The cat in the hat lands with a smack!

triumph5 wrote: Nicepart is, it's a business expense--even though he was going to Ohskosh/Air Venture Expo--and, yes he is lucky. If it had been in his P-51, outcome would have probably been very different. And if you ever want to hear a truly remarkable sound, be at the flight line at an airshow when the pilot runs up the compound supercharged engine in a P-51. Better yet, go to the Reno airshows, where same engine makes triple the amount of power....

They sound almost dainty compared to the ground-pounding shock waves produced by an18-cylinder P&W two row radial with the big Curtiss paddle propeller installed in the nose of a P-47D Thunderbolt. It's a 425 mph flying brick. Special versions produced at the end of WWII achieved 505mph in level flight to combat German jets.

In reply to Jerry From LA:

Jugs FTW!

No, not that kind.

oldsaw wrote: In reply to Jerry From LA: Jugs FTW! No, not that kind.

Ha-ha. I got it.

The prop is so huge, the pilot has to hold the tail down until the last second or the prop will strike the ground. Had the privilege of seeing both the bubble top and earlier razorback versions fly. Can't ever forget it.

pilotbraden wrote: That is a nice Corsair at Mason, I believe that there is another one at the Alma airport.

It's the same one. The 5 guys that own it bounce it between the two airports as well as one near Oakland County.

Their primary repair hangar is actually the Alma hangar but they have a complete, well stocked, facility in Mason.

Unconfirmed reports suggest Roush was told (by ATC) to perform a "go around"; another plane was on the runway. Roush had little time to react, but he tried.

Here's a hot-linked pic of the imminent impact:

Jerry From LA wrote:

oldsaw wrote: In reply to Jerry From LA: Jugs FTW! No, not that kind.

Ha-ha. I got it. The prop is so huge, the pilot has to hold the tail down until the last second or the prop will strike the ground. Had the privilege of seeing both the bubble top and earlier razorback versions fly. Can't ever forget it.

I live a little ways off the approach to the Spartanburg Airport where they used to have warbird events. During one of these evenets I heard the unmistakable sound a big radial, turned around and saw a razorback P-47 turning onto approach. What a sight!

In reply to spitfirebill:

Big radials, FTW!

I live near a famous, big rock that is a popular destination for flyovers when a local airport hosts some warbirds. I hear aircraft all the time, but some engine-notes pull me outside in instant-spectator mode. There have been numerous sightings of B17's, B25's and even B29's. Unfortunately, pursuit planes are sadly missing.

That same airport supports a company that offers Stearman rides over my house, but they have been conspicuously absent this year.

The upside is that this same area sees practice runs when the regional air-reserve base hosts its' Visitor's Day. F18's are almost as good as Jugs and Stangs.

I knew a friend of my father, who was a combat P-47D pilot in WWII. I used to love hearing his stories. He was a quiet, unassuming little man, too, but he shot down several German planes, I believe including an ME-163 Komet! He definitely had action against at least one.

oldsaw wrote: Unconfirmed reports suggest Roush was told (by ATC) to perform a "go around"; another plane was on the runway. Roush had little time to react, but he tried. Here's a hot-linked pic of the imminent impact:

Yikes! He's is really lucky to have walked away from that one.

After listening to the tower radio tape it sounds as if Jack stated to call that he was going around but it was too late. The tower had the aircraft following Jack go around for obvious reasons. It is confusing flying in there with the mix of high and low speed aircraft. I have flown King Air 200's in there on charter flights for the show and always had a second pilot up front with me. The second set of eyes allows the flying pilot to concentate on controlling the airplane.

I ran across this:

http://www.avweb.com/news/airventure/EAAAirVenture2010_JackRoushCrash_MomentOfImpact_203026-1.html

See link for a much larger version.

In reply to aircooled:

Thanks, Aircooled!

Looks like there were at least five other people just as lucky as Jack and his passenger.

Wow, just wow.