Warbird Information Exchange

Just received AvFlash and they say that the aircraft had suffered a canopy separation that had damaged the rear spar. I don't know if it had been repaired or not, or how it was repaired.

So it is not just a case of old airplanes breaking up in the air. I suggest you head out to avweb.com and read what they put up on the subject.

http://www.avweb.com

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Olivier Lacombe -- Harvard Mk.4 C-GBQB

Well, I believe that's exactly what the problem is. According to the AVweb article the wing failed in a different location than any of the previous failures. To quote AVweb, "...the failure point was in the center fuselage section...", which would make one think that the canopy incident may not have played any role in this accident.

Ollie, you are assuming that the G limits are being exceeded in the Air Combat schools, while everyone else is playing by the rules. You may be correct, but until such a time as the FAA can prove to themselves that that's what happened I'm sure the T-34 fleet will stay on the ground.

They may stay there in the USA.

I have yet to see anything said by TC for ours.

Safe skies guys.

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Olivier Lacombe -- Harvard Mk.4 C-GBQB

What I heard this weekend is that the aircraft had a failure inboard of the wing attach points. The part of the wing dtructure that is inside of the fuselage. This is thought to be a new type of failure from the previous two. As I understand it, the FAA and others are going to take a very thorough look at that area and see if it could affect all T-34's or even Bonanzas and other Beech built aircraft with similar design.