- Dec 27, 2012
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Plane crash at Tipton airfield
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- Dec 27, 2012
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It appears they're ok
http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/28055128/2-injured-after-small-plane-crash-in-eastern-maryland?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Looks like a tough one to walk away from. Good for them.
http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/28055128/2-injured-after-small-plane-crash-in-eastern-maryland?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Looks like a tough one to walk away from. Good for them.
I wonder if that's what the Fire Rescue Technical truck was headed to when I was on my way over to On Target today. I followed it on Rte 100 to 295, and it kept going south when I pulled off of 295 onto 175, which would make sense - they'd want to roll on to Rte 32 from there. I'm guessing that's the truck that carries the Jaws units.
Mack C-85
R.I.P.
Actually, lots of units closer carry jaws....the Technical Rescue unit is the County's Haz-Mat unit and is dispatched to more complicated cases...high angle rescues, collapses, haz-mats, etc. They are housed at the Jones Station station on Ritchie Hwy just north of College Parkway.
I hear that it's tough to land with the wheels up like that.....
jmike1487
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Cheesehead
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Its harder to taxi...
The problem with an inverted Grumman is that it has a canopy instead of doors. All that weight was sitting on the canopy. Clipping the wings with the jaws of life is too dangerous due to all of the fuel fumes if they drained the tanks. One reason I only fly in small aircraft that have a minimum of two doors.
My general rule of thumb these days is to never get in a plane where the engines aren't divisible by 2.
Skins_Brew
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What are you gonna do, chop it in half?
- Dec 27, 2012
- 30,203
It took them 50 minutes to extricate the men in the plane
One of the men, Barnett is the transportation and community programs chief for Charles County.
http://wtop.com/ann-arundel-county/2015/02/charles-co-transportation-chief-1-2-hurt-plane-crash/
http://wtop.com/ann-arundel-county/2015/02/charles-co-transportation-chief-1-2-hurt-plane-crash/
- Feb 4, 2013
- 28,175
Twice as much chance of an engine failure.
Also, with a single, if the engine quits, you look for a place to land.
With a twin, you just fly further to the crash site as the pilot tries to push things too far.
j_h_smith
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- Jul 28, 2007
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They're not out of the woods yet...
Seriously, I hope they both recover!
Jim Smith
Seriously, I hope they both recover!
Jim Smith
The two men in the a/c are not"ok", they are alive but in shock trauma. First responders had to cut the fuselage in half to get them out. The tall poplars and maples helped shed energy from the impact otherwise they would have been DRT.
John
John
j_h_smith
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- Jul 28, 2007
- 28,516
I heard one is now in fair condition, but the other is still critical.
I hope they both will be okay.
Jim Smith
I hope they both will be okay.
Jim Smith
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