden hose have been much use? It looks a little bit inadequate for dealing with a burning aeroplane.

It's a foam line. It would have most likely been sufficient. Even if it wasn't, the truck it was hooked to would be sufficient.

C VEICH · **Joined:** Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:40 pm **Posts:** 1470

Wildchild wrote:

Dear God what happened to the tail?!?!

Mid-air with another L-39, which also landed safely. (On its wheels even.)

sandiego89 · **Joined:** Mon May 21, 2012 12:28 pm **Posts:** 1195

Dave Homewood wrote:

Wel done to the pilots.

If there had been a fire, would that garden hose have been much use? It looks a little bit inadequate for dealing with a burning aeroplane.

That red hose in the picture is a line for an air hose. Not a garden hose, not a foam hose. Like the hose you would use to power air equipment or inflate tires/tyres. The giveaways are the color of the line, the air fitting on the tip and the black ball near the end which prevents the hose from retratcting too far onto it's storage reel. Likely used in the recovery effort to get some air into the system.

Stoney · **Posted:** Tue Jun 18, 2013 9:08 am

or maybe for air bags to lift it

k5083 · **Posted:** Tue Jun 18, 2013 10:56 am

What grade do you get in the seminar when this happens?

August

mike furline · **Joined:** Wed May 05, 2004 3:45 pm **Posts:** 2628

Dave Homewood wrote:

Wel done to the pilots.

Aren't these the same guys that caused the problem? :wink:

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