Lousy pilot. If this was me, I would have fired the retro-rockets and the jato-rack and gone around, asked for the barrier, and put her down soft and sweet. just sayin'. Yes. Of course, and thank you.
As soon as he started the porpoise he should have gone around. He also did not apply enough aileron once on the ground and nearly ground looped it. He was lucky the porpoise didn't get worse.
@s6u6r6f6 Ask the guys who fly the fighters often (IE Planes of Fame in Chino, Ca.) if a Mustang or T-6 is easier to land. All I've talked to told me that the Mustang would a good trainer for the T-6 with regards to taking off and landing! Chuck Hall ("Six Shooter") told me the same thing as well.
Hangers and assorted buildings and terrain features can do funny things with the wind. Two days ago I was taking of in my PA28-140. ASOS and ATC both gave me wind Variable at 3. We have two socks lined up on 1. I looked down the runway and the far sock was hanging limp. The near sock was sticking straight out at 90 degrees to runway. I waited a bit for the gust to subside, but still got hit by a pretty nasty crosswind near the first sock. Then.....nothing. Far sock never moved.
@Helismoke X-Plane sticks have some fun. Better physics. Ignore what MS and the buyer of the defunct MSFS say, MSFS has no flight model, it is table based, IE, it is not physicists, flight characteristics are Tabular data it is, like Romans did arithmetic [they did not know how to multiply or decide]. That is what a table is. Sorry about off-topic-ness.. Don't use MSFS [or it's buyer], go get X-Plane and struggle with Austin's terrible manual. Can learn to fly using X-Plane. Can't with MSFS.
keep your airspeed up keep the airflow over the control surface. raise the flaps and reduce lift. plant the tail wheel on the ground and ease on the brakes. and most of all try to keep the nose in to the wind as best as possible. 51's need to land fast due to a short wingspan.
Seems to me the pilot got a little slow on the approach, which lead to the drop onto the runway and the bounce. I think in most Mustang landings one tries to keep the tail in the air as long as possible and let the airspeed drop off then let it settle. And be quick with the feet on the rudder. The first time WW2 ace Robin Olds flew a Mustang, on landing he ground looped the thing. Happens to the best of them.
Anyone that has done any amount of crosswind landings can see what he did WRONG. We all make mistakes, but you're allowed fewer mistakes in a Mustang.
there's also an old axiom: when a lieutenant or captain bounces, you can say "JEEZ, look at that guy BOUNCE!"; but when the COLONEL bounces, you say "DAMN, that crosswind is nasty today."
technically that wasn't a Chinese Landing (which i've watched plenty of), since he just caught a little crosswind after touchdown. it also was not an "almost crash"....it was just a good landing and a good counter to the crosswind. jeez, grow UP. i've watched landings on three points, two points, and damn sure ONE point, and bounces like you wouldn't believe....used to post pilot's landing times as: 14:01, 14:02, and 14:03 just to be a smartass...
My brother and sister-in-law came ofver form the UK in 1995. I took them and my wife for a jaunt in a Cessna 182. We landed on runway 11 in Grand Junction,Co. I've landed there hundreds of times. Long story short, the headwind turned into a sudden tailwind and we were going 45 knots on short final. It sank like a rock. I just held back elevator and added full power. We bounced a couple of times, but luckily didn't porpoise. It was very embarrassing. It happens to everyone eventually.
I love how if all these critics watch one aviation video that could of went better they start saying what he should of done when really they dont know what the hell their talking about ( because they were not there)
Yep, gets pretty windy on that airfield. Got first hand experience of that whilst i was in training there. Waiting for the gates to be opened for us to march back to main site during a very windy hailstorm is not an experience i would like to repeat!!
videogamer4life360 is in error here a wingtip touching the ground can be dangerous if that tip rubs the ground hard enough it can easely cause the aircraft to cartwheel causing it to rotate sideways andhit the ground sideways and possibly roll over or worse
from what we can see there were gust...made it difficult for him to land...that plane is a floater...affected by wind even more...if you notice the plane drops speed suddenly just before landing...and then gains again...a sign of gusts...in other words varying wind conditions in direction and in speed....when the plane is close to the ground the effect of gusts are all the more...
ive had days with landings like that....cant stop the wind now can you...?
@videogamer4life360 point taken. What could have happened was that the P-51 lost it's wing or, as other youtubers say, could have caused a groundloop. What they should do right after that incident was take the P-51 to a hangar and see if it's still aligned properly. If it's not aligned and they can't repair it, there's not much of a chance it will ever fly again. Bit of a pity if that happened, i know
@mrgears i was like... well ya typically the joystick is between your legs.....but then i walked away from the computer and went O.O ooooooo he didnt mean a control stick.....haha.
