P-51 looking for help on a Military Vehicle Forum???

[N3Njeff]

Hey guys,
I was on a fourm for Military Vehicle owners and someone posted that they were looking for anyone with a 5 ton wrecker to help load a P-51 that had a forced landing with engine problems this past friday. The poster said that the airplane and pilot are ok with the A/C taking minimal damage (guessing just tires)

[Taigh Ramey]

We are so there. Lets roll!

http://www.twinbeech.com/SFAMc2.htm

[N3Njeff]

Hey guys,
I was on a fourm for Military Vehicle owners and someone posted that they were looking for anyone with a 5 ton wrecker to help load a P-51 that had a forced landing with engine problems this past friday. The poster said that the airplane and pilot are ok with the A/C taking minimal damage (guessing just tires)

From what the poster said, the airplane is in the middle of nowhere. Landed at a farm and they have towed the airplane to the barn and the pilot spent the night at the farmers house. Hope they take pics. glad to hear everyone involved is ok.

[Lynn Allen]

Hey guys,
I was on a fourm for Military Vehicle owners and someone posted that they were looking for anyone with a 5 ton wrecker to help load a P-51 that had a forced landing with engine problems this past friday. The poster said that the airplane and pilot are ok with the A/C taking minimal damage (guessing just tires)

From what the poster said, the airplane is in the middle of nowhere. Landed at a farm and they have towed the airplane to the barn and the pilot spent the night at the farmers house. Hope they take pics. glad to hear everyone involved is ok.

Which forum posted this? Can you provide a link??

[RickH]

I think this requires pictures of the farmers' daughter !

[snj-5]

Might be this one:

http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:95:9927102147503::NO::P95_EVENT_LCL_DATE,P95_LOC_CITY_NAME,P95_REGIST_NBR:23-AUG-13,TUCUMCARI,N51JC

Bela P. Havasreti

[mustanglover]

Cavanaugh's "The Bratt III".

[FG1D Pilot]

Well, seems Chuck believed the "Farmer's Daughter" story and thought he'd check it out
Chuck was flying "the Brat" from Colorado Springs to Midland when the engine got hot real quick. He made the decision to get it down then, as he was a long way from an airport. He picked out a 30,000 ft. x 100ft. runway ( dirt road) and landed, with power. I flew out and landed at a nearby farmers strip that doesn't show up on the GPS and wouldn't have been a good choice anyway. We went over the plane and there are no leaks and filling up the header tank, it only took a 1 1/2 gals of water, so it didn't run out of coolant. No signs of anything in the exhaust. Looks like a water pump failure. It's being disassembled and brought back to the museum.

Chuck made a great choice and landed without incident and not even a scratch or rock ding!!! Saturday was the opening of Antelope season, and it was fun watching the occasional truck drive by and slam on the brakes when they caught a glimpse of "The Brat" in front of the farmers house. To make matters worse, there was no "Farmers Daughter", not even a sheep. No beer either.

Good Job Chuck

[N3Njeff]

Good to hear it was minimal.

[Obergrafeter]

You gotta watch those West Texas Farmers Daughters anyway, all hail beat and dried up!

[TAdan]

Very glad to hear Chuck and the The Brat got down safely. Well done.

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[Matt Gunsch]

A fighter pilot made a emergency landing on a farm and had to spend the night in the hayloft. The farmer said not to touch his daughter, or else, well, the daughter had other ideas and snuck into the loft for a roll in the hay with the pilot. The next morning, the plane was repaired and the pilot took off without the farmer knowing what had occurred in the hayloft.

6 Year later, flying over the same farm, the pilot decieded to land and see the Farmer's daughter, up on landing he was greeted by the daughter and her 5 yr old son. Before he could ask, she informed him the he was the father and that the boy did not know. When asked why he was not told, he was told it would be easier for the boy if everyone thought he was a b a s t a r d son and not the son of a fighter pilot

Chuck, Stay away from the farm........

[KenH]

Great job, Chuck.

[P51Mstg]

Been out that way several times. One thing I can say is that there is NOTHING out there, and I mean nothing. There are still dinosaurs running around because the word that they were extinct hadn't gotten to them yet.......

Glad it turned out OK

Mark H

[Ztex]

Sounds like an uneventful end to an eventful flight! Good news, Glad Chuck is OK and the airplane is safe!

But..YIKES! Eastern New Mexico is nothing but rocks and cholla...it's a nasty place to drive...much less fly over.

Good job!

(No Beer?) ugh