September 17, 201114 yr Just saw this on the news (TV) came here right away, terrible terrible news and my thoughts with the victims, I am glad PMDG staff are ok. Jay Vorkapic
September 17, 201114 yr Saw it on the news, a real tradgedy indeed. System: MSFS2024, ASUS Rog Stryx Z790-A, Intel i9-14900KF, Asus ROG Ryujin III 360 , Asus Hyperion Case,Rog Stryx 4090 OC, Samsung 970 EVO M.2 SSD, 1Tb Samsung 860 EVO SSD,64Gb G Skill Memory, Asus Aura 1200W Gold PSU,Win 11 ,LG C4 48" 4K OLED Screen., Airbus TCA Full Kit, Stream Deck XL. WinWing FCU, EFIS, MCDU
September 17, 201114 yr Thanks Ryan. Am in London and was about to send RR an email asking for stat. Good to hear they were not in the box seats.
September 17, 201114 yr Yeah got the alert on my phune yesterday and totaly forgot the PMDG crew was there. Pretty horrfic crash. Thoughts and prayers with all involved. Dylan Charles "The aircraft G-limits are only there in case there is another flight by that particular airplane. If subsequent flights do not appear likely, there are no G-limits."
September 17, 201114 yr Short clip http://landing.newsinc.com/shared/video.html?freewheel=58285&sitesection=jolietheraldnews&VID=23529525 Regards Luke M
September 17, 201114 yr Author Commercial Member There's a high res photo this morning that clearly shows the left elevator trim tab completely missing from the airplane during the incident... apparently the same kind of thing happened to another P-51 at high speed and it resulted in an uncommanded 10G pitchup and blackout, which the pilot in that case awoke from at 9000 feet and was able to recover. RSR knew Jimmy Leeward quite well for the past 12 years and the race team's taking this pretty hard... Ryan MaziarzFor fastest support, please submit a ticket at http://support.precisionmanuals.com
September 17, 201114 yr Yup, I'd heard it was seven, now you say it's nine dead? It's just awful, and sadly it's not the only airshow crash this weekend either, a T-28 Trojan crashed at a show in Martinsburg on Saturday too. Al Alan Bradbury Check out my youtube flight sim videos: Here
September 17, 201114 yr I'd bet other p-51 pilots start paying close attention to those trim tabs during periodic inspections. Probably not something you could spot a problem with ona preflight Kenneth Weir My Saitek yoke mod i7 2600k @ 4.7 8GB Gskill CAS7 2x GTX580 SLI Surround + GT520 Accessory Win7x64
September 18, 201114 yr Man that video gives me chills, the sound of that thing hitting the ground; I'v never heard anything like that before in my life. Ron Hamilton "95% is half the truth, but most of it is lies, but if you read half of what is written, you'll be okay." __ Honey Boo Boo's Mom
September 21, 201114 yr Someone i knew died while sitting in the box. It was bad. Non the less, i talked to a guy me and the crew know. He was up watching the race from a Pitts in which he saw the P-51 do a couple of quick shakes then the trim tab went. The plane then did a very quick an unexpected 12G-14G pitch up in which the pilot went to G-LOC. The P-51 then stalled in which it headed for the ground but just before it was coming back up to air speed. The pilot was in G-LOC for the whole ride to the end. Very bad day indeed for Reno.
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