JohnB Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 I'm a bit surprised no one has posted this here so far. Apparently he had engine trouble and took the best coarse of action to save the airplane. Textbook ditching. I hope the plane can be recovered before the ocean tears it apart. 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Saw the video. Textbook water landing......harv 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 That was a an amazing feat, and very lucky that no swimmers were caught up in the incident, everyone seemed so calm, though it was probably because it happened so fast. Cheers Dennis 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FME erk Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Thanks for sharing, so fortunate that somebody recorded it . . . I echo you thoughts about getting it saved before the tides rip it apart .. . . 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Here's the latest on the recovery from HS https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/hyperscale/interesting-footage-of-a-tbm-ditching-today-in-flo-t523135-s10.html Cheers Dennis 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Local news described it as a ; "World War two era jet". 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted April 19, 2021 Author Share Posted April 19, 2021 7 hours ago, Spitfire said: That was a an amazing feat, and very lucky that no swimmers were caught up in the incident, everyone seemed so calm, though it was probably because it happened so fast. Cheers Dennis Very lucky he had a place withing gliding distance to land. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted April 19, 2021 Author Share Posted April 19, 2021 5 hours ago, FME erk said: Thanks for sharing, so fortunate that somebody recorded it . . . I echo you thoughts about getting it saved before the tides rip it apart .. . . I hope they are getting on with it soon! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted April 19, 2021 Author Share Posted April 19, 2021 2 hours ago, Spitfire said: Here's the latest on the recovery from HS https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/hyperscale/interesting-footage-of-a-tbm-ditching-today-in-flo-t523135-s10.html Cheers Dennis Good to hear Dennis. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted April 19, 2021 Author Share Posted April 19, 2021 1 hour ago, belugawhaleman said: Local news described it as a ; "World War two era jet". Typical. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusMac Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Even made the BBC news over here. Very neat ditching and lucky the beach was quite quiet. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted April 19, 2021 Author Share Posted April 19, 2021 49 minutes ago, GusMac said: Even made the BBC news over here. Very neat ditching and lucky the beach was quite quiet. Agreed! Very well done. It has been recovered now for rebuild, etc. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Good save, glad no one was inured. It sucks though that they will probably have to tear it apart again from all the salt water getting into everything 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted April 20, 2021 Author Share Posted April 20, 2021 7 minutes ago, The Dude said: Good save, glad no one was inured. It sucks though that they will probably have to tear it apart again from all the salt water getting into everything No doubt it will be a big job but at least the a/c was saved. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 On 4/19/2021 at 10:56 AM, JohnB said: Typical. Yes, I was thinking I would be seeing a Comet or a ME 162 ditch 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted April 20, 2021 Author Share Posted April 20, 2021 High and dry now. Too bad it was further damaged on recovery. 3 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 That's a sad sight, hope it's not as bad as it looks. Cheers Dennis 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted April 21, 2021 Author Share Posted April 21, 2021 7 hours ago, Spitfire said: That's a sad sight, hope it's not as bad as it looks. Cheers Dennis Agreed. It could have been a lot worse though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 Glad no one was injured on the beach and the Avenger was salvaged Keep 'em comin Peter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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