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Did this one go unnoticed..?

Fri Jan 06, 2023 12:16 am

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/302669

https://www.facebook.com/AviationAccide ... Cl?__cft__[0]=AZUbNGppimC_Pe6QkN3ZmQCAHus7Fw23697KOysJh8tRylBnROzp3xdsVaYk7EeWqfV52Vp0fkvevBJ3XF9I0ACPacPLZMCrvoPaLVCcWXIn7B5hq-2Y5uu9aDIPif1a2lK2womBo6LowFKpoztv0REQtl_K4VpD66lDjVl5wcm7_DHCobD_-OGh8sAFTG6bHU1xOEOglIrJ0HJvaeZmbqyF&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R

Same thing apparently happened to it at the very same location 10 years ago.

T J

Re: Did this one go unnoticed..?

Fri Jan 06, 2023 3:11 am

Same guy twice. Ouch!

He used to post here as "dano".
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=44659&p=450335#p450335
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=44847&p=450348#p450348

Re: Did this one go unnoticed..?

Fri Jan 06, 2023 7:03 am

Hadn't seen...so very sad for Dan Kirkland.

My attempt at a silver lining...

1) Prop blades appear wooden, so hopefully the hurt to the powerplant is minimal.

2) Before TJ's initial post, I had not assumed ASN's database would include wartime aircraft losses. The link for the FW190 even includes Turkish A-3 losses in the 1940s! I'm impressed!

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/type/fw19

Re: Did this one go unnoticed..?

Fri Jan 06, 2023 9:28 am

DAMMITSOMUCH! :(

It looks like there was an issue with the gear, so he left it retracted and bellied it in. The 190 is a REALLY tough design so my hope is that it won't be too difficult to get her back in the air- all it takes is money, right? And yes, those are - uh, were - wooden prop blades.

That's easily the most "correct" 190 scheme flying right now, and yes, I'm including the all-original FHC Fw 190A-5 in there... I'll let Mark Sheppard explain why, LOL. For those wondering, this aircraft's paint scheme almost perfectly replicates the Fw 190A-8 of Maj. Josef "Pips" Priller, Kommandeur of JG 26, who was one of only two Luftwaffe pilots to make it over the invasion beaches on 6 June 44. (He didn't hang around, LOL)

Photo of aircraft from the news article:

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Re: Did this one go unnoticed..?

Fri Jan 06, 2023 9:37 am

Plane looks small as compared with the people. Is this a full scale 190?

Maybe it's a camera effect.....

Re: Did this one go unnoticed..?

Fri Jan 06, 2023 9:55 am

Here's to that flying again, soon!

I guess the P-51 ground "kill" over in Houston also got missed?

https://www.pprune.org/accidents-close- ... -m600.html

Re: Did this one go unnoticed..?

Fri Jan 06, 2023 10:08 am

The Focke-Wulf FW190A-5 sustained substantial damage when it veered off the runway and suffered a landing gear collapse and prop strike.


Groundloop

Those who have, and those that might. :|

Re: Did this one go unnoticed..?

Fri Jan 06, 2023 12:37 pm

Saville wrote:Plane looks small as compared with the people. Is this a full scale 190?

Maybe it's a camera effect.....


I thought the same thing, looks like the vans shadow almost reaches the aircraft so its not that far from them.

Re: Did this one go unnoticed..?

Fri Jan 06, 2023 1:05 pm

It's full size.

https://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossie ... rial=52442

https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquir ... Txt=N190DK

https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/8126068

Re: Did this one go unnoticed..?

Fri Jan 06, 2023 1:07 pm

Xray wrote:
Saville wrote:Plane looks small as compared with the people. Is this a full scale 190?

Maybe it's a camera effect.....


I thought the same thing, looks like the vans shadow almost reaches the aircraft so its not that far from them.

captredGermn.jpg

Re: Did this one go unnoticed..?

Mon Jan 09, 2023 9:30 am

Most WW II fighter aircraft look small compared to the P-47. Just sayin'...
Lon Moer wrote:
Xray wrote:
Saville wrote:Plane looks small as compared with the people. Is this a full scale 190?

Maybe it's a camera effect.....


I thought the same thing, looks like the vans shadow almost reaches the aircraft so its not that far from them.

captredGermn.jpg
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