Close call for a Yak
Sun Oct 22, 2006 9:55 pm
I would've landed and changed my pants right away. Notice the announcer stops speaking, uncertain of what outcome would unfold. I can't believe the prop did not strike!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2PvcG4Vmyw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2PvcG4Vmyw
Sun Oct 22, 2006 10:02 pm
Man he was lucky he did not crash, I'm sure he had to clean out his pants. 
Sun Oct 22, 2006 10:08 pm
Whoa!
Anyone know where or who that was?
Anyone know where or who that was?
Sun Oct 22, 2006 10:43 pm
The markings almost look like this YAK:
Any idea who's it is? Those pictures were taken at Langley AFB in 2004. I would have guessed Yagen's / Fighter Factory's but I thought their's was blue.
Shay
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Semper Fortis
Any idea who's it is? Those pictures were taken at Langley AFB in 2004. I would have guessed Yagen's / Fighter Factory's but I thought their's was blue.
Shay
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Semper Fortis
Sun Oct 22, 2006 10:45 pm
Yippes!!!
Anybody know where and when?
He may have recovered off the runway, over a lower spot in the grass.
Jerry
Anybody know where and when?
He may have recovered off the runway, over a lower spot in the grass.
Jerry
Sun Oct 22, 2006 10:46 pm
We did this a couple of years ago, and it all got rather heated. Dan McCue, I believe. A VERY lucky man.
Sun Oct 22, 2006 11:08 pm
Yikes!
How many G's did he pull?!
I don't think I would have done that roll after that pullout....
Lucky guy.
Z
How many G's did he pull?!
I don't think I would have done that roll after that pullout....
Lucky guy.
Z
Mon Oct 23, 2006 7:11 am
That is a Yak 9-UM that used to belong to a couple of guys out of Memphis. I maintained that airplane for years. It was purchased by a fella out of Alabama and he was letting some folks up in the northern states use it for that airshow right after he bought it. This was certainly a close call.
The airplane is based back in Alabama now.
Gary
The airplane is based back in Alabama now.
Gary
Mon Oct 23, 2006 7:51 am
I bet this guy had a pucker factor of "10" and some mighty sore arms as he was pulling back on that stick!!
John
John
Mon Oct 23, 2006 7:54 am
Maybe I am too paranoid about things that come off the Internet. Does it appear that the Yak seems to "jump" up a bit after the bottom of the pull up? And the announcer didn't say a thing about him being unusually low at the base of the maneuver? Lack of prop damage?
Could someone have doctored the video?
Just a thought.
Could someone have doctored the video?
Just a thought.
Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:12 am
No doctoring. It's all real. It happened at Andrews a few years ago.
Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:37 am
Yep, definitely real video. No damage to the airplane.
Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:01 am
Mon Oct 23, 2006 12:05 pm
I believe it was Sean Caroll and not Dangerous Dan.
Mon Oct 23, 2006 12:16 pm
Ollie wrote:I believe it was Sean Caroll and not Dangerous Dan.
You may well be right Ollie. I remember the last thread a couple of years back, Col.Rohr got involved and it all got very heated. I'm going from memory, as it looks as though the thread got pulled as I couldn't find anything through the search facility.