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B-17 Aluminum Overcast Crash - 5/7/2004 3:21:12 AM   
No1RCfan



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Status: offline 		The Beautiful B-17 Aluminum Overcast operated by the EAA suffered a gear collapse yesterday at the Van Nuys airport in CA. Both mains apparently collapsed. More info can be found at <www.EAA.org> and a video is at <www.cbs2.com>. The damage looks to be fairly significant, the ball turret was pushed up into the fuselage and the support was pushed through the top of the fuse. All the props and engines were damaged. The chin turret was crushed. While i was attending TTC getting my a&p this aircraft was in our hangar while on its tour stop in tulsa, i was able to go inside this great aircraft. Hopefully the great team will get her back up and flying. The EAA has a dedicated maintenance team that i am sure will work vary hard to get her airborne again. If anyone has more info please share.

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RE: B-17 Aluminum Overcast Crash - 5/9/2004 4:33:11 AM   
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Status: offline 		I found more info about the mishap and some pics. http://www.beechcraft.org/b17-accident/>

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RE: B-17 Aluminum Overcast Crash - 5/9/2004 5:40:36 AM   
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RE: B-17 Aluminum Overcast Crash - 5/9/2004 7:29:32 AM   
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Status: offline 		That really sucks! Hate to see pieces of history getting damaged like that. Hope it returns to flight.

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RE: B-17 Aluminum Overcast Crash - 5/10/2004 4:27:15 PM   
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Status: offline 		Man, that has to suck! Its a nice bird.

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RE: B-17 Aluminum Overcast Crash - 5/11/2004 5:05:43 PM   
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Status: offline 		They brought that plane to Cecil Field in Jacksonville,Fl. and I went on the walk through tour and that plane was beautiful.I had my digital camera with me but had not charged the batteries and it went dead after one shot Sure hate to hear this but am sure the guys will get her back in flying condition eventually.

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RE: B-17 Aluminum Overcast Crash - 5/16/2004 6:55:13 AM   
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Status: offline 		I wouldnt worry about it. They'll fly it again for sure. Engines are rebuildable, and props are replaceable. The airframe itself seems to be OK, which means that they still have a good plane to work with. Plus, even though the ball turret is a little defunked, the fuse itself seems to be OK. Plus, the ball turrets in B-17s retract a little for landing anyway, so it might not be as bad as it looks.


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RE: B-17 Aluminum Overcast Crash - 5/27/2004 1:58:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		Had the B-17 been produced in St. Louis at McDonnell Douglas, the landing gear would have not failed. No McDonnell Douglas produced plane has ever crashed.

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RE: B-17 Aluminum Overcast Crash - 5/27/2004 2:49:34 PM   
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ORIGINAL: airbatic

No McDonnell Douglas produced plane has ever crashed.

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Wow -- I find that very hard to believe

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RE: B-17 Aluminum Overcast Crash - 5/27/2004 3:51:52 PM   
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Status: offline 		airbatic, You have some pretty strong opinions. Your starting to come across as a troll. I'll ask you once to tone it down a bit.

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RE: B-17 Aluminum Overcast Crash - 5/27/2004 4:13:37 PM   
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Had the B-17 been produced in St. Louis at McDonnell Douglas, the landing gear would have not failed. No McDonnell Douglas produced plane has ever crashed.

Kraus



None?...ever?...even that F-18 in Raleigh NC a few weeks ago?...or the two off Norfolk last year?...or...

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RE: B-17 Aluminum Overcast Crash - 5/27/2004 5:37:40 PM   
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Status: offline 		There was of course that famous MD10 crash in Chicago when an engine fell off.

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RE: B-17 Aluminum Overcast Crash - 5/27/2004 7:30:51 PM   
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Status: offline 		Kraus is meesin with us guys, he's made silly comments about Mcdonald Douglas in a few threads here in the Fullscale Forum.

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RE: B-17 Aluminum Overcast Crash - 6/7/2004 12:23:12 AM   
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Status: offline 		And wasn't it an Alaska Airways MD80 whose jack screw got stipped or stuck and the plane lost all pitch control and crashed into the Pacific off the California coast?

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RE: B-17 Aluminum Overcast Crash - 6/7/2004 12:38:57 AM   
ifixairplanes


 

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Status: offline 		Gee, so then this video i have linked here of an MD-80 crashing isn't in fact an md 80 but another plane in disguise???? i can't beleive how openly ignorant some people are
click for short vid when asked for user name and password put: anonymous@scoob-e.com
leave the password field blank


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RE: B-17 Aluminum Overcast Crash - 6/13/2004 1:14:17 AM   
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RE: B-17 Aluminum Overcast Crash - 6/13/2004 6:53:51 PM