How not to treat a Spitfire
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How not to treat a Spitfire
Or at least the engine...
During a landing at Dijon recently the French based Griffon powered MK 19 nosed over on landing shedding great lumps of the prop, judging by the size of that lump the young lad has picked up they must be about 18 inches in length.
At the end of the landing roll out he keeps pouring on more power to taxy in, no doubt wondering why it isn't moving fwd very fast......it might be something to do with the lack of a lot of the prop.....
One would imagine the thing was trying to shake itself apart, not a great result for the prop, engine or indeed the Aircraft...
Film which isn't the greatest quality here
During a landing at Dijon recently the French based Griffon powered MK 19 nosed over on landing shedding great lumps of the prop, judging by the size of that lump the young lad has picked up they must be about 18 inches in length.
At the end of the landing roll out he keeps pouring on more power to taxy in, no doubt wondering why it isn't moving fwd very fast......it might be something to do with the lack of a lot of the prop.....
One would imagine the thing was trying to shake itself apart, not a great result for the prop, engine or indeed the Aircraft...
Film which isn't the greatest quality here
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He looked as if he was off to return it, quick splash of superglue and voilà..
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"Feature of Spitfire ops. "Pecking" the WWII types called it."
Maybe so during WWII with 18 year olds and 20 hours experience
but if it was such as feature, why doesn't it happen to BBMF flight
and everyone else who flies Spitfires ?
He just cocked it up ?
"Feature of Spitfire ops. "Pecking" the WWII types called it."
Maybe so during WWII with 18 year olds and 20 hours experience
but if it was such as feature, why doesn't it happen to BBMF flight
and everyone else who flies Spitfires ?
He just cocked it up ?
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OK. So we know the location and we know the airframe. So who was driving it and do they post on here?
Step forward and accept the shame.
Step forward and accept the shame.
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500N is right. P/O Percy Prune lives ! (thought he had a nosewheel ?)
We all have our off days (......cast the first stone.....?)
Did an OTU on them in '42, flew them on 20 Sqdn in '50 -'51. Never heard of "pecking" before. As we'd been aiming to three-point everything (if we could !) from Day 1, it usually happened to us only when we carelessly strayed off taxiway onto mud with a few knots on.
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"the thing was trying to shake itself apart"....... I thought the Griffon did that all the time ! ('ware incoming)
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We all have our off days (......cast the first stone.....?)
Did an OTU on them in '42, flew them on 20 Sqdn in '50 -'51. Never heard of "pecking" before. As we'd been aiming to three-point everything (if we could !) from Day 1, it usually happened to us only when we carelessly strayed off taxiway onto mud with a few knots on.
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"the thing was trying to shake itself apart"....... I thought the Griffon did that all the time ! ('ware incoming)
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That has to be one of the most stupid thing I have ever seen , not the prop strike s**t happens but not shutting down straight away but then revving it up after what an idiot.
I'm glad when videos such as this come up as I have been perfect at every stage of my aviation career. Yep, no mistakes at all in any aircraft; if fact I am pretty-much perfect.
Never left an aircraft at a rakish angle near the runway. Never forgotten a pin. Never made a mistake with a weapons selection. Never crewed in to the wrong aircraft. Never felt someone else's piper on my head. Never bust a bubble. Never arrived at +/- zero seconds on completely the wrong minute. Never had the inquiry president ask my if it is ok to record my statement. Never had to listen to my own voice on the ADR.
I am also sure that I am not alone in these achievements and the forum is full of equally god-like aviators.
Never left an aircraft at a rakish angle near the runway. Never forgotten a pin. Never made a mistake with a weapons selection. Never crewed in to the wrong aircraft. Never felt someone else's piper on my head. Never bust a bubble. Never arrived at +/- zero seconds on completely the wrong minute. Never had the inquiry president ask my if it is ok to record my statement. Never had to listen to my own voice on the ADR.
I am also sure that I am not alone in these achievements and the forum is full of equally god-like aviators.
Two basic options here, best he could do in the circumstances or, a coc&-up. Have read there was engine trouble of some sort and so, maybe the apparent mush into the ground was a result of this rather than just getting too slow? On the other hand, the post-accident handling, high-rev taxying, was crass.
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I am also sure that I am not alone in these achievements and the forum is full of equally god-like aviators.
That's not a "mistake", that's one of the most insanely unprofessional f@**-ups I've ever seen! What on earth are you thinking of?
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