Been a pilot for about 5 years. Crazy how there was no wind when he landed cuz he didnt have a wing down. He honestly just look out of control on the landing, if there were huge gusts of wind all he had to do was keep a correction into the wind . I have flown small planes 172's and aarows mostly in wind gusting to 30kts alot of times with no problem, that mustang can handle more than that. They dont call them the cadillac of the sky for nothing
Considering that he stalled and died in the resulting crash at Malone, NY in 1995, I doubt it. I happened to be there, and when I just happened across this video a few minutes ago I recognized the 4th FG markings. There were two P-51's in 4th FG regalia flying that day: this one and one in Don Emerson's "Donald Duck" markings. This poor guy didn't make it.
@14216Buffalo Well that sucks, he should have stayed away from that plane after this one. Imho he had no business flying that plane in the first place. But what do I know.
Classic lack of left aileron for the obvious crosswind. When I was taking my pilots license I was always told to hold the wing down with the ailerons until you had all but stopped. Common mistak in pilots (even veterans) is to relax the aileron once the speed starts to wash off.
Almost crashes!?...........wanker. You can hear the wind in the mic. Ever heard of a crosswind gust. Can be hard work in a taildragger. Even one as heavy as this.
just nicked the wingtip, my brother once pranged the wingtip on the right wing of an Aztec, after the mechanic fixed it he pranged it again taxiing to the hangar. The mechanic, Larry Bible, said he wished my brother pranged the other wingtip, then at least we would have 2 new wingtips!
@HRMOKeefe I don't think your brother should be trying to fly aircraft if he's already "pranged" two wingtips. He apparently doesn't have any depth perception, it's pretty important.
Turn into dive away buddy. Improper use of aileron post touchdown. I landed in conditions well exceeding the cross wind component of my aircraft never had a close call like this. My guess would be improper use of control surfaces(pilot error).
Thank you, Mr. Pilot for not destroying that beautiful wonderful plane. And nice show too; jest may be impressive, but a V-12 snarling at low RPMS is just supernatural. Or something like that. =)
He should had "dove into the wind" as we say in aviation. He touched down very slowly and it seems there were gusty winds. A bit more speed on touch down would be better. Then he should had continued applying left aileron pressure to counter the crosswind. Good thing he saved it.
surely you mean a Bf-109...? which was old shit anyway by the time the p-51d appeared. the germans carried on building them because of desperation,not because they were any good; their day had been and gone. still deadly in the hands of an experten,they killed and injured hundreds of less able pilots. had the war situation not been so desperate the 109 would have been replaced altogether by the fw-190,a far superior aircraft.
can tell from the approach speed that he was flying into one hell of a head wind. the thing looked like it was nearly hovering right b4 landing.. one has to ask why he flew something so precious in such horrible conditions... i wouldn't take mine up in that weather.. perhaps the pilot doesn't own it.
It may be a good one but that's the difference between flying for fun and being a professional pilot. When lives are on the line anything less than great isn't good enough.
Actually, speaking as a 3000 hr pilot, that's pretty @#$% near to being a crash, or at least a bent airplane. He did a great job keeping it under control, and he was also lucky.
Regardless of "fault" this is nowhere near a "crash". The wingtips of fighters like these have an extra layer of cladding that can take a scrape or two, and unless it is allowed to progress into a groundloop at high speed, it still isn't an "emergency".
These aircraft were designed to be flown by low-time pilots to get them to the fighting front quickly, and a lot of engineering went into toughness.
Sharfrs1 The pilot in question was flying Miss Helen, the airplane had Engine problems during the balbo and was lucky not to smash a beautiful airplane as he had no power on landing, hence the problems you mentioned....
Must be Mustang pilots in general then - last year at Flying Legends , Duxford, a Mustang pilot smashed his left undercarriage with what can only be described as a piss poor landing.He bounced twice and at one point , after cutting the engine, nearly tipped it over. I was there.I have pics to prove.Shame cos I was videoing but stopped just as the accident happened.The pilot was well pissed off, kicking the wheel in frustration !!
This actually happened in 1944. They loaded fresh water into long range taks for the pilots to take over to Normandy with them and, not used to landing with drop tanks on, the pilot dug in his wing tip as he stalled coming over the fence. The Mustang does have a bad stall characteristic but then again no plane is perfect. They were built for average pilots to fight in with minimal, for those days, fligt instruction
its got everything to do with the pilot poeple. he sucks. a pilot should never let the wing lift like that. he got distracted or sometyhing but he sucked. im not stupid critic either. i fly tail wheel aircraft and trycicle gear aircraft. and fly very light planes compared to this p51. its all about the pilot. theres just pilots that are not good seat of the pants pilots.
well. to be truthfull ive seen pilots with thousands of hours make classic newbie mistakes like that. one of my mentors. he has about oh maybe 10 thousand hours mountain flying and other stuff. and hes the best pilot ive ever met but he makes some very classic mistakes. i think its that flying becomes second nature for them and they get lazy and if they get lazy they suck at least for a short period of time. but 90 percent of all mistakes is about the pilot
I'm going to have to agree with that. They become complacent and almost lazy like you said, and don't expect anything like that to happen to them because of either their years of flying experience, or outrageous number of flight time.
