Bad Day in a Lightning

• Jan 8, 2018

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We have all heard how if a P-38 got into the compressibility region in a dive the pilot had to wait until he got to lower altitudes and thicker air before he could pull out. That was on a good day, but on a bad day.....

 

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• Jan 9, 2018

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Gnomey

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Yikes! Good stuff.

 

• Jan 9, 2018

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MIflyer

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I wonder if the tail came off because he tried rolling in full up trim and when he hit the thicker air the pull up overstressed the airplane?