Surviving a power line strike in a Sabre!
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
- Sabre pilot David Pietsch hits power lines in his Sabre over the mountains of Lamington National Park in 1971.
Note: The recreation depicts a US Sabre - the CAC Sabre built in Australia had a larger air intake and only two guns, one on either side of the nose. See more detail here • SABRE: Australia's De...
The canopy was also shattered, not completely jettisoned as is depicted here (a limitation of our virtual aircraft) - nevertheless the pilot would have had the same experience of exposure!
Special thanks to historian James Oglethorpe for advice.
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Nice one mate! Pls keep them coming. So much RAAF history, yet to be told and achieved on youtube.
Got to love the Avon powered CAC Sabres. IMHO, the best version of this great aircraft.
Very interesting and a lucky escape for the pilot . The Sare was in my opinion the best looking jet fighter .
An old linesman told me of an incident in the same area. It was at O'Reilly's guest house. He said they saw a couple of Sabres go into the valley and one came out followed by another that had a hole in the leading edge of one wing and was wobbling. It had struck as span that went from O'Reilly's down to the Kerry Valley. The span was a mile long so the pilot probably would not have seen the poles at either end. The conductor was 3/12 high tensile galvanized steel and was not damaged.
I was actually AT Edinburgh airbase (hmm, 1985 maybe?) and saw a Macchi sitting in ARDU which had hit a powerline. Bloke giving the tour gave credit that the pilot didn't "punch out" instinctively upon damage, but didn't hesitate to blame him for hitting the powerline in the first place. Same sort of deal - authorised low-level training flight, powerlines NOT marked on the maps! Notable damage to the left wing (I think, from memory), but able to return to Edinburgh for a safe landing.
Never a Dull moment 👍
Good comment Harold...
Bit of JB Weld, some polish and she's as good as new. 👍👍
i saw this Sabre on display at RAAF Amberley Airbase (base it took off from)
This happened to an A-10 driver I knew who hit a guy wire during low level flight. Took off about half of his right wing and the wire slid up the nose and took off the canopy while grazing the top of his helmet. He had a nice scrapbook of pics and showed me his helmet with the scars from the braided cable. Low level flight...while lots of fun is VERY dangerous because people have and will erect towers and lines that don't get noted on the maps sometimes.
Dh vampire trainer flowen by ex rhodesian air force took half his wing off 1967 at pearce raaf base wa