Misc Images

[_AH_Nimble]

wow... I didnt know that triumph made a scrambler ....nice.... back in the old days they did....is it new? :drinking-43:

[_AH_Autorotate]

wow... I didnt know that triumph made a scrambler ....nice.... back in the old days they did....is it new? :drinking-43:

Yea nimble, they started making them again back in 2006. Been wanting one ever since, i really dig the retro look, cant stand how the newer bikes all look. One heck of a bike too, been loving wvery mile. Kinda rare here too, not to many made it to the usa. I was orginally looking for a green one but i was told there were only 4 for sale in all of north america, so i settled on black. Eventually going to repaint it a silver/grey color.

[_AH_Col._Hogan]

Road trip!



Post modified by Gonzo ----- Just wanted to make sure that awesome looking bike shows up!

[_AH_Prop]

P-51 Big Beautiful Doll and a Skyraider collided. Pilot bailed from the Pony and the Skyraider landed with a large chunk of the wing missing.

http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/747/1duxfordcrash.jpg

http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/936/2duxfordcrash.jpg

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/1043/3duxfordcrash.jpg

Mid Air collision Duxford Flying Legends 2011-07-10

[_AH_Prop]

Some more clips of the collision.

Vintage fighter planes collide at Duxford display

Duxford 2011 P51 Skyraider Crash

[_AH_Autorotate]

A mid-crash photo of this WWI replica as it hits a cornfield after experiencing an engine failure. Pilot was rescued and suffered no major injuries.

[_AH_DarkWolf]

It's not been a good couple months for warbirds, has it?

DW

[_AH_Gonzo]

Looks like it's not the first time that little Fokker has been in trouble....







Thankfully it looks like very little damage was done.

[_AH_Gonzo]

Some pics from the accident that caused the loss of P-51 "Big Beautiful Doll"

This is her before the accident.



And some photos of it happening.











And finally what was left of the "Spad's" right wing after the accident. I've heard that that "Able Dog" could take a ton of punishment and keep on trucking, but I never expected that the loss of so much wing would still allow it to fly.

[Foxbat]

S~

Wow, what a shame. The pics seem to indicate pilot error as they were banking someone got too close.

[_AH_Autorotate]

~S~ Auto

[_AH_z5o]

~S~ Gang
I found this and thought you might like to see it. Its a news broadcast of  "National" Rainbow Gathering of the Tribes. Its the biggest gathering we have every year.
Sorry I couldnt post the video. I couldnt find a share link for that.
Hope you enjoy and hope it might shed a little light on the Rainbow Gathering and Rainbow Tribes
Zulu

http://www.kval.com/home/video/124396414.html

PS sorry about the add at the beginning. I guess theyve got to make alittle $$ aswell

[_AH_Gonzo]

@ Foxbat,

From what I could see from the video, I think the accident was caused by the difference in the types of aircraft in the formation.

Here's my take on (For what very little it's worth...

When the formation flew past, the Sky Raider was on the left wing of the formation and the P-51 Big Beautiful Doll (BBD) was in the lead. During the "Run in and break" over the runway, BBD peeled off first. The standard "Break" part of the manuover is 30 degrees pitch up and 45 degrees bank (Resulting in about 2.5G that helps slow the aircraft to downwind speed) with the pilot closing the throttle about half way through the 180 degree turn that would place the aircraft on downwind. Also, it's usually the aircraft closest to the downwind side of the runway that peels off first (But NOT always).

In this case the pilot of BBD was the first to break with the pull looking very tame, probably to put less stress on the aircraft. When the SkyRaider broke, the pull looked more normal. This would put the SkyRaider inside of the P-51's turn.

To make matters worse, the SkyRaider is much heavier than the P-51. This means that it would have more kinetic energy and bleed speed at a much slower rate than the P-51. Another important factor is that a pilot usually goes "Heads down" in the cockpit to confirm things like bank, pitch and airspeed in the turn. When the pilot does go "Heads up" again, he's usually focused on the downwind because he's almost certain that the lead aircraft is well ahead of him.

All in all a recipe for disaster. I'm no expert, but I've been around the flag pole in formation enough times to know just how bad things can get in a very small amount of time.

In aviation, a really big problem just makes you sweat and usually doesn't kill you. A bunch of little problems however will send you to the ole 6x6 foot plot before you even know what happened.

[_AH_Prop]

That's one of the more sensible explanations I've seen of the accident Gonzo.  :cool:

[_AH_Col._Hogan]

Did we ever find out if the wing severed his control cables?