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I pulled a dead pilot from his p51 after a cartwheel, the interwing spar where the seat is opened up the engine hit in the chest broke all his ribs not a good idea to cartwheel Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
From: Bill Kennedy <bill_kennedy_3@hotmail.com>
Sender: "Lancair Mailing List" <lml@lancaironline.net>
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 10:33:10 -0400 To: <lml@lancaironline.net> ReplyTo: "Lancair Mailing List" <lml@lancaironline.net>
Subject: [LML] Re: Thunder Mustang Crash at Reno
Hmm, an intentional cartwheel as an emergency procedure. May be true, but I won't be trying it. I'll vote for a minimum energy/airspeed touchdown on the belly or mains.
Bill Kennedy
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 08:46:17 -0400
From: mcmess1919@yahoo.com
Subject: [LML] Thunder Mustang Crash at Reno
There
was an seminar at Sun and Fun years ago where they talked about how to best
crash an airplane without a suitable place to land...and this guy did it...a
cartwheel. The energy is dissipated more slowly and the G Forces are
minimized. They looked at a number of crashes and found that in those
that cartwheeled, the pilot walked away. Your comments?
Steve
Colwell Legacy
http://www.q13fox.com/news/kcpq-092110-pilot-survives,0,646191.story?track=rss
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