Mate you are so not a pilot and blatently have never operated a military aircraft. Pilots understand that things like this can happen to anyone sometimes.
yawn yawn. dude ive been flying for five 12 years. my father has been flying for over 20 and with over 3500 hours flight time and this is never happened to either of us. i do have a friend that has about 14k hours. and he has done this. but this is because of complacency. so. i dont need to argue with someone that doesnt know about aviation. if you are a pilot then you really suck at flying dude. this should never happen to a pilot. there is no excuse for poor flying like this.
Young man, you might review your posts - your point is, what? Your dad has 3500 hours and he's perfect. But, one of your "mentors" has 10 thousand hours and somehow you find a way to insult him. Oh, and guess what? You have even less time than both! Try this - look in the mirror and say, "arrogant dumbass". Now you're talking straight boy! Remember this: Good pilots do their "talking" in the cockpit. Nuff said.
i told you not to write me back if you had some lame ass response. ok here goes the argument i wanted to avoid. my dad is a VERY cautios and Very good pilot he doesnt make mistakes like this. the other pilot with about 14 thousand. is one of the best pilots anybody can ever meet he is awesome. but he is soo used to flying he makes some mistakes i would never make. not because im better seat of the pants pilot but because im more cautios than him. so OLD man i do do my talking in the cokpit
First off yes it was obviously bad flying on his part, you can see the lack of basic proper control positioning in the crosswind and if you operating a bird such as a mustang there is simply no excuse for something like that, it was purely his fault. with that said you need to realize that if you continue to fly one day you will too make a mistake that is stupid and I hope for your sake it is small enough for you to be able to walk away and think about your attitude towards flying .
by the way dont write me back. save us the brainless arguments of me trying to convince you i do fly. so unless you have a very GOOOD argument about why this should happen to anyone dont write back,
Im not trying to prove im better im saying this guy screwed up with a CLASSIC rookie mistake. if you dont aggree you may be the idiot flying this p51. so in review. MANY HOURS DOESNT MAKE YOU GOOD. AIRPLANE YOU CAN FLY. DOESNT MAKE YOU GOOD. ROOKIE MISTAKES ALL OF US CAN MAKE ONE. OLDER PILOTS PROBABLY MAKE MORE BECAUSE THEY FEEL THEYCAN GET AWAY WITH MORE. NOT CAUSE THEIR STUPID CAUSE THEYRE COMPLACENT
Lousy pilot. If this was me, I would have fired the retro-rockets and the jato-rack and gone around, asked for the barrier, and put her down soft and sweet. just sayin'. Yes. Of course, and thank you.
TheCannonofMohammed 3 days ago
bit of duct tape and shes ready...............
MrFlames1975 4 days ago
Hey, if you don't rub any of the metal bits on the runway, everything's usually good.
schlusselmensch 4 days ago
Hardly an "Almost Crash"
Brn2FlyUL 1 week ago
welll now we know the suspension works
machokyle45 3 weeks ago
I wonder how many of these youtube pilots would have wound up in a fireball....Im thinking most of em
4NICK8TER1 1 month ago
As soon as he started the porpoise he should have gone around. He also did not apply enough aileron once on the ground and nearly ground looped it. He was lucky the porpoise didn't get worse.
SlamDuncDrummer 3 months ago
I hope he took that as a sign that he was officially done for the day.
mrceebees14 3 months ago
Crap pilot? Proof positive of how good this pilot actually is, is the fact he didn't auger it in! Well done that man!
MrMoorkey 4 months ago
give this slug a T-6 before he prangs something nice.
s6u6r6f6 4 months ago
@s6u6r6f6 Ask the guys who fly the fighters often (IE Planes of Fame in Chino, Ca.) if a Mustang or T-6 is easier to land. All I've talked to told me that the Mustang would a good trainer for the T-6 with regards to taking off and landing! Chuck Hall ("Six Shooter") told me the same thing as well.
pathyskeeter 3 months ago
Is this a midget mustang?
looks short and fat to me! ha
hunterTS4 4 months ago
That was a good landing
ebuhman29 4 months ago
Hangers and assorted buildings and terrain features can do funny things with the wind. Two days ago I was taking of in my PA28-140. ASOS and ATC both gave me wind Variable at 3. We have two socks lined up on 1. I looked down the runway and the far sock was hanging limp. The near sock was sticking straight out at 90 degrees to runway. I waited a bit for the gust to subside, but still got hit by a pretty nasty crosswind near the first sock. Then.....nothing. Far sock never moved.
Rikki0 4 months ago 2
High performance airplanes, get em' on the ground. Don't dick around lookin' for greasers. Nice and firm will do, thank you very much.
