They had the escape planned right down to the second Louie would grab a hold of the wing and they would swoop right out to freedom. They forgot to add the factor of a wall.
From a free bird to jail bird, just like that.
It's a weird little world out there.
I got to see it fly right after they finished the restoration.
Personally, I'm against flying these historic, one of a kind aircraft. Once they're gone, that's it.
No, no, Big Bubba, the escape plan was supposed to be a helicopter!
There have been two small plane crashes in the Hill Country of Texas the past two days. All died. Prayers.
Probably out rehearsing for the upcoming “Planes of Fame” air show:
https://planesoffame.org/aircraftsv2/plane-N9MB
https://planesoffame.org/events/annual-airshow/airshow-2019-schedule (N9MB had the 11:30am slot in the show).
http://warbirdsnews.com/airshow-news/planes-of-fame-air-show-may-4-5-2019.html
Then again, if you have crappy software it's not going to make any difference. Ask Boeing.
Isn’t the air space above penal institutions restricted? Why would it have been flying there if it was?
Oh no.
I’ll hold comments for more info, but the pictures make me very worried, mainly the very small crash path on the ground.
One of the most common ways pilots kill themselves is trying to save the plane when they should worry about saving their a$$. Engine loss after takeoff followed by, “I’m going to turn 180 and land back and save the plane.” Usually leads to a low altitude stall spin into the ground. Lost my best friend in the world that way, and watched a plane with three people on board do that about 200 yards from our house when we lived next to a large airport.
Oh my, this must have been the plane out of Chino Airport. I have seen it fly about three times including just a couple years ago right over my house during the annual Chino Air Show. It WAS one of the Airports museums pride and joys.
It is the loss of an aeronautical treasure, the last one flying.
Ping
Plane? Where?
The problem is that it is very CG sensitive; making it very pitch unstable. Scaling up helps. A fancy computer helps more.
You annie and the original Tards seen that one one fly
I’m certain that this is the very plane that I saw at Chino Field. Theres got to be only a handful still flying.
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