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How to fly a DC4.
Posted: 12 Feb 2021, 18:45
by Scorpius
Re: How to fly a DC4.
Posted: 12 Feb 2021, 20:18
by Buggyman
Wow!
What a find, thanks for sharing
Allan
Re: How to fly a DC4.
Posted: 12 Feb 2021, 22:46
by GHD
Unbelievable
Re: How to fly a DC4.
Posted: 13 Feb 2021, 00:04
by Paul K
To be honest, I wouldn't have liked watching that.
Re: How to fly a DC4.
Posted: 13 Feb 2021, 08:00
by Tomliner
To be honest, I wouldn't have liked watching that.
I know what you mean. A spectacular display but I found it a bit uncomfortable to watch. I kept thinking that maybe he’s pushing his luck.
EricT
Re: How to fly a DC4.
Posted: 13 Feb 2021, 09:41
by Scorpius
I know what you mean. A spectacular display but I found it a bit uncomfortable to watch. I kept thinking that maybe he’s pushing his luck.
EricT
If you read the comments below the video, the pilot said he thought he had lost it at one stage.
Nev
Re: How to fly a DC4.
Posted: 13 Feb 2021, 12:07
by cstorey
I think the word "not" was omitted from the title of this thread . An accident looking for somewhere to happen , and an object lesson in why such tomfoolery has now been stopped . Old pilots and bold pilots.......
Re: How to fly a DC4.
Posted: 15 Feb 2021, 17:42
by Scorpius
'You may need a little oposite aileron in the crosswind'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xHwFid63fY
And large bootfuls of rudder.
Nev
Re: How to fly a DC4.
Posted: 16 Feb 2021, 20:10
by chrispbits
Well, that's an airframe with quite a lot less life in it. Spectacular flying though even if a touch foolhardy.
Re: How to fly a DC4.
Posted: 18 Feb 2021, 14:54
by Chris Trott
I'm honestly wondering where the foolhardy is in the display? The 2 maneuvers at 1:50 and beyond are both variants of a Chandelle or Emergency 180 and the only danger is if he unloaded the airplane and then loaded it back, but it doesn't look like that happened. This was a practiced and often flown routine for the SAAF C-54s at airshows, so while maybe not something you do every day in the plane, I don't see how it's unsafe, or unwatchable.