Planes on Flatbeds
I believe that this is a record for me. Well, not quite Guinness record-worthy, but how many out there have seen three aircraft on flatbeds along Interstate 10 in one day? Two Northrop T-38 Talon supersonic trainers going somewhere and a bent up Cessna on the flatbed headed to somewhere else.
Clickable image. We’re on the road again and won’t be very verbose for a few days. We’ll try and get something on the blog daily, though.
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drjim on 14 Jan 2010 at 1050 #
The Talons might be going to an air museum or rich collector.
The Cessna might be going to the recycle bin!
Enjoy your trip!
Minstrel on 14 Jan 2010 at 1544 #
When I was active in aviation, ’scavengers’ would show up at crash sites to pick up the aircraft and take it to salvage. This one probably is intact enough to rebuild. The bent prop tells me there is an engine overhaul in store before airworthiness.
You may be right about the museum. This pair was headed on I-10 in the direction of the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson. But, that’s only speculation.
Thanks for the vacation wishes. We’re doing some touristy things, but also shopping our relocation site.
drjim on 14 Jan 2010 at 1627 #
Oh, yeah, anything that bends the prop usually does some engine damage. Way back when I used to fly, one of my favorite local airports was a good sized grass strip out in the farm country. It had a “hump” in it about midway, and if you flew a low-wing airplane you had to be careful where you set down. I was out there one day shooting the breeze with a couple of my friends that worked there, and we watched a guy in a low-wing Pipe come in. he came in a little too hot, and touched down right before the hump. You guessed it, he compressed his lading gear all the way, and the prop dug several big divots out of the hump. Bent the daylights out of the prop, and we could see the whole plane shaking as he taxied in.
Good thing he was a local guy, as he had to call one of his kids to come pick him up!
Minstrel on 15 Jan 2010 at 0619 #
Well, you know the definition of a ‘good landing.’ Getting out of the wreckage and throwing your hat down is better than the ‘bad landing’ scenario.
drjim on 15 Jan 2010 at 1206 #
As my Instructor used to tell me, “Takeoffs are optional, landings are mandatory”!
Minstrel on 16 Jan 2010 at 1424 #
As in “flying is the second greatest thrill - landing is the first.”