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By Steve Hall |
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June 9, 2010 - The
National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday dispatched a team to
investigate why a Boeing Stearman ST75 (N27WE) ground looped and then
flipped on landing on the main runway, 1 at The 1943 World War II biplane was one of eight vintage aircraft that was given clearance to land. The pilot, stated to authorities that while the plane was rolling down the runway after touchdown the pilot tapped the breaks at which time the aircraft cartwheel, landing upside sown. Without injury the pilot and passenger on board were able to climb outside the aircraft.
It is still
unclear as to what caused the Boeing Stearman PT-17, called the “Yellow
Mistress” to have flipped over. It is likely that the brakes locked up
causing the plane to cartwheel. The Yellow Mistress was one of eight
vintage planes that flew into Reagan to promote the opening of the 3-D
film "Legends of Flight" an IMAX movie at the Smithsonian's National Air
and The passenger, Michael Truschel of Nokesville, Virgina is a Washington Post reporter who went along to write a story, caught the incident on video. All eight aircraft with open cockpits were built between 1938 and 1943 had journalist ridding alongside the pilots to cover and publicize the event.
The Stearman
(Boeing) is a biplane, of which at least 9,783 were built in the |
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