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Thanks for posting this. I saw the 1:40 incident happen from the ground, and it's very interesting to see it from the air. Whilst undeniably a "screw up" I think it's a great object lesson in human performance & limitations and all the things we get taught about how other aeroplanes are very hard...

Skyraider F-AZDP had a mid-air collision with Mustang D-FBBD.

Search "Duxford crash 2011" and there are several videos from various angles. I was there at the time but not filming. The Mustang got a hard smack in the belly and was unflyable. The pilot, Rob Davies, got clear and his parachute ope...

@bimse111

Their specific fuel consumption (unit power delivered per unit fuel burned) is fairly diabolical, and it's never going to significantly improve. Lots of people have tried it, but these things just drink fuel like there's no tomorrow.

Some people think their small size and light weight m...

@cutelookindoctor

We considered a Porsche but the small interior, dick head image and silver spray painted plastic interior trim which looked the same as the old Ford Cougar I had from 1999 made up my mind. My wife and I both have Jags now, and intend to stick with the brand. Wish I could affor...

@dvdk87

If it had a "regular" engine, it would be a regular car. This is about seeing how far technology can be pushed. I imagine there were people a century ago wishing that people would stop messing around with internal combustion engines because steam works so well, or indeed messing about wi...

@destiny6666

It does when you go faster. It runs just on batteries when crawling around like this. When you're going a long way or driving harder the gas turbines start; at which point it sounds like a jet :)

@puckerfactor1 You're quite wrong. Geoffrey De Havilland Jr's single engined aerobatics not only happened, but are referred to in numerous reliable written sources and even caught on film (broadcast on UK TV about a decade ago too on a programme about the Mossie).

The aircraft was well known for...

@ChrizRockster

(Sources: I'm a Student Pilot with a family history in aviation.)

One day you're going to come across that comment again and cringe...

Pilots know how to fly a plane. Engineers know how they fly. Student pilots get taught the grossly over-simplified versions of everything to sav...

@CircusAviation

I've seen much worse! For the type of plane this is that really isn't an unmanageable stall at all.