That Poor Spitfire

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Lawrence Person

A Friday night video that caught my eye:

“Pilot Cédric Ruet escaped the frightening accident without serious injuries.”

About Lawrence Person

Lawrence Person is a political commentator and science fiction writer living in Austin, Texas. His political work has appeared in National Review, Reason, The Freeman, Liberty and The World & I. His SF has appeared in Asimov's, Analog, F&SF, Postscripts, Jim Baen's Universe, Fear, and several anthologies. He owns such a large library (mostly science fiction first editions) he had to buy a two-story house to put it in, and then adopted a golden retriever to drag him out of his house on a regular basis.
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One Response to That Poor Spitfire

  1. RoadRich says:
    June 18, 2017 at 2:13 PM

    I thought I saw this on an aviation website I was poking around at on Monday, but hadn’t clicked through. Per our discussion last night, it could either have been an error with the main gear or braking, or poor management of the tailplane.
    I took another look at this today, and saw that the first plume of dirt came from centerline, which means that’s the point where the propeller first contacts the field. It seems much more like an error managing the tailplane – in other words, improper preparation for the takeoff run, or a sudden quartering tailwind, may have allowed wind to scoop the tail up and ruin the day. It is in fact clear that the tail is not configured the way I would have expected it.
    I saw a report today that explained it did in fact take place during the aircraft’s takeoff roll, which doesn’t change the possibilities all that much compared to landing.

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