La Ferté Alais 2010 - FW-190

[D. St-Sanvain]

Hello,

after posting the "Little Ones" series, and before the next one I am
still preparing (among thousands orther things), here is a picture of a
FW 190 replica.
This a/c ditched yesterday in Hyères (south of France - LFTH) during
rehearsal of this week-end's meeting. The motor failed during a
barrel-roll. The pilot flew the a/c to the nearby sea, and landed (? ,
watered ?), touched the sea at nearly 250km/h (135kts). He escaped safe
of the wrecked plane.

Marc Mathis is an very skilled pilot, well known in air-shows for his
inverted flights with his Zlin 526.
The new built FW 190 is owned by Christophe Jacquard, who also owns a a
Spitfire (the former two-prepeller-one), is awaiting a Sea Fury, and
previously owned flew a T-28, a Yak-11, a P-51, a P-40, a F4U, a
Spitfire, a Yak-3, a L-39 Albatros...)

http://www.varmatin.com/article/actualites/un-as-de-la-voltige-sort-indemne-dun-crash-en-baie-dhyeres
(The pilot himself is showing the ditching area)

Bye

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[D. St-Sanvain]

> Marc Mathis is an very skilled pilot, well known in air-shows for his
> inverted flights with his Zlin 526.

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[coffelt2]

"D. St-Sanvain" > wrote in message
...
> Hello,
>
> after posting the "Little Ones" series, and before the next one I am
> still preparing (among thousands orther things), here is a picture of a
> FW 190 replica.
> This a/c ditched yesterday in Hyères (south of France - LFTH) during
> rehearsal of this week-end's meeting. The motor failed during a
> barrel-roll. The pilot flew the a/c to the nearby sea, and landed (? ,
> watered ?), touched the sea at nearly 250km/h (135kts). He escaped safe
> of the wrecked plane.


We made an emergency landing at a little French Navy airfield called Hyeres
in 1953 (or maybe 1954). Flew most of the way across the Mediterranean in a
C-119 trash hauler with a dead starboard engine. As I recall, the end of our
runway
was right on the beach, and the other end ran right into a hill. Maybe I can
Google Earth for it and see if it's the same place.

Old Chief Lynn

[coffelt2]

"coffelt2" > wrote in message
...
>
> "D. St-Sanvain" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Hello,
>>
>> after posting the "Little Ones" series, and before the next one I am
>> still preparing (among thousands orther things), here is a picture of a
>> FW 190 replica.
>> This a/c ditched yesterday in Hyères (south of France - LFTH) during
>> rehearsal of this week-end's meeting. The motor failed during a
>> barrel-roll. The pilot flew the a/c to the nearby sea, and landed (? ,
>> watered ?), touched the sea at nearly 250km/h (135kts). He escaped safe
>> of the wrecked plane.
>
>
> We made an emergency landing at a little French Navy airfield called
> Hyeres
> in 1953 (or maybe 1954). Flew most of the way across the Mediterranean in
> a
> C-119 trash hauler with a dead starboard engine. As I recall, the end of
> our runway
> was right on the beach, and the other end ran right into a hill. Maybe I
> can
> Google Earth for it and see if it's the same place.
>
> Old Chief Lynn

I know it isn't "PC" to respond to my own message, but gosh, Googling
sure
turned up a very sophisticated airport! If that's the little French Naval
Air Station
we greased into, there have been major, major changes!

Old Chief Lynn
>