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Collings Foundation B-17 down in Connecticut
- Thread starter Hozer
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That looks like a bad day, my dad just did one of those flights last year. Wonder if it’s the same bird...
I think they only have one they fly, another one in a museum.
I think there are actually 11 that fly. Or so somebody who knows more than me about Warbirds.
I was talking about the Collings Foundation, which I didn’t specify, but it appears they only had the one B-17.
That's about right.
Former U-2 pilot I know flies one for CAF.
When I was a FAIP, my student and I were at Ellington on a cross-country. The following morning (a Saturday... yes, in the AF, we fly XC's on Saturday) at Ellington, we talked our way on to a 30 minute flight with the crew. Pretty neat.
The pilot of "909" (the one that crashed) was the high-time B-17 pilot in the world. I think maybe the highest time ever.
We know the lawyers will come out of the woodwork and tear in to Collings' deep pockets. My fear is that... in the world of pussification and safe spaces... we will see the calls to "stop these old planes!" and that sort of thing.
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What @HuggyU2 writes is sad, but true. From the latest news...
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said on Twitter he's calling for an immediate investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) "so we can get to the bottom of what happened & prevent future tragedies."
"Vintage planes must be properly maintained & flown— & the NTSB must tell us whether this tragedy could have been prevented," Blumenthal said.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said on Twitter he's calling for an immediate investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) "so we can get to the bottom of what happened & prevent future tragedies."
"Vintage planes must be properly maintained & flown— & the NTSB must tell us whether this tragedy could have been prevented," Blumenthal said.
“Somebody do something!”
Fucking knee-jerk dumbasses...
Fucking knee-jerk dumbasses...
While the Senator's call for an investigation is redundant I don't see his statement as unreasonable.
What here is untrue or unreasonable?
Maybe a better question for the Senator would be whether he'd even heard of the Collings Foundation before yesterday.
He's done a lot of good work, in his career, with a lot of things that are not aviation-related. His statement from yesterday comes across as grandstanding and knee-jerk though.
He's done a lot of good work, in his career, with a lot of things that are not aviation-related. His statement from yesterday comes across as grandstanding and knee-jerk though.
On Tuesday, a local official said an immediate investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) would not only be prudent, but standard procedure, "so we can get to the bottom of what happened & prevent future tragedies."
"Vintage planes must be properly maintained & flown— & the NTSB must tell us whether this tragedy could have been prevented," the official said.
Better?
"Vintage planes must be properly maintained & flown— & the NTSB must tell us whether this tragedy could have been prevented," the official said.
Better?
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Nothing really.
The problem with the Senator's comment is that it is meaningless at best. He is pandering to scaredy cats, candy asses and nannies. The regulations regarding maintenance of vintage aircraft, specifly experimental and restricted registered warbirds, is detailed. Enforcement and oversight must be appropiate because we don't have these types of planes falling out of the sky with regularity. Organizations like CAF, Collings, AAHF, and Planes of Fame are precisely the ones you don't have to worry about. His comment is vapid and unhelpful and will lead to an assumption these types of flying activities are unnecessarily unsafe.