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Photos Suggest Pilot in Deadly Reno Air Crash Had Broken Seat, Aviation Expert Says
FoxNews.com ^
| 9/20/11
| FoxNews.com
Posted on 09/20/2011 12:05:47 PM PDT by ColdOne
Newly released photographs of the deadly Nevada air racing disaster suggest the pilot in the crash may have become dislodged in the cockpit as a result of a broken seat, an aviation mechanic tells Fox News.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: renoaircrash; renoairracecrash; renoairraces
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posted on
09/20/2011 12:05:50 PM PDT
by
ColdOne
To: ColdOne
Interesting. Yesterday I read a comment here from a freeper that he thought something might have been wrong w/the seat. Wish I could remember who is was so I could ping him!
To: ColdOne
Wouldn’t be the first time a broken seat crashed an airplane.
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posted on
09/20/2011 12:11:53 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: ColdOne
Interesting. If the seat gave loose and the pilot went backward he would have likely taken the stick with him thus causing the plane to gain altitude quickly as is shown in the video, plus he would have had no rudder control which might account for the plane rolling over and then going in.
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posted on
09/20/2011 12:13:41 PM PDT
by
HerrBlucher
("It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged." G.K. Chesterton)
To: presently no screen name; HANG THE EXPENSE
To: HerrBlucher
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posted on
09/20/2011 12:17:28 PM PDT
by
ColdOne
(I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
To: presently no screen name
I’m not sure I’m the first to suggest it, but I was among those who did.
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posted on
09/20/2011 12:20:49 PM PDT
by
Atlas Sneezed
(Are you better off now than you were four trillion dollars ago?)
To: ColdOne
Hmm. If he fell back in the (broken) seat, maybe a sudden violent control input could explain the detached or broken elevator trim tab? Because that elevator tab is clearly coming off in one photo I’ve seen, and completely gone in another.
}:-)4
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posted on
09/20/2011 12:20:57 PM PDT
by
Moose4
("Oderint dum metuant" -- "Let them hate, as long as they fear." (Lucius Accius, c. 130 BC))
To: ColdOne
Now comes the chicken and egg argument. We know the plane lost a trim tab. So did the lost of the trim tab break the seat loose, or did flailing with the controls when the seat broke loose rip off the trim tab.
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posted on
09/20/2011 12:21:08 PM PDT
by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
To: HerrBlucher
Someone posted yesterday from the pics that the tail wheel deployed.....and postulated that the seat came loose.
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posted on
09/20/2011 12:21:19 PM PDT
by
spokeshave
(Obamas approval ratings are so low, Kenyans are accusing him of being born in the USA.)
To: Fantasywriter
WOW! You remembered. Thanks.
To: ColdOne
Still waiting for a theory as to why the tail wheel is down.
To: Beelzebubba
OK! I didn’t comment on the thread so I couldn’t go back and see those who mentioned the seat. Freepers are the best!
To: ColdOne
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posted on
09/20/2011 12:26:33 PM PDT
by
NoLibZone
(Democrats are violent. Prisons are overflowing with democrats convicted of violent crimes.)
To: ColdOne
Where is the pilot?
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posted on
09/20/2011 12:28:16 PM PDT
by
Lando Lincoln
(But that's just me.)
To: ColdOne
Makes more sense than a broken elevator trim-tab, which serves only to adjust pitch forces on the stick. A broken seat would have thrown the pilot onto his back, with all controls out of reach.
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posted on
09/20/2011 12:29:28 PM PDT
by
pabianice
(")
To: ColdOne
My 2 cents. Sorry for the tragedy.
But I wish they would not use historical treasures for “stunts.”
That’s not what they were made for.
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posted on
09/20/2011 12:34:39 PM PDT
by
Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears
("But resist, we much...we must...and we will much...about...that...be committed." - Al Sharpton)
To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears
They were made for killing Germans.
Should we stick with that?
18
posted on
09/20/2011 12:36:01 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: He'sComingBack!
One theory is the failed trim tab caused the aircraft to pitch upward, resulting in Gs causing several things to happen - the tail wheel popping out, the pilot blacking out and the seat collapsing. The rest is an easy guess.
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posted on
09/20/2011 12:36:30 PM PDT
by
skeeter
To: presently no screen name
Honestly, the “expert” is just another guy like me making a conjecture by looking at the same photo.
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posted on
09/20/2011 12:38:29 PM PDT
by
Atlas Sneezed
(Are you better off now than you were four trillion dollars ago?)
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