P-51 engine out landing

[Diggun]

Am sure many will have seen this, but the chat afterwards is fascinating. Pilot describes his belly landing in a field after a partial engine failure at Duxford last year. I think the P-51 has had all the creases ironed out and is now back in the air.

 

Favourite quotes:

 

'Fly the aircraft as far into the crash as you can'

'Put the monkey back in the box' - i.e. hind-brain fight or flight response.

 

 

[Trooper117]

Ahem... 

 

[SCG_Space_Ghost]

I think there's a total of three threads about this video now.

[Monostripezebra]

Well, we all know our flightsim reality looks more like this: