Tuesday, December 24, 2019

If you can walk away it was a good landing.


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  1. The P-47 could take a lot of damage and still bring you home.

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  2. Douglass A-1 Skyraider. The pilot's survival vest and the scoop in front of the canopy give it away.

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  3. Nicknamed "SPAD" for being as slow as a WWI fighter.

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  4. Here ya go folks. Read all about it:

    https://www.skyraider.org/skyassn/warstor/badnews/badnews.htm

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  5. And if you can re-use the plane, it was a *great* one. :-)

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  6. Slap on a new prop and give it a wash and wax. A-1s were tough old birds......

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  7. Shoot, we get boats with props like that all the time.Most bend the shafts beyond use. Does damaging the prop like that mess up the crank shaft ?

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    1. usually shears the PSRU gears if running when it hit the ground. if not running, it depends. also depends on how many spare engines you have in the hangar. takes less time to change the engine than to change a cylinder. flying brick shithouse with bombs and guns.

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