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Matt Molnar
2010-06-08, 02:02 PM
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Eight Stearmans landed at DCA this morning to promote a movie. Only seven of them did so without nosing over. Both pilots walked away uninjured.

Full story: http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 ... n-dca.html (http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/06/08/342998/video-stearman-biplane-flips-shuts-down-dca.html)

Derf
2010-06-08, 02:30 PM
It looked like his left main was locked up.... OUCH

Matt Molnar
2010-06-08, 03:01 PM
Here's a video from on board: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... ynamiclead (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2010/06/08/VI2010060802370.html?hpid=dynamiclead)

moose135
2010-06-08, 07:35 PM
Amazing - and the best part? It looked like the Stearman following him in pulled up, flew over him, then landed past him - no sense in throwing away a good approach. :D

cancidas
2010-06-10, 12:34 AM
how the hell did they get permission to land at DCA? you can't even divert there in an emergency... (don't temp sully with a patomac landing!)

Altitude9
2010-07-16, 10:19 AM
Amazing - and the best part? It looked like the Stearman following him in pulled up, flew over him, then landed past him - no sense in throwing away a good approach. :D

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