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    Senior Member Derf's Avatar
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    B-17 incident at FRG and my article in the local paper

    Being that this was for the newspaper, I had to adhere to their guidlines in
    the type of creative writing!

    I was down at the local airport watching this takeoff and land



    and watched him pull in


    There were lot of people that were praying that there was not going to be an
    incident because the plane was old, and everyone knows that old planes are
    not safe....only new ones are! I saw a pilot who clamed to be a 747 pilot
    and he told me the only reason he was still alive at 22 year old was because
    he only fly's planes younger than his 3rd son. So here is this really old
    unsafe aircraft coming right at me and I was really scared because I knew
    that old planes leak oil, unlike new ones...new ones do not leak oil because
    they are safe. Ok, so that sets the stage

    Now there were lots of old people on the tarmac and this was even more
    worrying to me because old people can not usually drive and old people are
    dangerous, Well...not all but 99.9934% of them are but they are not usually
    dangerous enough to kill themselves...just others, and this big old dangerous
    aircraft that leaks oil is coming right at me with old people giving it hand
    motions like “Come this way” “turn around” and “****off”. They pull the
    aircraft forward and I am watching in disbelief that they are actually letting
    the engines run, those blades were old and spinning really really fast, and
    anyone knows that old blades are not as good as new ones, I always heard
    my dad bitching about old blades in the bathroom and think most know this
    fact.

    So this big old oil leaking, beast with these 12 old spinning blades of pure
    death are turning around feet from my mommas little boy when it happens,
    yep....The screwed up and nosed him in and now they have to turn the plane
    all the way around in stead of backing it up in the first place.... I dunno,
    maybe the reverse in the aircraft was broken, cause it was very old.... or
    maybe the people on the ground were to old to think that it was.....well,
    whatever! you get the idea.

    So the plane continues it turn as I watch the wing feet over my head with
    those 12 spinning blades of death just feet from my mommas little baby boy.


    and I look up and see the wing is about to hit the bricks of the hangar and I
    scream in agony with every one on the ramp as the rampgrandfatherrats give
    him a big X with their hands (I later found out that this means "YOUR
    ****ED") and the aircraft stops just millimeters in front of the brick....

    The aircraft shimmied back a foot and forward 1/2 a foot then back 1/4 foot
    and there was a huge sound of relief because all standing nearby knew we
    just almost died from this huge dangerous oil leaking aircraft.

    ****THEN THE PLANE JUMPED FOWARD!!!**** and Boom!


    All of a sudden, the wing like was cut off the aircraft and the smoldering
    smoking glass that was on fire fell and everyone started to scream and
    cry...The pilots tried to choke back the tears but we all just melted down
    right there knowing that this was the beging of the end and we would soon
    all die. I saw people calling loved ones on there cell phones, parents were
    cuddling with children and it was all really emotional....The pilot got out of
    the plane and said "****** ****** ******** ***** ******", he was
    not a native New Yorker but fit in really well and even thought about his poor
    feeling until I remembered that I was about to die. He looked over at me and
    said "Don't cry little girl, The aircraft can be fixed", and that pissed me off
    because I am a 32 year old married man. It was at that point that I realized
    how close I really came to death. Here is a picture of the aftermath of the
    incident.

    About 15 minutes later, 3 guys in black suits wearing sunglasses came on a
    weird black helicopter (I had 2 pictures of it but for some weird reason it
    dissapeared off my camera!) and within about 10 minutes, the light was
    suddenly fixed!

    For the rest of the day I walked around with a very large smile just glad to
    be alive!



    (So, what do you guys think? Will I have a futuer in news????)
    The three most common expressions in aviation are, "Why is it doing that?", "Where are we?" and "Oh Crap".

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    hahhahaah...the paper would be much more enjoyable if I was reading stories like that. good job. :lol:

    I remember seeing the fireball in the sky, and i wondered what that couldve been. now I know.
    Shoot first, ask questions later.
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    Enjoyed your article Derf. :D

    Unfortunately, I have witnessed first hand the operation there of B-17s in and out of that tight space. With all due respect to the folks handling that task, more care (and seriousness) is needed.
    "Keep 'em Flying"

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    That's what I call efficient maintenance!
    If it 'aint Boeing, I 'aint goin'.

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    Re: B-17 incident at FRG and my article in the local paper

    Quote Originally Posted by Derf
    So, what do you guys think? Will I have a futuer in news????
    Well, maybe you can get a job at the NY Post...

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    Re: B-17 incident at FRG and my article in the local paper

    Quote Originally Posted by moose135
    Quote Originally Posted by Derf
    So, what do you guys think? Will I have a futuer in news????
    Well, maybe you can get a job at the NY Post...
    :lol: I think my spelling is better then theirs too!
    The three most common expressions in aviation are, "Why is it doing that?", "Where are we?" and "Oh Crap".

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    Re: B-17 incident at FRG and my article in the local paper

    Quote Originally Posted by Derf
    Quote Originally Posted by moose135
    Quote Originally Posted by Derf
    So, what do you guys think? Will I have a futuer in news????
    Well, maybe you can get a job at the NY Post...
    :lol: I think my spelling is better then theirs too!

    lol

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    Fred,

    Did you get any Liberator shots this time? Watched that sucker takeoff at least 8 times Sun & Mon from the office window. #1 engine shot out white smoke almost half way down the runway each & every time.

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    I got a few Sunday afternoon. Met Eric and his son Chris (The Urban Explorers) out at the departure end of Rwy 01, then we hooked up again on Rt 109 for the landing:




    Also got some of the B-17:



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    Quote Originally Posted by lijk604
    Fred,

    Did you get any Liberator shots this time? Watched that sucker takeoff at least 8 times Sun & Mon from the office window. #1 engine shot out white smoke almost half way down the runway each & every time.
    I got a bunch but liked this one
    http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=540761

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    The three most common expressions in aviation are, "Why is it doing that?", "Where are we?" and "Oh Crap".

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    Nice shots Fred & Moose!

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