RAAF Hudson bomber crash in 1940s video

[sabredriver]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH_qBpDd9h4

This is shocking obviously beyond safe loading for G force and sad to see the hudson wing fail and they spin in...

[vernicator]

Yes, indeed shocking and the reult of wreckless abuse of a perfectly good aircraft...but what I found most disturbing was the galant music playing while all onboard obviously perished.

[Aircraft Mech Paul]

One word about this video....OUCH !!

You never like to watch videos like this where someone dies. Even though it is a video of an aircraft that isn't "popular" the video is kinda neat on that aspect. But actually watching someone die isn't something "cool" to watch.

just my two cents,

Paul

[daveymac82c]

That is a very sad video, and I echo the comments about the music that accompanied it.

Who says that airplane isn't popular though? Of course it's not a Spit, Mustang, or B-17... but still a warbird. To me, all warbirds have the same appeal.

I am always eager to see warbirds in any state with any history. I guess you could say that I'm a total history nerd, but I just love the stuff.

Thank you for posting the video. It does seem hard to believe that airplane exceeded it's max G loading. It didn't look like it was going too fast (what is the VNE on those anyway?). I get the feeling that it had previously exceeded max G, but the airframe was still intact, so the unsuspecting next person to push the airframe got a tragic surprise.

-David

[Chris Brame]

The same person also has posted a clip of a midair between two Bristol Beauforts.

[PJ]

I stumbled across this video a few weeks ago. That manouver is not outside the limits for the Hudson. It is hard to say what caused the catastrophic wing failure. As someone who flys on a Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon that does that same manouver, I found it very sobering.
PJ

[bdk]

I think that the Hudson is just a clip from a film of some type. I don't think that the poster put the music to the video.

A couple more interesting ones:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_WfKTja ... ed&search=

Spitfire crash (fatal?)- what are the details?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2PvGPgc ... ed&search=

[T J Johansen]

Spitfire crash (fatal?)- what are the details?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2PvGPgc ... ed&search=

Rolls Royce pilot Dave Moore at the controls of Mk. XIV RM689 at Woodford, UK in 1992. Definately fatal!

T J

[Aircraft Mech Paul]

That Spitfire Vid is equally bad from a spectator's view. looks like he did his aerobatic's too low and pancaked it.

Paul

[henry]

as an asside. how many hudsons have survived in some form or other?

thanks.

henry.

[Kdmoo]

Don't know how many static Hudsons have survived. The only current flying one that I know of is the Temora Mk.III

http://www.aviationmuseum.com.au/aircraft/Hudson.cfm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRKMFMxcd0c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acpOi5UkKXY

[helinut]

I just watched the video, and i think it is a ventura, not a hudson, look at how hight he horizontal stabilizer is mounted and the notice in the rear on the fuselage.

[Jesse C.]

While on the subject of videos and downed aircraft. does anyone know anything about this Focke Wulf?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmKFqFDRfrQ

[DaveM2]

Paul Allen's 190, use the search facility for info.

Dave

[Jesse C.]

Thanks for the handy tip, Dave!