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"Jcarr" (jcarr) 07/22/2016 at 12:37 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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Found this via a very interesting !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! I follow. Apparently the inboard engine was damaged by flak, causing the prop to windmill and fly off into the outboard one.

ttyymmnn > Jcarr 07/22/2016 at 12:41

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Well, there's your problem.

Ash78, voting early and often > Jcarr 07/22/2016 at 12:43

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The lack of damage to the fuselage tells me this was about the best possible way this could have gone down.

Jcarr > ttyymmnn 07/22/2016 at 12:45

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Those engines are not in the prop-er configuration.

Jcarr > Ash78, voting early and often 07/22/2016 at 12:46

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Yeah. The fuselage would have been like soft butter for that prop.

ttyymmnn > Jcarr 07/22/2016 at 12:49

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Rim shot.

ttyymmnn > Jcarr 07/22/2016 at 13:23

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I just noticed that they were still able to feather the props on the outer port engine. That was lucky. It could have been much, much worse. Those guys were lucky.

Jcarr > ttyymmnn 07/22/2016 at 13:25

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I didn’t see that until you pointed it out. Quick thinking by that crew.

ttyymmnn > Jcarr 07/22/2016 at 13:31

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I would imagine that it’s step 1 on the “oh shit” checklist.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Ash78, voting early and often 07/22/2016 at 14:30

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yep

Ash78, voting early and often > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 07/22/2016 at 15:14

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It's worth noting that all of them made it back to ground, wheels down, shiny side up, before these pics were taken. Kudos to the flight crews.

f86sabre > Jcarr 07/22/2016 at 15:48

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yep

Jcarr > f86sabre 07/22/2016 at 15:54

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Just read today that up to 5 Sabres are going to be at Oshkosh next week, including the oldest flying one in the world and one fresh out of resto.

I’ll take lots of pictures.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > Jcarr 07/25/2016 at 23:07

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I hope the Superfort had yaw damping, otherwise that pilot would’ve been standing on the right rudder with his ass off the seat.