Mooney In Power Lines
11-28-2022, 04:45 AM
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Transmission Tower 1 approach. On centerline, caught the three wire. Fortunately the occupants survived with injuries.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-new...s-in-maryland/
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11-28-2022, 06:10 AM
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Reminds me of the VA ANG Thud that struck a guy wire on a CATV antenna in eastern NC, ll those many years ago. Happened on Super Bowl Sunday, no one in eastern NC watched the game. Thud landed back at RIC.
11-28-2022, 07:23 AM
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Originally Posted by tnkrdrvr
Italians are still ****ed about that.
11-28-2022, 07:53 AM
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Maryland State Police identified the pilot as Patrick Merkle, 65, of Washington and his passenger as Janet Williams, 66, of Louisiana.
A D.C. pilot with the same name and age survived at least one crash before. On Aug. 4, 1992, a single-engine plane piloted by Patrick Merkle struck the side of a mountain in Farmington Canyon, Utah, according to an account in the Salt Lake Tribune. Part of the wings and tail section were ripped off as the plane flew through pine trees, the newspaper account said, and the fuselage crashed into the side of the mountain.
A D.C. pilot with the same name and age survived at least one crash before. On Aug. 4, 1992, a single-engine plane piloted by Patrick Merkle struck the side of a mountain in Farmington Canyon, Utah, according to an account in the Salt Lake Tribune. Part of the wings and tail section were ripped off as the plane flew through pine trees, the newspaper account said, and the fuselage crashed into the side of the mountain.
11-28-2022, 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
Kind of understandable. They were flat-hatting in a big way, and a bunch of civilians died.
https://youtu.be/a5XfMvTal24
11-28-2022, 09:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Brickfire
Maryland State Police identified the pilot as Patrick Merkle, 65, of Washington and his passenger as Janet Williams, 66, of Louisiana.
A D.C. pilot with the same name and age survived at least one crash before. On Aug. 4, 1992, a single-engine plane piloted by Patrick Merkle struck the side of a mountain in Farmington Canyon, Utah, according to an account in the Salt Lake Tribune. Part of the wings and tail section were ripped off as the plane flew through pine trees, the newspaper account said, and the fuselage crashed into the side of the mountain.
A D.C. pilot with the same name and age survived at least one crash before. On Aug. 4, 1992, a single-engine plane piloted by Patrick Merkle struck the side of a mountain in Farmington Canyon, Utah, according to an account in the Salt Lake Tribune. Part of the wings and tail section were ripped off as the plane flew through pine trees, the newspaper account said, and the fuselage crashed into the side of the mountain.
11-28-2022, 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Excargodog
Shall I mention Flugtag 1988? Wasn’t that the French Tricolori involved in that little mishap? The Italian military demonstration team? 70 dead and 500 injured? Mostly civilians?
https://youtu.be/a5XfMvTal24
https://youtu.be/a5XfMvTal24
The airshow was authorized. The spectators knew they were attending an airshow. Kind of like NASCAR.
Nobody every concluded that the pilots made any grossly negligent deviations from their program or rules. Not the same by a long shot. They were executing a challenging maneuver, and somebody just wasn't quite up to it on that day.
Flugtag was a systemic issue, and airshows are organized differently today. Air races too, but they had to learn that lesson for themselves.
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