Avenger Soft Crash Landing

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Avenger Soft Crash Landing

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Re: Avenger Soft Crash Landing

Post by Wolfman » Wed Apr 21, 2021 5:54 am

Plane looks OK.
Next issue is to not do more damage than the landing while retrieving the plane from the water.
Then there is the water.
Salt Water !! :twisted:
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Re: Avenger Soft Crash Landing

Post by Tapper02 » Wed Apr 21, 2021 11:03 am

Wolfman wrote:
Wed Apr 21, 2021 5:54 am
Plane looks OK.
Next issue is to not do more damage than the landing while retrieving the plane from the water.
Then there is the water.
Salt Water !! :twisted:
Too late...check out Juan Browne's review of the recovery: :x

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i27CN9uVIS4

https://theaviationist.com/2021/04/21/a ... h-airshow/
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Re: Avenger Soft Crash Landing

Post by Wolfman » Wed Apr 21, 2021 12:00 pm

Thanks for the links !!
Hopefully it will find it's way back into the air again.
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Re: Avenger Soft Crash Landing

Post by Tapper02 » Wed Apr 21, 2021 5:25 pm

Wolfman wrote:
Wed Apr 21, 2021 12:00 pm
Hopefully it will find it's way back into the air again.
So do I!

It's really unfortunate they ran into bureaucratic resistance to float it to calm water and retrieve it by a vertical lift. Can't' imagine how much the airframe must have been stressed by dragging it out of the surf...totally destroyed the bomb bay doors and who knows what else on the underside. Looks like they damaged the aft fuselage by wrapping straps around it as well. Completely unavoidable and I'm sure, despite the water intrusion, is going to add a lot of extra time, effort and money to restoring it to a flight-worthy status. At least it wasn't as catastrophic as the PBY recovery several years back when they were filming the "USS Indianapolis".
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Re: Avenger Soft Crash Landing

Post by Wolfman » Thu Apr 22, 2021 5:18 am

I remember that one.
That was ugly !!!
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Re: Avenger Soft Crash Landing

Post by notliw » Wed May 26, 2021 5:58 pm

Glad they survived, hopefully the aircraft will fly again.

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Re: Avenger Soft Crash Landing

Post by Hammerhead » Mon Aug 02, 2021 7:20 am

Anyone hear any updates on this one?
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Re: Avenger Soft Crash Landing

Post by YLG80 » Mon Aug 02, 2021 7:35 am

This is what is written under the video posted in the first post:

COCOA BEACH, Florida -- Article dated from April 18th, 2021.
A restored World War II dive bomber made an emergency landing at a beach in Florida.
The Air Force's Thunderbirds headlined the Cocoa Beach Air Show Saturday when the TBM Avenger's engine cut out.
The pilot was the only one on board.
He managed to bring the plane down without getting hurt.
The plane returned to flight just last year after an extensive rehab.
Both the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating why the engine malfunctioned.

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