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06-03-2010 | 08:49 AM

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From: Rosh-HaAyin, ISRAEL

RE: Engine Torque Problem

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ORIGINAL: Iflyglow

Dar,

I live close too Oshkosh, and was there that day. That Mustang crash was caused by two P-51's that were landing at two different speeds. The trailing mustang was a modified P-51 and it was landing much faster, ''still airborne'' when it ran into the back of the leader which was already on his mains.[X(]

David,

The plane that crashed was a P-51C, I believe.

What its pilot tried to do was an 'aborted landing', once he had realized the demeanor he was in; which then resulted in a ground-loop to the right...
This would have also happened in any take-off attempt at too low a speed.

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