Actually, nicely done getting the tailwheel down first.
Too bad he decided against the hard-packed sand.
Seemed devoid of beachgoers, but can't know for sure what he saw.
I don't know if I would want to risk this http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/14/us-usa-florida-crash-idUSKBN0GE26520140814
People move around and aren't always easy to see at a distance. Of course with my luck I'd choose the surf and land on top of a bunch of surfers.
Ommy Irizarry and his daughter were in water that was about four feet deep.
Midair collision at the same beach + alternate angle of ditched landing.
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This just was not a good day to be flying in Italy.
I've seen two different answers. I'm not sure.Was this airplane (the one that ditched) one of the two involved in the mid-air?
I've seen two different answers. I'm not sure.
That's pretty much what I'd expect to happen in almost any fixed-gear plane. Slow it as much as possible and expect to egress an inverted airplane. It would sure suck to die in water that shallow (not that it wouldn't suck to die in other conditions ) but it only takes a few feet.
Looks like the nose wheel hit the bottom and then he flipped.
No nosewheel.
He got as slow as possible and dragged the tailwheel in first.
The friction of the main gear hitting the water flipped it, as it will most fixed gear planes.
No, the odds on a tricycle staying upright are pretty good since the primary drag is behind the CG. If they go into the water in a nice full stall landing, they typically stay upright IIRC.
Was this guy a little fast?
Anyone else notice all those people run really funny?
Anyone else notice all those people run really funny?
They're Italians. My stewardess last summer when we were in Italy said all Italian guys sound gay.
She was just trying to be nice (to you)…. A sure warning signal that they turned her on!