An-2 crashed at airshow "70 years of An-2" at Chernoe (MARZ)
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An-2 crashed at airshow "70 years of An-2" at Chernoe (MARZ)
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Was it stalled or was it misjudgement? The entry and line followed suggested that high speed, a low level turning pass was planned. A family event was turned into a horrible one when the aircraft descended at least 10' lower than it was "safe". Only in Russia.
When in doubt, roll out. Tightening the turn feels right, but is so wrong.
Hotel Tango. I agree. "Only in Russia". What nonsense.
In the last of the videos, the pilot looks to have rolled right a couple times, to shallow his dive, and from the response, I think he thought he had it made. Hindsight 20/20. Just to say an air show emphasizes drama, and some risk above the normal is expected.
Piltdown. In review, it appears closer than at first. It won't help the family, but the mistake was one that's been made before, with better results. I know nothing about the aircraft except to say it is one huge and heavy single.
A similar? The Colonel who tried knife edge flight at Fairbanks, with similar results. In a B-52.
Hotel Tango. I agree. "Only in Russia". What nonsense.
In the last of the videos, the pilot looks to have rolled right a couple times, to shallow his dive, and from the response, I think he thought he had it made. Hindsight 20/20. Just to say an air show emphasizes drama, and some risk above the normal is expected.
Piltdown. In review, it appears closer than at first. It won't help the family, but the mistake was one that's been made before, with better results. I know nothing about the aircraft except to say it is one huge and heavy single.
A similar? The Colonel who tried knife edge flight at Fairbanks, with similar results. In a B-52.
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Only in Russia.
You have to admit that quite a few spectators go along just in the hope of witnessing something like this.
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The naive, easy, and deadly way to teach flying is as an extension of driving a car, with the addition of the "elevator" that moves you up and down. Not so. One of Wolfgang Langewiesche's high points in his book Stick and Rudder is his doing away with the word "elevator" for the control surface in questions.
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Here's some more interesting information about the craft
Interested persons should look up An-2 and North Korea. Not allowed to post relevant links, but wowie, they have a bunch of them and apparently well thought out plans to use them.
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When in doubt, roll out. Tightening the turn feels right, but is so wrong.
Hotel Tango. I agree. "Only in Russia". What nonsense.
In the last of the videos, the pilot looks to have rolled right a couple times, to shallow his dive, and from the response, I think he thought he had it made. Hindsight 20/20. Just to say an air show emphasizes drama, and some risk above the normal is expected.
Piltdown. In review, it appears closer than at first. It won't help the family, but the mistake was one that's been made before, with better results. I know nothing about the aircraft except to say it is one huge and heavy single.
A similar? The Colonel who tried knife edge flight at Fairbanks, with similar results. In a B-52.
Hotel Tango. I agree. "Only in Russia". What nonsense.
In the last of the videos, the pilot looks to have rolled right a couple times, to shallow his dive, and from the response, I think he thought he had it made. Hindsight 20/20. Just to say an air show emphasizes drama, and some risk above the normal is expected.
Piltdown. In review, it appears closer than at first. It won't help the family, but the mistake was one that's been made before, with better results. I know nothing about the aircraft except to say it is one huge and heavy single.
A similar? The Colonel who tried knife edge flight at Fairbanks, with similar results. In a B-52.
I find it hard to believe tha AN-2 was designed for acro--drag of brick and wings that don't inspire roll rate.
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That was Lt Col Bud Holland at Spokane, WA Fairchild AFB. He was reentering the pattern, I believe. Wing/CV took a fall via General Court "dereliction of duty".
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The An-2 has never been designed to do aerobatics, even low key as done here, doing so at low level is definitively not recommended as reactions on the controls are slow and with inertia. ( I have flown it)
I am also doing presentations at airshows with an aircraft not designed for it. Better keep to low passes and tight turns , and not try to imitate stuff you see the Extra do, like here..
That said,another very sad day for the airshow community , and RIP to the pilot..
I am also doing presentations at airshows with an aircraft not designed for it. Better keep to low passes and tight turns , and not try to imitate stuff you see the Extra do, like here..
That said,another very sad day for the airshow community , and RIP to the pilot..
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A similar? The Colonel who tried knife edge flight at Fairbanks, with similar results. In a B-52.
The North Koreans have 300 of these to deliver troops behind South Korean lines. Fabric covered, flying low and slow they are very difficult to detect. Even if airfields get knocked out they can still take off from roads or improvised strips.
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That was Lt Col Bud Holland at Spokane, WA Fairchild AFB. He was reentering the pattern, I believe. Wing/CV took a fall via General Court "dereliction of duty".
I find it hard to believe tha AN-2 was designed for acro--drag of brick and wings that don't inspire roll rate.
I find it hard to believe tha AN-2 was designed for acro--drag of brick and wings that don't inspire roll rate.
