stevez wrote:
A Spitfire nosed over on takeoff at an airshow in northern France earlier today. The pilot is hospitalized but his injuries are said not to be life-threatening.
Looking at the video, it seems like he had full left rudder against a presumed right crosswind as the tail starts to come up, then full right rudder after the prop dug in and caused a swing to the left.
Now that was very lucky. I'm not sure that the Spit was pointed true to the runway CL before the coals went on the fire. I'm deeply unimpressed with the micro light taxiing down the crowd line past the inverted Spit with smoke coming out of it and the pilot trapped inside The show looks a bit disorganised from the admittedly narrow viewpoint of the you tube clip.
Jun 11, 2017 at 04:24 PM
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z wrote:
The show looks a bit disorganised from the admittedly narrow viewpoint of the you tube clip.