MachOverspeedsPlace 5 months ago
Must've been quite some sidewind.
hogge87 5 months ago
thats it...i watched the entire video looking for a near death experience and this is it?
BRIANROX1 5 months ago
Aircraft is reusable, Pilot walks away ... Good landing in my book any day, no matter what the circumstances.
BrooksPerkins 5 months ago
Every landing is different and the wind is a great humbler!
w5cdt 5 months ago
Looks like the crosswind was masked by that hangar at 1:30, then after he rolled past it- BAM!- crosswind is back!
StratMatt777 5 months ago
Crosswind landing, great recovery! Guys's good, too bad the MS Simflyers don't know any better.
Helismoke 5 months ago
@Helismoke most don't. I actually have some sense and know this stuff.
yoyoyoyoshua 5 months ago
@Helismoke X-Plane sticks have some fun. Better physics. Ignore what MS and the buyer of the defunct MSFS say, MSFS has no flight model, it is table based, IE, it is not physicists, flight characteristics are Tabular data it is, like Romans did arithmetic [they did not know how to multiply or decide]. That is what a table is. Sorry about off-topic-ness.. Don't use MSFS [or it's buyer], go get X-Plane and struggle with Austin's terrible manual. Can learn to fly using X-Plane. Can't with MSFS.
StopTheCrusadors 5 months ago
these airplanes can be a handful, especially in a crosswind. he brought the aircraft down safety
ad356 6 months ago
good advert for the sunday express
crazyfox564 6 months ago
Great landing in a crosswind !! The wind had 2 go's and trying to turn him over.
Sledgie555 6 months ago
keep your airspeed up keep the airflow over the control surface. raise the flaps and reduce lift. plant the tail wheel on the ground and ease on the brakes. and most of all try to keep the nose in to the wind as best as possible. 51's need to land fast due to a short wingspan.
highlo3517 7 months ago
Seems to me the pilot got a little slow on the approach, which lead to the drop onto the runway and the bounce. I think in most Mustang landings one tries to keep the tail in the air as long as possible and let the airspeed drop off then let it settle. And be quick with the feet on the rudder. The first time WW2 ace Robin Olds flew a Mustang, on landing he ground looped the thing. Happens to the best of them.
ccblack1 8 months ago 2
very very good pilot in a cross wind like that you would have to be . great job putting her on the ground .
vamarine24 8 months ago
Thats not a all most crash....
Wadef16 8 months ago
Forgive me, I'm not a pilot. What did he do wrong? What should he have done in a crosswind landing?
nev594 8 months ago
@nev594 Raise the flaps as soon as his main wheels touched the ground to remove as much lift as possible.
XCougar85X 8 months ago
Anyone that has done any amount of crosswind landings can see what he did WRONG. We all make mistakes, but you're allowed fewer mistakes in a Mustang.
8literbeater 9 months ago
there's also an old axiom: when a lieutenant or captain bounces, you can say "JEEZ, look at that guy BOUNCE!"; but when the COLONEL bounces, you say "DAMN, that crosswind is nasty today."
LoveVernors 9 months ago 12
technically that wasn't a Chinese Landing (which i've watched plenty of), since he just caught a little crosswind after touchdown. it also was not an "almost crash"....it was just a good landing and a good counter to the crosswind. jeez, grow UP. i've watched landings on three points, two points, and damn sure ONE point, and bounces like you wouldn't believe....used to post pilot's landing times as: 14:01, 14:02, and 14:03 just to be a smartass...
LoveVernors 9 months ago
@LoveVernors haha pilot induced oscillations?
highlo3517 7 months ago
Because the owners of priceless WWII Mustangs will just throw the ignition keys to any old crappy pilot. These things do have keys -- right?
localcrew 9 months ago
Interestingly this aircraft didn't go home after the mishap, it was flown back up north to RAF Church Fenton where the pilot flew an amazing display.
davski51 9 months ago
My brother and sister-in-law came ofver form the UK in 1995. I took them and my wife for a jaunt in a Cessna 182. We landed on runway 11 in Grand Junction,Co. I've landed there hundreds of times. Long story short, the headwind turned into a sudden tailwind and we were going 45 knots on short final. It sank like a rock. I just held back elevator and added full power. We bounced a couple of times, but luckily didn't porpoise. It was very embarrassing. It happens to everyone eventually.
alneal100 9 months ago
It should be titled "Camera almost catches Mustang almost crashing."
tryithere 10 months ago
I love how if all these critics watch one aviation video that could of went better they start saying what he should of done when really they dont know what the hell their talking about ( because they were not there)
steveoh2395 10 months ago
And this is why you teach student pilots controls into the wind when your slowing down on the runway.
