ANN coverage of the P-51 landing accident at OSH...

What a shame...pretty amazing set of pictures...

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?C...-7ad4367b4d28&

http://tinyurl.com/ypxybw




(I know many folks thoughts about this web site, so please, no flames)

This is a longer version of the Aeronews TV Network-obtained video of the
crash, it shows a bit more of the final approach before the accident than
the version posted at Aero-news' own website. I'm still pretty much
convinced that the two Mustang pilots weren't trying to land in formation,
but rather just didn't see each other until too late. We'll have to see what
conclusions the NTSB come up with of course. Take a look and see what you
think...

http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=3692

Scott Wilson

The answer lies in the tower tape.
Dudley Henriques

wrote:
This is a longer version of the Aeronews TV Network-obtained video of the
crash, it shows a bit more of the final approach before the accident than
the version posted at Aero-news' own website. I'm still pretty much
convinced that the two Mustang pilots weren't trying to land in formation,
but rather just didn't see each other until too late. We'll have to see what
conclusions the NTSB come up with of course. Take a look and see what you
think...

http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=3692

Scott Wilson

On 30-Jul-2007, Dudley Henriques wrote:

The answer lies in the tower tape.
Dudley Henriques




The tower isn't in control during the show. The control is given over to the
airshow's Air Boss using 133.85 (tower freqs were 118.5 and 126.6). He
cleared all of the racers to land, and as I said before, after the Air Boss
gave them all a blanket clearance to land, I only recall hearing Beck in
Precious Metal making a position announcement, "Precious Metal, one mile
final". I'm pretty certain that Chris Odegaard in "Stang" never said a word.
I would guess the tower or EAA would be recording all of the radio traffic
on 133.85, but I don't know that for a fact. We'll see what the NTSB report
says when it comes out.
Scott Wilson

wrote:
On 30-Jul-2007, Dudley Henriques wrote:

The answer lies in the tower tape.
Dudley Henriques




The tower isn't in control during the show. The control is given over to the
airshow's Air Boss using 133.85 (tower freqs were 118.5 and 126.6). He
cleared all of the racers to land, and as I said before, after the Air Boss
gave them all a blanket clearance to land, I only recall hearing Beck in
Precious Metal making a position announcement, "Precious Metal, one mile
final". I'm pretty certain that Chris Odegaard in "Stang" never said a word.
I would guess the tower or EAA would be recording all of the radio traffic
on 133.85, but I don't know that for a fact. We'll see what the NTSB report
says when it comes out.
Scott Wilson

When I say the tower tape, I mean the official tape in play at the time
of the landing, be that source the FAA tower or a com trailer such as
used by Oshkosh, the Thunderbirds, or the Blue Angels.

You are right. The NTSB report will reflect exactly what transpired
during the approach.
Dudley Henriques

Here's a good set of photos of the accident showing a different perspective
than the video we've seen.
Scott Wilson

http://flickr.com/photos/lscan/sets/72157601065523576/