For P-51 preparation willing folks ;=)

[Monostripezebra]

 

[angus26]

That was a nasty crash, sad to see such a beautiful aircraft crash, but it’s better than seeing someone get seriously injured! 

[Poochnboo]

There are fewer worse things that I can think of than that "Oh *%^&" moment in an airplane. In all the years that I've flown it only happened to me once. I owned an old 1946 Ercoupe. I was heading for Tamiami airport in Miami, Florida. I could see the airport and suddenly my engine rpm's dropped. And then they went up....and then they dropped. And then I saw that my oil pressure indicator needle dropping. Yeah..."Oh &*^%!"

Someone was watching over me that day. I was high enough that it looked as though I could make the airport. I called the tower and declared an emergency. They gave me straight in clearance. I pulled my power and glided into the airport and rolled off onto the grass. I climbed out of the airplane and popped open the cowling. Oil every where! An oil line had come loose. I had to get towed to the hanger. Luckily no major damage and the plane and me were in one piece. 

  In a P-51 things happen really fast. This is why only people with a whole lot of flight time can fly these oldwarbirds.

Edited May 18, 2018 by Poochnboo

[Poochnboo]

13 hours ago, angus26 said:

hat was a nasty crash, sad to see such a beautiful aircraft crash, but it’s better than seeing someone get seriously injured! 

 

[Monostripezebra]

Here is a more exact recreation of how P51 engine failures typically look in flightsims:

 

 

[angus26]

3 hours ago, Monostripezebra said:

Here is a more exact recreation of how P51 engine failures typically look in flightsims:

 

 

*Slams into the roof of the hanger after catapulting up a small incline* 

[Monostripezebra]

1 hour ago, angus26 said:

*Slams into the roof of the hanger after catapulting up a small incline* 

 

Gotta ring the bell, somehow!

[AndyJWest]

1 hour ago, angus26 said:

*Slams into the roof of the hanger after catapulting up a small incline* 

 

Been there, done that...