TheStrayEagle 10 months ago
Yep, gets pretty windy on that airfield. Got first hand experience of that whilst i was in training there. Waiting for the gates to be opened for us to march back to main site during a very windy hailstorm is not an experience i would like to repeat!!
rastclart 11 months ago
videogamer4life360 is in error here a wingtip touching the ground can be dangerous if that tip rubs the ground hard enough it can easely cause the aircraft to cartwheel causing it to rotate sideways andhit the ground sideways and possibly roll over or worse
bernard240vdc 11 months ago
I don't know it this is a near crash . . . more like a tipsy landing. Good recovery by the pilot.
cgrscott 11 months ago
Lovely engine noise is all I'm thinking!
TVismyopiate 11 months ago
from what we can see there were gust...made it difficult for him to land...that plane is a floater...affected by wind even more...if you notice the plane drops speed suddenly just before landing...and then gains again...a sign of gusts...in other words varying wind conditions in direction and in speed....when the plane is close to the ground the effect of gusts are all the more...
ive had days with landings like that....cant stop the wind now can you...?
born2bairborne777 11 months ago
Awkward conditions in which to land.
wierdwesterner 1 year ago
Looks like a possible wing strike.
It could have turned into a ground loop.
Even as capable as the P-51 is it is still a taildragger and taildraggers are notorious for crosswind shenanigans.
Ask anyone who did their primary training in a C-140 or a Cub.
The landing isn't a landing until all 3 wheels are on the ground.
hammerogod 1 year ago
@hammerogod...Almost...A tailwheel landing isn't a landing until you are parked tied down!
justsnappy 11 months ago
@justsnappy
And always remember to tie the Upwind wing down first.
hammerogod 11 months ago
almost crashes???? the worst that could of happened was his wing hitting the ground and bumping back into the normal position....
videogamer4life360 1 year ago
@videogamer4life360 that's exactly a comment you would expect from someone with that kind of nickname
BugattivsKoenigsegg 11 months ago
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videogamer4life360 11 months ago
@videogamer4life360 point taken. What could have happened was that the P-51 lost it's wing or, as other youtubers say, could have caused a groundloop. What they should do right after that incident was take the P-51 to a hangar and see if it's still aligned properly. If it's not aligned and they can't repair it, there's not much of a chance it will ever fly again. Bit of a pity if that happened, i know
BugattivsKoenigsegg 11 months ago
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videogamer4life360 11 months ago
@videogamer4life360 >>i was 10 when i made my account 10 years ago
Youtube came out in 06. How does that feel?
Incary 10 months ago
@Incary lol oops i really didnt mean to say that. lol i am 14 so i did make it 4 years ago. i didnt notice that, thanks for pointing it out.
videogamer4life360 10 months ago
A que mierda llamas estrellar, solo hizo un par de maniobras para luego aterrizar. Si vas a subir un video pone bien el titulo.
gfast2 1 year ago
FF to 1.19
yiblon 1 year ago
I've heard it said, "You haven't landed a tailwheel aircraft until you've tied it down".
JBofBrisbane 1 year ago
@JBofBrisbane
Amen
hammerogod 1 year ago
That looks like one of the smaller kit mustangs... that sound is so beautiful
I have come much closer to crashing than that - by god
jrod238 1 year ago
That looks like one of the smaller kit mustangs... that sound is so beautiful
jrod238 1 year ago
@jrod238
That is a full sized Mustang...I have stood and drooled over it.
hammerogod 1 year ago
good `ol stang
aaronzack14 1 year ago
That was a hairy landing for sure but the dweebs who think he's a crappy pilot obviously never flew anything except the joystick between their legs.
mrgears 1 year ago 95
@mrgears i was like... well ya typically the joystick is between your legs.....but then i walked away from the computer and went O.O ooooooo he didnt mean a control stick.....haha.
gowill2 10 months ago
@mrgears That's right, if he was a crappy pilot it would have gotten away from him when the gust picked up the wing.
doug9driver 10 months ago
is that cos pilots have trouble keeping theirs shut?
slayfish1960 1 year ago
Been a pilot for about 5 years. Crazy how there was no wind when he landed cuz he didnt have a wing down. He honestly just look out of control on the landing, if there were huge gusts of wind all he had to do was keep a correction into the wind . I have flown small planes 172's and aarows mostly in wind gusting to 30kts alot of times with no problem, that mustang can handle more than that. They dont call them the cadillac of the sky for nothing
shaun17304 1 year ago
What was this guy drunk? Or just a shitty pilot? Maybe he can actually fly now.
whatismyrlname 1 year ago
@whatismyrlname
Considering that he stalled and died in the resulting crash at Malone, NY in 1995, I doubt it. I happened to be there, and when I just happened across this video a few minutes ago I recognized the 4th FG markings. There were two P-51's in 4th FG regalia flying that day: this one and one in Don Emerson's "Donald Duck" markings. This poor guy didn't make it.
