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. Look at those trees... Look at those power lines... During flight school, I could never figure out why they always put trees and power lines on flight calculator questions about take off and landings. As I worked the problem, I always thought nobody would be so stupid to build a runway with a 50 foot obstacle on the approach or departure end. Yet, it seems like nearly every time ~ there they are! . | |||
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Was the pilot landing at an airport or an available open field? The article is unclear. If he was headed for an airport, can FL members tell us which one? We can then look it up on www.airnav.com | |||
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I think I saw that plane flying over Cape Coral before. If not then one marked up just like it. La Dolce Vita | |||
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The article states that he was making a forced landing, following an engine failure. | |||
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I wonder if it's the typical GA "engine trouble / failure".  | |||
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F=Fun E=Emergency "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
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__________________________________________ "Rear wing"? That's a new one!  I I would like to see that! "If you think everything's going to be alright, you don't understand the problem!"- Gutpile Charlie "A man's got to know his limitations" - Harry Callahan | |||
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ZPH This space intentionally left blank. | |||
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Is Harrison Ford flying again? | |||
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The trees probably weren't there when the runway was built, but the neighboring land owners never cut them down. Eventually, they get tall enough the FAA poo poos them and the airport eminent domains the "irreplaceable" tree to the tune of $30,000. | |||
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At the ZPH link posted by Dr Dan above, each runway lists obstructions but they're all trees, not power lines. However, at the bottom of the page it reads: Additional Remarks - 24 FT PLINE CROSSES APCH 800-1300 FT FROM RWY 23 END; MKD WITH RED FLAGS. Those may be what the Stearman hit. | |||
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Not to mention that "rear wing" is tubing covered in fabric. (horizontal stabilizer) As a conventionally staggered biplane, the lower wing is actually the "rear wing." Still covered in fabric too, though. | |||
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It can be rebuilt. Just time and money. You can rebuild an aircraft from the data plate if that is all you have. BTW, I have an ATP, A&P and IA. ****************************************************W5SCM "We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution" - Abraham Lincoln "I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go" - Abraham Lincoln | |||
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Heard from a flying buddy of mine. The pilot of the bent Stearman is a UA Captain. Turns out that a former crew member of mine gave this pilot a familiarization flight in another friend's Stearman a few years ago. The word I'm getting is that while making the emergency engine-out landing the right wing clipped a traffic signal strung over the road. Apparently the pilot only recently bought this Stearman.
While you may well have previously seen this Stearman keep in mind that it is in Army Air Corps markings, and while I've seen all manner of Stearman finish jobs, it is quite common to see them in either WW II Army Air Corps or U.S. Navy markings. Often, if you are able to catch enough detail, you will find some individual markings in addition to the standard ones. Aircraft names, pilot names, individual identifying fuselage numbers, sometimes nose art, and of course the registration number, almost always found on the vertical stab. | |||
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