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Jun 8^th, 2010 at 12:53pm

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I just saw this on the news,

Boeing Stearman Biplane Flips Over At DCA

Haven't discovered what happened yet, but I bet that had to be scary, and rather embarrassing.

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Reply #1 - Jun 8^th, 2010 at 1:23pm

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They're probably lucky that they escaped "unscathed". Hard pavement + flipping something with an open cockpit = trouble....

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Reply #2 - Jun 8^th, 2010 at 1:48pm

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Video here --> http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/06/08/342998/video-stearman-biplane-fl...

Looks like it landed with brakes on.

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Reply #3 - Jun 8^th, 2010 at 4:36pm

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Yaaarggg... that was hard to watch. I'm also guessing the brakes were applied (or stuck)... it went over pretty much as soon as it touched down. Too bad- it was a nice landing, otherwise.

Good thing it was a Stearman- they're built like tanks.

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Reply #4 - Jun 8^th, 2010 at 5:58pm

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Only the left side wheel appears to be be locked up. Did they use roller bearings on those axles?

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Reply #5 - Jun 8^th, 2010 at 6:50pm

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Wow, first time a GA plane gets to land at DCA in years, and this happens.

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Reply #6 - Jun 8^th, 2010 at 9:17pm

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Looks like he was planning to touch on the mains (wheel landing) and pushed, to stick it, a little too soon - sec 26 from the video, he was already pointed downhill before the mains touched.

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Reply #7 - Jun 9^th, 2010 at 7:50am

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Go to www.sky.com/news and there is cockpit video of the crash.

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Reply #8 - Jun 9^th, 2010 at 11:13am

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Looks to me he was doing a wheel landing, but the brakes locked up.

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Reply #9 - Jun 9^th, 2010 at 2:08pm

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Oops indeed. No matter how it happened. I can only say to the one who filmed it: Get A Tripod!!!!! All you see is a shaking video, max zoomed in and at the moment the plane flips I see plenty of sky and clouds. When will people finally learn that you can't video anything like this without a proper support.

Rant over.

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(have a nice day nonetheless)

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Reply #10 - Jun 9^th, 2010 at 2:43pm

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expat wrote on Jun 9^th, 2010 at 7:50am:

Go to www.sky.com/news and there is cockpit video of the crash.

Matt

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Reply #11 - Jun 10^th, 2010 at 11:03am

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Just watched another video (CNN) which showed the complete touchdown and it appeared both tires were smoking before he flipped. They must have been locked up - maybe he used them to stop wheel rotation after takeoff?

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