Bad day in the Czech Republic
07-16-2013, 10:37 AM
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Bad day in the Czech Republic
Sad day for these guys, but very well photographed !! Too bad, very nice airplane.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...NQ76HkQ#at=115
Danno
https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...NQ76HkQ#at=115
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07-16-2013, 11:15 AM
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RE: Bad day in the Czech Republic
Looks like the lft nacelle, departs, it flips inverted at high speed, and the right comes off as well. Must have taken out the elevons as it looks like it is missing them when it goes in nose first. Tragic loss of a large beautiful plane.
07-16-2013, 11:25 AM
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RE: Bad day in the Czech Republic
The worst part of watching this video, for me, is that horrible few seconds after impact, when you're hoping and praying not to see smoke rising! Then, no such luck, that first plume of black smoke rises over the horizon and my heart just sank!
Condolences to the pilot!
David S
Condolences to the pilot!
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07-16-2013, 12:08 PM
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RE: Bad day in the Czech Republic
Hi,
The guy who flew the plane is a friend of mine and it was like DocYates said, he lost parts and the rudders were destroid by them. The turbines were off at the time of the impact, but the lipo cells caught fire.
He lost the whole plane everything burnt down!! :-(
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The guy who flew the plane is a friend of mine and it was like DocYates said, he lost parts and the rudders were destroid by them. The turbines were off at the time of the impact, but the lipo cells caught fire.
He lost the whole plane everything burnt down!! :-(
kind regards
Andi
07-16-2013, 01:03 PM
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RE: Bad day in the Czech Republic
so where is the FEJ joke?[&:]
Anyway right after the jet went inverted it almost looked like the pilot was going to belly land it upside down.
Anyway right after the jet went inverted it almost looked like the pilot was going to belly land it upside down.
07-16-2013, 02:21 PM
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RE: Bad day in the Czech Republic
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so where is the FEJ joke?[&:]
Anyway right after the jet went inverted it almost looked like the pilot was going to belly land it upside down.
so where is the FEJ joke?[&:]
Anyway right after the jet went inverted it almost looked like the pilot was going to belly land it upside down.
Yep,
I wasn't gonna say it, but when it rolled inverted, I pictured Denzel Washington waking up in the cockpit and saying, "Alright. Trim everything DOWN!"
Bummer of a loss. Hats off to the builders/pilots. That's real modeling.
07-16-2013, 03:40 PM
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RE: Bad day in the Czech Republic
I could almost cry over this one... What a shame. [
] As mentioned earlier, the videographer did a fantastic job... Hope a replacement takes to the skies!
] As mentioned earlier, the videographer did a fantastic job... Hope a replacement takes to the skies!
07-17-2013, 12:21 AM
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RE: Bad day in the Czech Republic
I wish I could see more of it flying. The pilot was really making the plane look good in the air. Very smooth and graceful flying. No herky-jerky stuff. The plane looked majestic. Very sad. I'd probably go home and sit in a dark room for a week and not answer the phone.
