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  • DirteJoe
    DirteJoe replied to the thread Toronto place crash.
    Here's another image of the detached wing and gear showing the gear most likely is in the retracted position. At first I thought it...
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  • DirteJoe
    DirteJoe replied to the thread Toronto place crash.
    It may have swung up
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  • DirteJoe
    DirteJoe replied to the thread Toronto place crash.
    Even from this angle you can see the gear hitting hard before the wing ever touches. I wonder if they arrived in a stall.
  • DirteJoe
    DirteJoe replied to the thread Toronto place crash.
    Passengers of the plane have been reporting multiple events of bumps and drops from possibly wind as they were coming in just before...
  • DirteJoe
    DirteJoe replied to the thread Toronto place crash.
    Low level windshear from weather and tall buildings and down you go. If reports are correct on the pilots, one is a sim instructor using...
  • DirteJoe
    DirteJoe replied to the thread Toronto place crash.
    One frame later you can see fuel coming out of the wing as the gear was pushed through a tank before the wing hits.
  • DirteJoe
    DirteJoe reacted to Alistair_Heaton's post in the thread Toronto place crash with Like Like.
    I only know the last one because the pilot did well. The first three are murdering pilots. They don't deserve to be known.
  • DirteJoe
    DirteJoe replied to the thread Toronto place crash.
    I don't think anyone is doubting they work. Airplane wings are just not the appropriate application.
  • DirteJoe
    DirteJoe replied to the thread Toronto place crash.
    Just trying to imagine the torquing and safety wiring process on breakaway bolts on a wing boggles the mind. Imagine being in a high G...
  • DirteJoe
    In my opinion it looks as if it's been heated and painted with spray galv, which may indicate a weld repair. Considering Vail's history...
  • DirteJoe
    Multiple heat events is what you'd expect to see on a weld repair of a casting in that area. Losts of getting it red or near red...
  • DirteJoe
    DirteJoe replied to the thread Toronto place crash.
    Has it been stated how short of a distance it was before they came to a stop yet?
  • DirteJoe
    DirteJoe reacted to TugboatEng's post in the thread Toronto place crash with Like Like.
    Maybe it was a Navy pilot.
  • DirteJoe
    DirteJoe replied to the thread Toronto place crash.
    It's more of an engineering triumph seeing as everyone survived. thebard3, once the wing contacted the ground hard it had nowhere to go...
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    DirteJoe reacted to TugboatEng's post in the thread Toronto place crash with Like Like.
    I've said it before but maybe it needs to be repeated. Take a subject that you are intimately familiar with and find a news article on...

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