Viper Recovery

"Jcarr" (jcarr) 09/06/2016 at 13:44 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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Five years ago, an Alabama Air National Guard F-16 !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, WI during EAA’s annual AirVenture fly-in convention.

The Viper sat in the grass off the end of the runway for almost a week before crews removed it. Below is a video of the recovery effort.

McMike > Jcarr 09/06/2016 at 13:50

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Where those mattresses?

Jcarr > McMike 09/06/2016 at 13:52

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Those were Air Force Cushioned Rest and Recover Devices.

Takuro Spirit > Jcarr 09/06/2016 at 13:54

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0:30 OM NOM NOM THATS GOOD DIRT NOM NOM

McMike > Jcarr 09/06/2016 at 13:56

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On loan from the NCO barracks, I assume...

Takuro Spirit > McMike 09/06/2016 at 13:57

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Well there IS a Verlo right down the road a bit..

OPPOsaurus WRX > Jcarr 09/06/2016 at 14:02

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WTF a trailer for a trail?

Jcarr > OPPOsaurus WRX 09/06/2016 at 14:07

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Yo dawg.

Bigjohn428 > Jcarr 09/06/2016 at 14:57

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Viper recovery? I thought this was a story on Doug DeMuro’s first accident. ;)

Tohru > OPPOsaurus WRX 09/06/2016 at 22:56

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Trailer towing dolly.

Used for towing a 5th wheel trailer with a vehicle that doesn’t have a 5th wheel hitch. They also make them for semi trailers.

They also used to use a similar concept for camping trailers in the 1950's, as seen in “The Long Long Trailer”.

ranwhenparked > Tohru 09/06/2016 at 23:52

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I don’t know that that was ever common, at least for people that didn’t insist on towing around a park model mobile home as a camping trailer.