gregrobertson Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Repotredly (reliable inside information) Graham Hosking's Corsair suffered an hydraulic failure and crash landed in a field near Sydney with extensive damage. Thankfully the pilot is reported as ok.. My heart goes out to Graham he has spent years rebuilding this beautiful aeroplane. Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyG Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Glad he is OK, Hope the Corsair is reparable, Awesome fighter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Repotredly (reliable inside information) Graham Hosking's Corsair suffered an hydraulic failure and crash landed in a field near Sydney with extensive damage. Thankfully the pilot is reported as ok.. My heart goes out to Graham he has spent years rebuilding this beautiful aeroplane.Greg Your reliable inside information should have told you it was not a "crash landing" but a fully controlled & well executed gear up landing. Also it was not "in a field near Sydney" but at Maitland airport where there is an airshow today. Our media sensationalise these events enough, we don't need to contribute to that anymore. 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nico13 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Good to hear the pilot is ok but disappointed as I was hoping to see it at Avalon this year. My favourite war bird, well along with a few others. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bats Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 I know things get a little heated when it's close to home, but with respect trying to differentiate a wheels up, from a crash landing is akin to picking the fly droppings from the pepper. Whether it was landed wheels up by accident or with foreknowledge of a problem, it remains an accident. Sad to see, but at least this one ended well - I've looked at the big heavy warbirds more than once and thought that a forced landing etc would be a major concern to me, there is a lot more energy to scrub off with them, compared to an LSA type. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyerme Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 I've Seen the vid. He did an excellent job puttin her on its belly. Looks like it could be repairable? Well done , and glad it ended safely . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyerme Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Video. Note the song ! . https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=581924648684416 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueadventures Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Repotredly (reliable inside information) Graham Hosking's Corsair suffered an hydraulic failure and crash landed in a field near Sydney with extensive damage. Thankfully the pilot is reported as ok.. My heart goes out to Graham he has spent years rebuilding this beautiful aeroplane. Greg Is it the January image on this years Australian Warbirds Calender? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyG Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Great job, man lands better on planes belly than I can on wheels lol 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 That's a bulk strip on the engine for starters OME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnarly Gnu Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 That's a bulk strip on the engine for starters Why is that? He cut the power before touchdown, prop rotation had stopped. Very well done indeed... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Still a lot of force exerted on the crankshaft through the bending of the blades. Actually if you look at the frames around 0.02, you can see the spinning blade hit the ground and then it stops. OME 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 All blades contacted lightly but bending the tips before the engine stopped then it dug in a bit and the bottom 2 copped a bit more . I think the flaps did a good job of tipping it nose down. These are all reduction geared engines . I'm not sure it needs a bulk strip but certainly the front section will need scrutiny. There should be a way of extending the gear manually in the event of a hydraulic failure. Expensive little exercise. Crash Landing is a generic term for any not normal arrival where obvious damage happens. It tells you very little in aviation terms. Gear up landing is what happened here. Not that unusual and generally survivable. It's taught and practiced in the Sim with Airline types as part of your training. Usually with one or more gear not extending. There are alternate ways of extending landing gear if the hydraulics or other energising system fails. Ditching is done without gear down deliberately. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly_tornado Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 US$2-4M dollar plane, spend the money 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 It won't be a write off. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyerme Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Still a lot of force exerted on the crankshaft through the bending of the blades. Actually if you look at the frames around 0.02, you can see the spinning blade hit the ground and then it stops.OME At 0.01 the wheels appear to drop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 It's not the one of the main gear wheels. They swing down from from the leading edge. The process is shown well in this video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfly Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veBLPWiYoOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planedriver Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Great video, thanks for posting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfly Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 I love this wartime training film. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernie Knight Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Whoaaa not good. First the Ryan now this. Not good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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