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Old 07-12-2011, 09:15 AM
vdomini vdomini is offline
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Originally Posted by MACADEMIC View Post
It is amazing that the wing structure of the skyraider gave way and not the fuselage of the P-51.

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Small bird usually can still fly with one wing and a half, (check this is extreme footage, obviously the weight/engine power of this bird is pretty different from a p51 http://youtu.be/2lJy1idHwCc ) but, if elevator got damaged or broken, plane is useless... Maybe the impact under the p51 fusolage damaged badly the elevator/rudder controls and the pilot had no choice to bail. Maybe.

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