Buffalo C-46 made belly landing in NWT
Shame to see one of the last surviving Commandos like that-a great plane to watch.
Why the speculation about a double engine failure , the C46 was notorious for the fact that it could barely climb on two engines and if you lost one you were going down pretty soon. For its day it was big beast for two radials.
PB
Why the speculation about a double engine failure , the C46 was notorious for the fact that it could barely climb on two engines and if you lost one you were going down pretty soon. For its day it was big beast for two radials.
PB
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Too right I flew them in Columbia. Shut one down in the cruise start dumping the cargo out the rear door till the drift down stopped. We were left with 1 pallet.
Great to fly though. On take off the noise in cockpit was pure pedlam but great.
Great to fly though. On take off the noise in cockpit was pure pedlam but great.
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Not the same aircraft, different call sign but still Buffalo Airways. They were supplying jet fuel to us (C-46 and DC4) while fighting fires in Uranium City, Saskatchewan Can.
The first pallets were easy but closer to the cockpit you were and more tricky it was to get them close to the cargo door. it's a lot of slope and hard to stop a 4x45gal drum pallet.
Good close up of the aircraft, especially the oil leaks. Don't listen to what I am saying, have got my C numbers mixed up.
JD
The first pallets were easy but closer to the cockpit you were and more tricky it was to get them close to the cargo door. it's a lot of slope and hard to stop a 4x45gal drum pallet.
Good close up of the aircraft, especially the oil leaks. Don't listen to what I am saying, have got my C numbers mixed up.
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"Some additional photos that suggest the #1 engine was delivering power at the time of impact."
If it was delivering power, the blades would be bent forward.
If it was delivering power, the blades would be bent forward.
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Mmmmmh . . . could it be that you missed the foreward speed that plane must have had when it hit the ground ?? Would be the first belly landing where I havnīt seen the propeller blades been bent backwards !!
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Nice video, but most interesting is the fact that the plane shows the Lufthansa Crane under the cockpit window on the fuselage !! Didnīt know they were in Bush Flying involved at all !!
lol