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Reno Air Races To Return In 2012 In Spite Of Deadly Crash
The National Championship Air Races will return to Nevada’s Reno-Stead Airfield this year after a deadly accident cut the 2011 races short, the Reno Air Racing Association announced Jan. 4. The crash of a P-51D Mustang into the box seat area during the 2011 races killed 11, including pilot Jimmy Leeward, and injured more than 70, sending shock waves through the aviation community and casting doubt on the championship’s future. The association said in a press conference that it had formed a Blue… (www.aopa.org) और अधिक...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I don't think any a/c should be flying at max speeds, especially over spectators, if there are any questions of airworthiness. That said, I am sure that the tragedy last year will at least have the effect making certain that such checks are doubly done at future competitions. Leaving the past where it is, I am glad the airshow continues... it's an exciting remnant of flying's early days, harking back to the pre-FAA exploits of "golden age" barnstormers.
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Thank you for responding but I am not satisfied. Tell me have you even seen the actual structural calculations (finite element, etc.) of each one of the mods that have been made to each one of the P51s, Corsairs, etc. (STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS, *AIRFRAMES, *FLUTTER, COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION, FLIGHT TESTING, VIBRATION, EQUATIONS OF MOTION, AEROELASTICITY,
STRUCTURAL RESPONSE, AERODYNAMIC LOADING, WIND TUNNEL TESTS, EXTERNAL). Ditto for the modified components of the power plants. Have you ever seen the wind tunnel tests to validate the structural calculations that for all practical purposes are only theoretical ones until they pass the wind tunnel tests. Now which authority reviewed all these processes and approved them, the FAA, or who; I bet you none. The guys doing the actual physical work at Chino, Calif. and other places are terribly good at it, real masters if not artists in their own right, you only have to see the carcasses that are brought to them for "repairs" and the wonderful end product that came after months of painstaking work.
STRUCTURAL RESPONSE, AERODYNAMIC LOADING, WIND TUNNEL TESTS, EXTERNAL). Ditto for the modified components of the power plants. Have you ever seen the wind tunnel tests to validate the structural calculations that for all practical purposes are only theoretical ones until they pass the wind tunnel tests. Now which authority reviewed all these processes and approved them, the FAA, or who; I bet you none. The guys doing the actual physical work at Chino, Calif. and other places are terribly good at it, real masters if not artists in their own right, you only have to see the carcasses that are brought to them for "repairs" and the wonderful end product that came after months of painstaking work.
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Amen
If they continue to push the hell out of aircraft built 3/4 of a century ago subjecting them to untested modifications (shortened wings, etc. no wind tunnel validation) there is going to be more accidents.