Originally Posted by
It's Not Working
My walk last weekend was rudely interrupted by a C47 (DC3 if you prefer) flying overhead. Despite waving furiously as though I were 50 years younger its wingtips did not deviate an inch. Being ignored so comprehensively suggested my wife was at the controls.
Not widely known but the BBMF Dakota was nearly written off whilst with its previous owners at Farnborough; an undercarriage collapse when lined up before takeoff caused one of those wingtips to make contact with the runway thus 'bending' the wing and badly wrinkling the skin. The prop also contacted the ground, breaking away from the engine and bounced up to hit the fuselage right in the middle of the forward escape hatch.
All fixed by the marvellous engineers in Base Workshops at Farnborough though!
