P-51D incident at New Century, Olathe, KS...No injuries
Mon May 14, 2007 4:57 am
Saw on the local 10PM news that a P-51D had a right main collapse Sunday at New Century Airport (old NAS Olathe) KS. The story was very brief and the angle wasn't great, but it appeared to be up on the gear, and I couldn't see any prop damage.
Not sure which aircraft, but it was polished, "AM" on the fuselage, black and white checkerboard on the top of the tail, red spinner and name on the nose. It was possibly in TF-51D configuration. Any ideas?
Sorry if this is a repost.
Dante
Not sure which aircraft, but it was polished, "AM" on the fuselage, black and white checkerboard on the top of the tail, red spinner and name on the nose. It was possibly in TF-51D configuration. Any ideas?
Sorry if this is a repost.
Dante
Mon May 14, 2007 11:54 am
Not a real P-51. It appears that it was an experimental Stewart S-51.
Mon May 14, 2007 12:44 pm
Wow, great looking replica. With nothing to around it to compare, it's hard to determine it was not full scale. It even looked like it had an uncuffed Ham Stand prop and a TF style canopy.
Dante
Dante
Mon May 14, 2007 1:26 pm
Glad it's not a real P51, but still a bummer 