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Forum: Accidents and Close Calls

6th Jul 2022, 18:44

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B17 crash at Bradley

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Posted By sycamore

BPF, `awaremanship` was sadly lacking in the B-17...

BPF, `awaremanship` was sadly lacking in the B-17 case, in that if the pilot had put out a `Mayday` and flown the aircraft to land on the other runway (24?), instead of trying to crawl around the...

Forum: Accidents and Close Calls

10th Dec 2020, 21:38

Replies: 349

B17 crash at Bradley

Views: 445,893

Posted By sycamore

Sad to say ,but had he said MAYDAY after the turn...

Sad to say ,but had he said MAYDAY after the turn East,and gone for #33 it would have been OK...POSSIBLY...There was no way to make it back after lowering the gear,with 2 engines out ,on the `inside`...

Forum: Accidents and Close Calls

15th Oct 2019, 18:43

Replies: 349

B17 crash at Bradley

Views: 445,893

Posted By sycamore

Looking at the layout of Bradley airport and...

Looking at the layout of Bradley airport and their apparent height downwind for 06 runway,I think with the problems of 1 or 2 engine problems they should have just turned finals for RW 33,as the...

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