Duxford Flying Legends 9th July

[vdomini]

Originally Posted by MACADEMIC

It is amazing that the wing structure of the skyraider gave way and not the fuselage of the P-51.

MAC

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.