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Old 07-02-2007, 07:23 PM  
Mr Pheer
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Originally Posted by [ Nate ] View Post
Holy crap! Was that taken right before impact?
land a tail-dragger plane (in this case, a Van's RV7) on a grass field is tricky. Whats happening in the pic is not the plane crashing straight into the ground, its actually the plane doing a 'nose over' after it landed.

The plane has landed, the pilot did not correctly transition the weight to the tail wheel, and the plane is flipping over on the runway.
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