Interesting story and graphic. Did you work in aviation Gray?
Interesting story and graphic. Did you work in aviation Gray?
TJB
Gary, it was a terrible thing to happen at the races. The aircraft had structural problems.
Spondoolix, no I don't. I have a brother who's spent his life in the industry. I just like mechanical things that make a lot of noise and go fast, preferable by controlled explosions.
As always, love the drawing
I thought P51's had an 'underbelly', your's doesn't appear to have one Gray?
Egg
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Egg, this plane had it's radiator removed (underbelly) to give it less drag. It used some kind of a boil off system if I remember. Photo's of it in it's last race show structural problems. You could see oil canning in the fuselage and the canopy wasn't fitting right. It's wings wee shortened by I believe 14 feet as was the tail. It was the most highly modified Mustang in the world and the fastest. But they had some problems that all came together in that last race. These planes at this speed and altitude are completely unforgiving.
Thanks for the clarification
Egg
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As usual I love the art and the story Gray. "completely unforgiving" huh, well it must have been a whale of a pilot to even fly it. Too bad the plane and the pilot met such a tragic end.
Larry a.k.a wizard509
Never give up. You will never fail, but you may find a lot of ways that don't work.
You accept this kind of an ending when you do this sort of thing, but it was truly tragic that several spectators also lost their lives.
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