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09-17-2011, 12:20 PM

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Carl Spackler

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Originally Posted by sailingfun

There is some question about the Mayday call. Some say he made one others say no call was made. The speeds they are flying the race at are faster then the 51 was designed to fly. They are almost full nose down trim at those speeds. If the tab comes off the nose up moment is huge at those speeds. The last time it happened in Reno I believe it was a 10 g pitchup. The pilot managed to get it under control and land after the pitchup.

Got it. That makes sense.

Still curious about the lack of explosion and fire.

Carl

09-17-2011, 12:26 PM

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tsquare

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Originally Posted by NuGuy

The irony....those are both fNWA birds....

Nu

Irony??????

09-17-2011, 12:29 PM

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DAL 88 Driver

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Originally Posted by tsquare

Irony??????

What are you doing here? Aren't you watching FOOTBALL????

09-17-2011, 12:44 PM

#75804

80ktsClamp

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Originally Posted by NuGuy

The irony....those are both fNWA birds....

Nu

Is it sad that I recognized that 757 immediately as a 5500 series former NW bird without even looking at the tail # when I saw that picture?

Our former TW birds have the same door configs, but they are wingletted.

/NERD

09-17-2011, 12:49 PM

#75805

80ktsClamp

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Originally Posted by Carl Spackler

Also, why was there no post-crash explosion and fire? Even with a small amount gasoline on board, there should have been.

Carl

There's one video where you see a puff of flame. He hit HARD. There is a small crater left from the impact, but everything else is just little tiny pieces.

If you go to airliners net, there's a streamed webcam that you can see. The aftermath is very very graphic, but it does put into perspective on what happened.

So incredibly sad.

09-17-2011, 01:41 PM

#75806

tsquare

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Originally Posted by DAL 88 Driver

What are you doing here? Aren't you watching FOOTBALL????

Not anymore.

And then... depression set in.

09-17-2011, 02:48 PM

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To me from this video it looks like there was a struggle to keep it from rolling over to the right?

Original footage of Reno air race crash sept 2011 - YouTube