14216Buffalo 1 year ago
@14216Buffalo Well that sucks, he should have stayed away from that plane after this one. Imho he had no business flying that plane in the first place. But what do I know.
whatismyrlname 1 year ago
1:37 is gay ......
axs12345 1 year ago
those P51's were so classy...
megaflyer99 1 year ago
@mikekayaksfast Hahaha.. You legend!
OxonGR4 1 year ago
theres no debating this one - look at the ailerons! - no crosswind correction - he should have ground looped it - that guy should stick with 172's...
luukoutbelow 1 year ago
@mikekayaksfast LOL thats a good one
OxonGR4 1 year ago
That's a chinese landing - wun wing lo.
TheophilusPWildbeest 1 year ago 56
@TheophilusPWildbeest Too funny!!!!
AV8R4HM 5 months ago
That sudden gust clearly came as a surprise to the pilot---he did well to handle it without overcontrolling. Could have been a BUNCH worse.
jrcadet4 1 year ago
Ok, kid! Park that thing and gimme the keys!
Cavelson 1 year ago
I didn't know Mustangs had wings LOL
Infamous256 1 year ago
Classic lack of left aileron for the obvious crosswind. When I was taking my pilots license I was always told to hold the wing down with the ailerons until you had all but stopped. Common mistak in pilots (even veterans) is to relax the aileron once the speed starts to wash off.
darrindwp 1 year ago
All my landings are 'almost crashes'.
harryfaber 1 year ago
Whoa!!! I bet that pilot shit his pants!
Zeddy100 1 year ago
Almost crashes!?...........wanker. You can hear the wind in the mic. Ever heard of a crosswind gust. Can be hard work in a taildragger. Even one as heavy as this.
minenu11 1 year ago
faggot
Wertislaw 1 year ago
damn wind....LOL
Dashiznit117 1 year ago
that legit looks like an Rc plane from the video camera... not saying it is n all, but it lookes like it...
miseson 1 year ago
Paul Bailey (Fg Off) and his Merry Men of Airfield maint (I was OC ATWF) repaired the wing tip to get the ac home!
Johnpugwash 1 year ago
that wouldn't have been much of a crash though would it
TheMrDobbins 1 year ago
Remember where that crosswind is coming from. Oops.
Chuckjagermeister 1 year ago
just nicked the wingtip, my brother once pranged the wingtip on the right wing of an Aztec, after the mechanic fixed it he pranged it again taxiing to the hangar. The mechanic, Larry Bible, said he wished my brother pranged the other wingtip, then at least we would have 2 new wingtips!
HRMOKeefe 1 year ago
@HRMOKeefe I don't think your brother should be trying to fly aircraft if he's already "pranged" two wingtips. He apparently doesn't have any depth perception, it's pretty important.
flattrackmile 1 year ago
My Father used to look after this plane! I belive it was at Southend airfield, but as far as I know it was sadly lost in an accident.
InkandImage 1 year ago
Those were the days of proper airshows!
brokenpipe 1 year ago
Looks like he did quite a bit of balooning before doing that one-wheeler
Spacepacer 1 year ago
how bout some cross controls rookie!!!
bpbat21 1 year ago
that pilot is one luckey basterd :P
bas0704 1 year ago
Turn into dive away buddy. Improper use of aileron post touchdown. I landed in conditions well exceeding the cross wind component of my aircraft never had a close call like this. My guess would be improper use of control surfaces(pilot error).
Aviator1111 1 year ago
this is the miracle maker?
drumdude12 1 year ago
landing at cross winds....nice landing
fernandomerisio 1 year ago
it almost looks like he did that intentionally to close his performance, lol good landing
yakovlev3a 1 year ago
anyone see wat i see at 1:37?? LOL
himmler251 1 year ago
@himmler251
GAY?
molinobeer 1 year ago
@himmler251 G-AY, lol...
06paull 1 year ago
I don't see what all the excitement is about. Yes, he made a minor mistake (wingtip barely touched), but he recovered nicely.
jstrahan2 2 years ago
deosn't looks so bad
P214Stearman 2 years ago
nice.....good job!
groffel123 2 years ago
lower!!!
lol
Bucker131Jungmann 2 years ago
Normal, mustang had never be clean.
chercheurdor1944 2 years ago
Nothing the owner's insurance policy can't handle.
Chuckjagermeister 2 years ago
Thank you, Mr. Pilot for not destroying that beautiful wonderful plane. And nice show too; jest may be impressive, but a V-12 snarling at low RPMS is just supernatural. Or something like that. =)
justforever96 2 years ago
He should had "dove into the wind" as we say in aviation. He touched down very slowly and it seems there were gusty winds. A bit more speed on touch down would be better. Then he should had continued applying left aileron pressure to counter the crosswind. Good thing he saved it.
nikolaki70 2 years ago
he was flyin the hell outa that old bird! awsome, i would love to see this in person
jfl187 2 years ago
nothing like a bit of crosswind lol the pilot knew what he was doing thats why he came in at an angle on decent.
