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![]() "john" wrote in message ... snip had a prop governor drive failure in a PA32 (T-tail Lance) after T/O from Port St. Joe FL, a 4230 x 65 grass strip. Took off from 18 & was climbing through 600' agl on downwind when what I thought was rain began to spray on the windshield. Trouble was, there wasn't a cloud in the sky. As I was 3/4 of the way on downwind the little idler shaft driving the governor spit out behind the flywheel & it puked 10-11 qt of oil out the front. The oil actually rained inside the cockpit through the overhead fresh air vents. Abeam the numbers 36, I shut the engine down, got the wheels out (got lucky & saved the bearings). With the luxury of a 4000+ rwy, I was able to put it into a slip so I could see out the left side window & get it on the ground (killed a lot of grass from the oil). The engine was overhauled 400 hrs earlier & it seemed that they didn't safety wire the crankcase plug which retained the little prop governor driveshaft at the front of the engine. Having flown the Lance in a lot of IMC, night, over mountains, out to the Bahamas, etc, I kinda shake when I think of other times it could have let go! I have instructed "the impossible turn" back to the rwy in my 172. As others have said here, 60 deg bank worked best for me. The teardrop turn involves a total of 270deg of heading change. In standard conditions, 400' - 450' agl was a comfortable minimum altitude. I certainly don't advocate teaching this emergency maneuver as a part of primary training due to the vagaries of reaction time, density altitude. etc; but its a fun exercise if approached carefully & only with someone who has had spin training & knows what rudder pedals are for. john Go up a few thousand feet and practice where there's some room. A few years back I had the delightful opportunity to attend a reunion of B24 pilots from the Ploesti raid. IIRC they were the Crusaders, the 392nd bomb group. I shook the hand of a pilot who "dead sticked" a B24. H. N502TB |
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I shook the hand of a pilot who "dead sticked" a B24.
Pretty neat dead sticking that thing. The coolest dead stick landing (IMHO) occured on April 4, 1963 when Stu Harrison dead-sticked an F-8 Crusader on to a carrier. -John *You are nothing until you have flown a Douglas, Lockheed, Grumman or North American* |
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That is one set of solid blue steel, cajones!
Denny "Ditch" wrote in message ... I shook the hand of a pilot who "dead sticked" a B24. Pretty neat dead sticking that thing. The coolest dead stick landing (IMHO) occured on April 4, 1963 when Stu Harrison dead-sticked an F-8 Crusader on to a carrier. -John *You are nothing until you have flown a Douglas, Lockheed, Grumman or North American* |
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Can you give us the story please. When I was seconded to Navy, loss of engine in SE bird, you punched. If he lost just at touch down, another story. No bolter ability and hand on the ejection system if he didn't get at least the #4 wire. Big John On 30 Jul 2003 05:07:11 GMT, ost (Ditch) wrote: I shook the hand of a pilot who "dead sticked" a B24. Pretty neat dead sticking that thing. The coolest dead stick landing (IMHO) occured on April 4, 1963 when Stu Harrison dead-sticked an F-8 Crusader on to a carrier. -John *You are nothing until you have flown a Douglas, Lockheed, Grumman or North American* |
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