P-51 Crash Lands....10km from my house.
 

A LIGHT aircraft with a faulty landing gear has touched down safely at the Point Cook Air Base in Melbourne's west.

The Mustang aircraft landed on its belly, and two men on board were not injured, a Metropolitan Ambulance Service spokesman said.

Emergency crews were called to the air case just after midday when they were advised the plane's landing gear was not working and the pilot would attempt an emergency landing.

Police said the plane flew around to use up fuel before attempting the landing.

The Country Fire Authority sent four trucks and a rescue unit to the airstrip but they were not needed. Source: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sto...5-2862,00.html

http://www.youtube.com./watch?v=KishzUtX2H0

great landing not much damage to the plane a true testament to the P51's sturdiness.

And the pilot too...a very cool cucumber that fella was.

Jupp, that seem to have been a textbook belly-landing!

Codex, You are really lucky man --- Real Mustang is crashing close to You! Enjoy the scenery! Really rare picture!
~S
BG-09

The word 'crash' implys that there was loss of control or something unexpected happened.

He didn't even touch the ashphalt.

I hope we all took note on how to do it flying in IL2!

The 3D grass should help...

Yeah maybe 'crash' was too strong of a word. That aerodrome is RAAF Base Williams at Point Cook. Every so often I take my sons for a visit. They have a small but great museum there with a de Havilland Vampire F.30, A-20, F-4E Phantom plus a Avro 504K AND the best thing I've seen is they're currently restoring a de Havilland Mosquito PR Mk XVI - A52-600 very cool.

I like going there during the Sunday afternoon, usually it's quieter then. You get the see some old planes get moved around. I had the pleasure of speaking to a chap, who is a volunteer now, who flew the above mentioned Vampires and his fondest memory was flying over Point Cook beach, 3m off the deck, scaring the crap out of a RAAF work crew clearing the beach front to the base. I've been meaning to see him again as he was also a P-51 pilot but signed up during the Korean War.

Cudos to the pilot for saving a valuable warbird. (not to mention his own ass)

BUH-ZING!!

Looks just like it would in the sim. Great footage sir!

Let's see here...

Bent prop and attendant damage to reduction gears: $50,000USD minimum.

Tear down Packard Merlin to check for crankshaft damage, rebuild while apart: $250,000 minimum.

Inspect and repair airframe, including malfunctioning gear hydraulics: $200,000 minimum.

New underwear for crew: $20.

Is it any wonder why so few remain.

Oh yes, an AP/IA's dream come true...this is why its good to have insurance. Always, even if you rent aircraft, tweak that gear cause you forgot to correct that side-slip; PAY ME! Dinged that prop cause you "wheel barrowed" a trike gear AC; PAY ME! Have to land off field cause the "new" mechanic botched the fuel system check; PAY ME!

http://www.eaa.org/insurance/article..._insurance.asp

Good luck all around there, not counting the bad luck that started the good luck streak.

Great footage, thanks for sharing.

Somehow I just don't think this is a real P-51. I think it's a replica. The use of the term "A LIGHT", just doesn't fit a real mustang. Take that with the fact that many ultralight aircraft have been developed to look like a mustang makes me wonder.

Nice plane anyway

I'm more inclined to think that the news crews just don't know what they're talking about, it's the same over here. Besides few people have an eye for machinery (a car's a car and a plane is a plane etc.) or any sense of history.

Couldn't be any more real.

Oh it's real alright. It was actually built under licence in Australia and was designated the CA-17 and CA-18.

http://www.mustangsmustangs.com/p-51...ts/CA-17.shtml

Here is a partial scale 51.
http://www.titanaircraft.com/aircraft.php?aircraft_id=1

Note the canopy and nose area differences to a full size P-51.