"WWII’s ‘D-Day Doll’ Takes to the Skies in All its Glory" Topic
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| Tango01 | 10 Oct 2015 9:37 p.m. PST |
"‘Mayday! Mayday!' screamed the Pilot of a World War 2 Skytrooper during a flight last week, the plane was almost on a nose dive seemingly due to an engine failure. In this nightmarish situation the pilot of the C53 Skytrooper Richard Hammerschlag and co pilot Gevin Harrison seemed very contained and in control, primarily because this was a simulation and not a real engine failure situation. Both the pilots were testing a twin-engine Second World War Skytrooper dubbed as ‘D-day Doll' after it went through an engine overhaul that took almost a year. A large number of audiences witnessed the aircraft cruising above Riverside Municipal Airport, after it stayed out of action for nearly a year. The aircraft had a very severe brush with annihilation when during a routine flight to Los Alamitos last fall at nearly 4500 ft.; a valve on its 1200 horsepower engine suddenly broke off puncturing a critical piston. The pilot of the aircraft Hammerschlag, who flew the World War 2 Skytrooper for more then 25 years, described the ordeal as a very emotional time. Almost three minutes into the flight they felt brutal jolts coming from one of C53's powerful engines. Hammerschlag quickly turned the aircraft and safely landed back in Riverside without any major problems…"
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