TheFighterpilot93 2 years ago
If I remember correctly, there's a big gully just off that end of the runway, that causes an area of roiling air, just short of the threshold.
shrek087 2 years ago 2
too slow, no flare, late actions aileron comands against winds...but...how wonderful is the sound of a merlin engine...
nimrob 2 years ago
Almost as good as ME 109
Brainiac83 2 years ago
@Brainiac83
wrong answer, you dont get a cookie
chestateegold 2 years ago
@chestateegold You can love your country all you want but the statistics say otherwise.
Brainiac83 2 years ago
@Brainiac83
ok there guy. i am forced to ask why do you come onto a video looking for an arguement?
you post a comment that will obivously upset viewers so ican determine that you came here looking for an arguement.
and in my response i said nothing about being better, just showing to you that your comment was rather misplaced.
then you bring up that i love my country? what the hell does that have to do with anything? you respond to things not said.
you are a troll
chestateegold 2 years ago
@Brainiac83
and after a quick internet check, i see that more p51s shot now the me109s than the me109s shot down the p51s.
there are the statistics. you came here looking for an arguement, so you are going to get one
chestateegold 2 years ago
surely you mean a Bf-109...? which was old shit anyway by the time the p-51d appeared. the germans carried on building them because of desperation,not because they were any good; their day had been and gone. still deadly in the hands of an experten,they killed and injured hundreds of less able pilots. had the war situation not been so desperate the 109 would have been replaced altogether by the fw-190,a far superior aircraft.
gsnake666 1 year ago
can tell from the approach speed that he was flying into one hell of a head wind. the thing looked like it was nearly hovering right b4 landing.. one has to ask why he flew something so precious in such horrible conditions... i wouldn't take mine up in that weather.. perhaps the pilot doesn't own it.
jakey130486 2 years ago 2
Maybe it was calm when he took off. You are familiar with the unpredictable British weather ;)
GerbilEssences 2 years ago
As an old pilot friend of mine once said: "Any landing you can walk away from is a goodun!"
macp300 2 years ago
It may be a good one but that's the difference between flying for fun and being a professional pilot. When lives are on the line anything less than great isn't good enough.
1969LEO1969 2 years ago
Left Aileron, Left Aileron. SCRAPE! ARGH! You can hear the wind. sounds like it's really gusting there.
JoeEndo 2 years ago
Actually, speaking as a 3000 hr pilot, that's pretty @#$% near to being a crash, or at least a bent airplane. He did a great job keeping it under control, and he was also lucky.
riderpoet 2 years ago
Put the flaps away!! lol
Squirrel9901 2 years ago
Ah, was still under control.
Zweiland: bist Du einfältig?
Fritztoons 2 years ago
Warum fragst du das denn?
Zweiland 2 years ago
Er muss sein haha :)
floofynut 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Shit planes anyway.
Zweiland 2 years ago
What a fucking idiot. Get off the internet please.
Drpepper687 2 years ago 2
Regardless of "fault" this is nowhere near a "crash". The wingtips of fighters like these have an extra layer of cladding that can take a scrape or two, and unless it is allowed to progress into a groundloop at high speed, it still isn't an "emergency".
These aircraft were designed to be flown by low-time pilots to get them to the fighting front quickly, and a lot of engineering went into toughness.
rockyPants4000 2 years ago 3
yeah that was nothin, those birds were designed to be tough, this wasnt even a minor scrape.
MiniDevilDF 2 years ago
cosford air show rules
i go every year
sampicko 2 years ago
Sharfrs1 The pilot in question was flying Miss Helen, the airplane had Engine problems during the balbo and was lucky not to smash a beautiful airplane as he had no power on landing, hence the problems you mentioned....
wamb17 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
tom cruise is gay
eckels3000 2 years ago 34
But his Mustang is baeutiful... :-)
P214Stearman 2 years ago 2
and he wrecked his Pitts S2
Whiney8YearOld 2 years ago
@eckels3000 maybe... but his got a p51 , and you? macho man
tocamadera 1 year ago
@eckels3000 like u
Wertislaw 1 year ago
@eckels3000
Personal experience?
Toyman07 1 year ago
Must be Mustang pilots in general then - last year at Flying Legends , Duxford, a Mustang pilot smashed his left undercarriage with what can only be described as a piss poor landing.He bounced twice and at one point , after cutting the engine, nearly tipped it over. I was there.I have pics to prove.Shame cos I was videoing but stopped just as the accident happened.The pilot was well pissed off, kicking the wheel in frustration !!
sharfrs1 2 years ago 2
Dang wind gusts!!!!
planesntrains2002 2 years ago
more money than skills
danielhenriquetostes 2 years ago
amen.
