My brother in law, small plane pilot, thinks it may have been a medical issue with the smaller plane. Think stroke, heart attack, etc.Seems hard to believe you could ever lose track of a plane the size of a B17, but I guess you can fit a lot under the belly of your plane.
Any object close enough to your eye can make anything disappear. Your thumb at arms length can make the moon disappear.Seems hard to believe you could ever lose track of a plane the size of a B17, but I guess you can fit a lot under the belly of your plane.
My brother in law, small plane pilot, thinks it may have been a medical issue with the smaller plane. Think stroke, heart attack, etc.
He said even at those speeds one would attempt to steer one way or the other to attempt to avoid the bomber. But if the pilot had a stroke and was out of commission then the smaller plane became a missile on a collision course.
Do u think we will ever know?I was wondering if the Cobra pilot might have been suffering from G induced lack of vision or conscious awareness. He is in a really tight high speed turn, and that sort of stuff catches up with us as we get older.
So who was flying thr small plane?
I've seen a still shot which appears to show the co-pilot of the B-17 reacting, still in his seat.Yes. Blind spot. Absolutely. P63 descending, and beween the low wing and the nose, he appears to have lost track of the fortress and went right through the tail behind the wings.
He was the lucky one. He had no warning/idea what was happening before he was likely killed/unconscious by the time he exited the B17. The Fortress crew had a few seconds to register it was hit and was about to go down. So sad.
That is my take given the multiple angles floating around.
Screw Dan Gryder. Let the professionals at the NTSB do their job. Until then, respect the dead and those they left behind. Hard stop.
Turns out it's not Gryder that I follow but this guy. I never really paid attention to the name, I was after the content.What's your hard on about Dan Gryder? He provides a valuable content on topic to civilians, like you.
Turns out it's not Gryder that I follow but this guy. I never really paid attention to the name, I was after the content.
Was he vaccinated?My brother in law, small plane pilot, thinks it may have been a medical issue with the smaller plane. Think stroke, heart attack, etc.
He said even at those speeds one would attempt to steer one way or the other to attempt to avoid the bomber. But if the pilot had a stroke and was out of commission then the smaller plane became a missile on a collision course.
Wouldn't that be less of an issue in the p63 as the cockpit sits forward of the wing.Also, the KingCobra is a low-wing aircraft. When in a left bank, almost everything to your right is out of your field of view. The pilot may have known the B-17 was there, but because of his orientation he wasn’t aware of how close it was.
Anyway, EVERYTHING at this point is conjecture. Let people mourn the loss of their loved ones and let the NTSB get started.
The pilots of the crash no idea.Was he vaccinated?
Look at the YouTube videos.Wouldn't that be less of an issue in the p63 as the cockpit sits forward of the wing.