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August 2nd 20, 05:46 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Eric Greenwell[_4_]
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Scary story about landing on a Lake Tahoe golf course
He could safely turn tighter by letting the speed increase as he banked more; put
another way, maintain his angle of attack (NOT the airspeed) as he increases the bank.
wrote on 8/2/2020 8:34 AM:
He mentioned multiple times that he was low energy - low altitude, low airspeed. In another portion of the interview he mentioned the machine guns were whistling, which is a well known indicator that your angle of attack is critical. Turning tighter would increase wing load, which increases stall speed, which increases the chance of a low speed stall/spin. My guess is that was a top concern at the time.
On Sunday, August 2, 2020 at 5:39:36 AM UTC-5, Paul B wrote:
Great video, there are couple of questions I would ask though.
1) Why did he not turn much tighter to return to the airfield, one looses much less height in a tight turn that a shallow one? From a tight turn he might have been able to land downwind. Of course I do not know what the winds were, or how feasible is to land P-51 downwind.
2) Why did he cross the highway, surely he could have turned base halfway down the strip and have enough runway to stop.
Whilst I appreciate that he did not do it under the pressure of the situation, I was surprised however, that it did not come up in the discussion.
Cheers
Paul
On Sunday, 2 August 2020 03:05:48 UTC+10, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Sat, 01 Aug 2020 08:29:13 -0700, jfitch wrote:
This is slightly off topic, as its about an engine failure in a P-51, but
is well worth watching because the majority of it is concerned with the
pilot talking us through a video shot from the aircraft followed by a
very interesting discussion as he and the interviewer unpick his thought
processes. Here's the link:
https://youtu.be/BBpqvPujZgM
FWIW the URL was posted in a club heads-up about power loss in a tug or
TMG.
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