I'll never ever feel sorry for this people
zeker111 2 years ago
Dont know if that was a joke or not so.
hey if you want to make fun of tom cruise being the best pilot thats ok but dont make fun of my dad. he could eat cruise for lunch.
amediastintas 2 years ago 2
Cruise could eat your dad for breakfast
zeker111 2 years ago
He does!!! He has my dad's sausage for brekky every morning. How did you know?
texNoz 2 years ago 2
This actually happened in 1944. They loaded fresh water into long range taks for the pilots to take over to Normandy with them and, not used to landing with drop tanks on, the pilot dug in his wing tip as he stalled coming over the fence. The Mustang does have a bad stall characteristic but then again no plane is perfect. They were built for average pilots to fight in with minimal, for those days, fligt instruction
oldtimeroap 2 years ago
Left aileron right rudder
InfidelisMax 2 years ago
its got everything to do with the pilot poeple. he sucks. a pilot should never let the wing lift like that. he got distracted or sometyhing but he sucked. im not stupid critic either. i fly tail wheel aircraft and trycicle gear aircraft. and fly very light planes compared to this p51. its all about the pilot. theres just pilots that are not good seat of the pants pilots.
amediastintas 2 years ago
Personally, I have never seen a "sucky pilot" have the opportunity or chance to fly a P-51. Just me though.
snipey852 2 years ago 2
well. to be truthfull ive seen pilots with thousands of hours make classic newbie mistakes like that. one of my mentors. he has about oh maybe 10 thousand hours mountain flying and other stuff. and hes the best pilot ive ever met but he makes some very classic mistakes. i think its that flying becomes second nature for them and they get lazy and if they get lazy they suck at least for a short period of time. but 90 percent of all mistakes is about the pilot
amediastintas 2 years ago
I'm going to have to agree with that. They become complacent and almost lazy like you said, and don't expect anything like that to happen to them because of either their years of flying experience, or outrageous number of flight time.
snipey852 2 years ago 2
Mate you are so not a pilot and blatently have never operated a military aircraft. Pilots understand that things like this can happen to anyone sometimes.
mahanthayer 2 years ago
yawn yawn. dude ive been flying for five 12 years. my father has been flying for over 20 and with over 3500 hours flight time and this is never happened to either of us. i do have a friend that has about 14k hours. and he has done this. but this is because of complacency. so. i dont need to argue with someone that doesnt know about aviation. if you are a pilot then you really suck at flying dude. this should never happen to a pilot. there is no excuse for poor flying like this.
amediastintas 2 years ago
Young man, you might review your posts - your point is, what? Your dad has 3500 hours and he's perfect. But, one of your "mentors" has 10 thousand hours and somehow you find a way to insult him. Oh, and guess what? You have even less time than both! Try this - look in the mirror and say, "arrogant dumbass". Now you're talking straight boy! Remember this: Good pilots do their "talking" in the cockpit. Nuff said.
merckyman 2 years ago
i told you not to write me back if you had some lame ass response. ok here goes the argument i wanted to avoid. my dad is a VERY cautios and Very good pilot he doesnt make mistakes like this. the other pilot with about 14 thousand. is one of the best pilots anybody can ever meet he is awesome. but he is soo used to flying he makes some mistakes i would never make. not because im better seat of the pants pilot but because im more cautios than him. so OLD man i do do my talking in the cokpit
amediastintas 2 years ago
You poor sad little man...
merckyman 2 years ago
you are wrong the best pilot in the world is tom cruise, if you don't believe me then look at the movie top gun you noob
your daddy is cheese compared to tom cruise
zeker111 2 years ago
yawn yawn. whatever turns you on
amediastintas 2 years ago
First off yes it was obviously bad flying on his part, you can see the lack of basic proper control positioning in the crosswind and if you operating a bird such as a mustang there is simply no excuse for something like that, it was purely his fault. with that said you need to realize that if you continue to fly one day you will too make a mistake that is stupid and I hope for your sake it is small enough for you to be able to walk away and think about your attitude towards flying .
jimd118 2 years ago
by the way dont write me back. save us the brainless arguments of me trying to convince you i do fly. so unless you have a very GOOOD argument about why this should happen to anyone dont write back,
amediastintas 2 years ago
Im not trying to prove im better im saying this guy screwed up with a CLASSIC rookie mistake. if you dont aggree you may be the idiot flying this p51. so in review. MANY HOURS DOESNT MAKE YOU GOOD. AIRPLANE YOU CAN FLY. DOESNT MAKE YOU GOOD. ROOKIE MISTAKES ALL OF US CAN MAKE ONE. OLDER PILOTS PROBABLY MAKE MORE BECAUSE THEY FEEL THEYCAN GET AWAY WITH MORE. NOT CAUSE THEIR STUPID CAUSE THEYRE COMPLACENT
amediastintas 2 years ago
The interesting part of the video is at 1:28
So you can skip all the garbage...
timanonymous 2 years ago