Preliminary NTSB Report on the Oshkosh P51 Crash Released

"Frank Ch. Eigler" wrote in message
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Dudley Henriques writes:

The following information came in to me by back channel [...]
[...] The demonstration air race was completed and the five
aircraft were in the process of landing separately, and not in
formation, on runway 36.

Does that make sense though? It sounds like the two planes were very
close already on final, and the trailing pilot ought to have seen the
one just ahead.

The video shows the trailing plane was also higher. If is difficult to see
over the nose in a lot of taildraggers -- or even some nosewheel planes for
that matter. Like I said in an earlier post, I make it a habit to slip for
a second or two to clear the runway. I highly recommend this technique.

Danny Deger