Seaplane down off Miami Beach....

At my age, I'll probably have to.



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Jim Macklin wrote:

The airplane seems to have
been very sturdy, since the fuselage is intact after the
impact.

There were excellent reasons for people calling Grumman "The Ironworks."

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

Grumman and Republic both built tough airplanes.


--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

"George Patterson" wrote in message
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| Jim Macklin wrote:
|
| The airplane seems to have
| been very sturdy, since the fuselage is intact after the
| impact.
|
| There were excellent reasons for people calling Grumman
"The Ironworks."
|
| George Patterson
| Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by
rights belong to
| your slightly older self.

"Jay Honeck" wrote

The wing clearly departed the airframe before the crash. I wonder if
these
old birds are simply fatigued?

I wonder about catastrophic unconfined engine failure, severing the spar.
There was an account of the sound and sight of an explosion before the wing
departed, wasn't there?
--
Jim in NC

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"Morgans" wrote:

"Jay Honeck" wrote

The wing clearly departed the airframe before the crash. I wonder if
these
old birds are simply fatigued?

I wonder about catastrophic unconfined engine failure, severing the spar.
There was an account of the sound and sight of an explosion before the wing
departed, wasn't there?

Snapping structures sound a lot like explosions -- especially to
nonexpert witnesses.

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