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Warbirds Collide at Duxford Airshow today...all survive
July 11, 2011
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Chuck Slusarczyk Jr.

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Ouch!  Amazing that the Skyraider was said to have landed minus the outer portion of its wing, and that the Mustang pilot bailed out just in time!

 

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July 11, 2011
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This sort of thing seems to be happening too much lately.

 

As for the video...ARGH!!!...it has been removed!

July 11, 2011
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Here is a link to another video:

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Shame to lose the Mustang but more importantly the pilots were both ok.  I heard that the Mustang pilot, Rob Davies,  suffered a broken arm.  The Horsemen - Ed Shipley and Dan Friedkin were both in the air at the time.  Dan was in the same formation flying "February" with "Big Beautiful Doll" and the Skyraider.  Dan thankfully wasn't involved in the incident.  Ed was flying in the group behind the mid-air and circled the downed Mustang and pilot helping to direct emergency crews.  

July 11, 2011
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I wouldn't be surprised if they determine he broke his arm in the bailout, it almost appears as if he struck the vertical.  Great recovery on the Skyraider...wonder if there's video of his landing and/or the damage?

July 11, 2011
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Here's a little news segment You need to be a member to view our links..

Tragic for a P-51 to be lost but even more important is that the pilots survived.  

July 12, 2011
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It looks like the Spad just overtook the Mustang and hit the tail. Honestly, it looks like the Skyraider took all the damage. I couldn't see anything wrong with the Mustang-no fire, no smoke, no obvious holes or tears to the empennage.

 

I wonder if the control wires were severed, and that was why he crashed.

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July 12, 2011
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Here's another angle.

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July 12, 2011
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I agree, it looked like the Mustang took a blow, but was relatively unharmed.  I found some pics of the Skyraider sans wingtip:  You need to be a member to view our links.

July 12, 2011
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707guy said:

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Good that all survived.

Have to say I enjoyed the Lightning "Thunder Run" on the same link.

Memories of these flying low over my school in the 60'sCool  

July 12, 2011
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I thought that the Mustang looked ok as well - but if you watch that video it seems to start to go into a dive right before the pilot bails out - may have been issues with the aircraft that can't be seen on video.

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