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A friend of mine flew in that very plane a few months back. Said they had a mag drop on the flight, but there are 4 engines so no biggie... The crash hit him hard... I flew a P40 recently, and as much as it was a bucket list item for me, I would lie if I did not admit worrying about my life a little - 80y old airframe, backseat with practically zero chance of exit in a crash (have to slide the rear canopy over the pilot's to escape).... You live your passion or you stay on the sofa I guess.
I don't want to speculate, but I wonder about one thing.. whenever there's an engine issue and a plane crashes "returning to the airport" the FAA always ends up hinting it might have been best to belly land it straight ahead in a field. My instructor said the same to me long ago when I was learning to fly. I wonder if the fact that it's a rare old bird makes the pilots (as qualified as they are) lose sight of that a little and try to save it and get back to the airport at all cost... Sad all around... I hear the injured are severely burned. Ugh....
I was just finishing the last ep of Plane savers and watching the DC3 fly for the first time when I heard... sucks.
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