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A TBM Avenger lost forever!! (Read 283 times)

Mar 9^th, 2009 at 12:47pm

Willit Run Offline
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A sad day on Saturday when Tom Duffy's TBM Avenger made an emergency landing and burned to the ground. Sad

The pilot landed the plane and jumped out while it was still moving. He received 2nd & 3rd degree burns but will be o.k.!!

Here is a link to the local newspaper article.
http://www.nj.com/south/index.ssf/2009/03/wwii_avenger_bursts_into_flame.html

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Reply #1 - Mar 9^th, 2009 at 12:57pm

C Offline
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If it's any consolation, at least there are still a decent number around in airworthy condition (about 40, similar to the Spitfire), and hopefully still more in the future with the utilisation of ex fire bombing aircraft.

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Reply #2 - Mar 9^th, 2009 at 7:32pm

flyboy 28 Offline
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If I'm not mistaken, that's the same Avenger I took this video of back in 2006.

I'll have to snoop around to see if I took a photo of it.

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Reply #3 - Mar 9^th, 2009 at 10:40pm

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He really did a great job!! Glad he's going to recover- he earned it. Imagine trying to land that thing when you have to keep your hands on the stick, in the flames in order to do so! Shocked

As for the plane: it's sad, but hey, she had more fun than she was designed to... a long, happy life. And maybe better that than the scrappers.

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Reply #4 - Mar 10^th, 2009 at 8:09pm

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A great shame and lucky it was not fatal. I have to smile at the caption below the first picture, "Crews discuss how to move the plane that burned on the Millville airport runway Saturday night."..........I would suggest that not much though was required, just a bulldozer and a bucket loader!

Matt

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B1 Boeing 737-800 and Dash8 Q-400

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