First Flying, uh, Car Crash

a reply to: Martin75

not him, obviously

a reply to: Martin75

Don't be silly pedestrians should know to look up for cars.

There was that documentary with the flying car in it that the lad with a lightning scar on his forehead and his ginger mate stole. That clearly highlighted the dangers.

a reply to: Woody510

I have updated the Identification chart

Some noob pilots don't realize pulling back more doesn't make you go up more.

What about this from 73.

Not sure I would but that much faith in a Pinto.

The prototypes of the Mizar were made by mating the rear portion of a Cessna Skymaster to a Ford Pinto. The pod-and-twin-boom configuration of the Skymaster was a convenient starting point for a hybrid automobile/airplane. The passenger space and front engine of the Skymaster were removed, leaving an airframe ready to attach to a small car. AVE planned to have their own airframe purpose-built by a subcontractor for production models, rather than depending on Cessna for airframes


On September 11, 1973, during a test flight at Camarillo, the right wing strut again detached from the Pinto. With Janisse not available for this test flight, Mizar creator Smolinski was at the controls. Although some reports say the Pinto separated from the airframe, an air traffic controller, watching through binoculars, said the right wing folded. According to Janisse, the wing folded because the pilot tried to turn the aircraft when the wing strut support failed. Smolinski and the Vice President of AVE, Harold Blake, were killed in the resulting fiery crash.

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a reply to: Woody510

What? No AK-47s?