I was at the Airshow today. The aircraft with the help of a left cross wind temporarily left the runway grass onto the adjacent dirt before straightening out and resuming their roll out. Pilots and crew are all safe and sound. And the Aircraft was not harmed
Thank you for the proper explanation Austin. I know the crew very well. They are well trained and I'm sad at some of these comments. Unexpected crosswinds can happen. They didn't "almost crash" as the video indicates, although for people just watching, I'm sure it looked scary.
You are still one of the best my friend those Tomcats look so cool with the tails painted black an skull and crossbone I think they were the Jolly Rogers Squadron
@@jeremydougherty Yep keep kissing your own corn hole... dont forget to pull your head out every once in awhile before you forget what reality looks like.
@@a.j.infowars7582well clearly you DO NOT KNOW lol. I'm a 20 year retiree from the Airforce. 10 years experience doing launch and recovery with a powered glider (MQ-9). Far harder to land in croswinds than this puppy by a mile. Make sure to take your anti-depressants tomorrow Ok..
I'm the guy wearing the P-51 and brown boonie hat about 3/4 of the way through the video. If that wingtip had hit the grass, we would all have been hamburger. Cheers to the pilot for a great job recovering that!!!
Way, way back when, I was a member of the fire department crew that was standing-by at the very 1st Airshow ever put on by this organization (Geneseo Warbird Museum) back in the summer of 1988. I shot still film photographs (which I still have today) of a/c performing at the airshow from a top a fire truck which was parked quite nearby from where this video was shot. Would anyone happen to know by chance if Wadsworth's B-17 is still part of the museum collection? I had heard he / they had lost it years ago and it went to another museum collection or to the CAF. Is the Catalina Flying boat still around? Thanks.
Col. Joe Jackson was awarded the Medal Of Honor for rescuing a Green Beret squad under attack on a mountain top landing zone. Look him up! An unbelievable rescue. A rocket, launched head-on at his C-123, bounced off the ground and passed near his landing gear!
I’m sure they are wonderful people, but this appears to be pilot induced. You can clearly see incorrect aileron input considering the crosswind. The rudder also appear to never deflect.
"Real Skill" ! If the pilot had real skill he wouldn't have got into that situation in the first place. Zero into wind aileron, No into wind rudder to keep the aircraft straight. Where was the skill ... looked more like LUCK to me!
Back in the early 70's I was at a old airfield that was built for the Army back during WW2 for flight training. My unit was conducting helicopter training there. On the other side the airborne support was training for low speed cargo drop. They came down the runway like that, drop open the rear door and supply sleds would come out. There was a couple that had the jet assist. They would practice both day and night. At night only flares lined up the runway. This was during the last few years of Vietnam. This was at Camp Macall near FORT BRAGG. Most anyone who spent time on Bragg during that era probably knows where I'm talking about.
Thanks for posting this, i was in the redzone i only saw the tilt and the dust. I was screaming, "You got this, boys!" So relieved they kept it together
Good save by the pilot, I was at the Dayton Ohio airshow one year and an announcement came across announcing an emergency landing by a big passenger jet coming in nobody budged or seemed to give a sht but I kinda packed up my gear and peered around for the fastest way out of a hellfire hailstorm had it occurred everybody survived and they made a safe landing but it was a little nerve-wracking, always have a emergency exit plan in mind especially at one of these airshows
One thing that has come to our attention: The plane isn’t rated to haul nuts that weigh as much as the pilots’ set. But luckily, his quick thinking and decisive actions to unsecure and toss them out the cargo door at the first sign of aweshit; the plane was not lost.
Great recovery ? It shouldn’t even had to happen in first place. It’s called complacency. The pilot must apply aileron pressure into the crosswind. That left wing should have raised the aileron so the aircraft would maintain directional control on the runway . I expect no less from Air Force pilots . What a hell ?
When I went through Jump School in 1974, the C-123 was the first plane I jumped from. The sight of this one brings back a lot of memories for me. I probably had 5 or 6 jumps from them.
@@rn2811 i would say that was true even into the 2000s. I think they changed dates and social media made oshkosh more attractive They used to even bring out the LC-130 with the antartic ski's and land on the grass until some higher-up put a end to that. Was so cool to see. Also seen the harrier land on the grass
@@mikeschiavoni5973the wind sock was straight out in the video. Even to land it the pilot must have noticed the cross wind, problem is when the pilot landed it seems he/she temporarily forgot about it.
You can see the wind sock almost perpendicular to the runway before they touched down. They got on the brakes when it veered into the grass and reversed props while maintaining control…. No damage to the aircraft. The undercarriage was stressed but these planes are built for rough landings. Pilots did good.
Glad he was safe, and I'm glad to not see that rare plane destroyed. After 60 years in the aircraft industry oh, but it is very disinheriting to watch so many wonderful planes like the SR-71 be destroyed. We bought the last inventory for that aircraft and scrapped it all. Disgusting
You can see he changed the prop pitch after he saved it. Notice the dirt flying up behind the plane getting sucked towards the propellers, no way the plane slowed down that fast without reverse thrusters. Good save
The people blaming pilot for not doing this or that....well even if pilot error I say he did a fine job correcting his error. We all make mistakes...even the pros, but its not the mistake you make, its how you correct it is what matters.
Every self-respecting videographer should always keep a small sledgehammer in his hand for those who suddenly stand up or come up and block what is happening with their heads.
