26 Replies to “And How Was Your Day?”

  1. Ouch, that is not just a plane. That is a TBF Avenger WWII torpedo bomber that operated off USN and Royal Navy aircraft carriers. It is valuable classic, not many are left in flying condition.

    1. I used to see these flying around Gagetown New Brunswick in the mid 80s. They used them to spray insecticide on the forest IIRC.

        1. My wife and I visited this museum several years ago. What a great way to spend a couple of hours! Some great history in the exhibits not to mention their collection of aircraft.

          1. Absolutely, and I love the hands on experience you get when you visit and the laid back attitude of the staff. The bookstore also has amazing finds. Another great museum in Hamilton is HMCS Haida, the last surviving Tribal class destroyer and the most famous warship of Canadian Navy. Moronto communist major did not want her there so she got moved to Hamilton.

        2. There is also a good museum at the Trenton airbase. They have the Halifax that was taken from a frozen lake and was rebuilt by local retired military.

          1. Good to know will visit when have a chance.
            BTW Canadian War Museum is probably is single best reason not to refuse visiting Ottawa. They got a very nice collection of WWI and WWII armor and arty in the basement. First time I got to touch a Centurion and a Panther.

        3. I visited that museum about 20 years ago on a mid week day in December (i.e.it was very quiet). I was given a personal tour by an elderly gentleman who it turned out was a Spitfire pilot during WWII. The Lancaster was indoors at the time undergoing a major restoration – the cockpit canopy was off and the wood framing (yes, wood) was being rebuilt or restored).

          A further article stated the incident occured at Satellite Beach which is south of Cocoa and is near Patrick Airforce Base. I know the area and Cocoa Beach is usually very busy and has the long pier jutting out into the ocean.

          1. “I was given a personal tour by an elderly gentleman who it turned out was a Spitfire pilot during WWII. ”

            Yeah these are the kind of people hanging out there. Maybe five years ago we got a tour of the outside exhibit by an air force vet, we spent about 45 minutes chatting. Turned out he was of Polish background too and his father (still alive at the time) fought at Monte Cassino with the Polish Second Corps.

      2. Probably spraying for Spruce Bud Worm. They’ve been doing that for sixty years.

    1. The pilot did a great job of ditching while keeping the wings level but no doubt there would be serious damage to the aircraft.

    2. Beautiful glide path … clear of humans on the beach and shallows. Nice nose-up position. Smart, thoughtful, nerves of steel pilot. I’d say most pilots have the right stuff … those not named bin-Achmud

      1. My first thought as well, no one died during the grounding, well done, pilot!

        (of a totally different kind than if the plane had caught on fire.)

      2. He killed a shark and no fishing license. That’s 25 years to life in California – lucky it was Florida.

  4. I suspect looking at it, his gear would not extend. So he set it down somewhere it would suffer the least damage; they’re already working at salvaging it.

  5. Excellent “ditch” job! No surfers injured, too. He should have taken a bow to the crowd from the wing.

    1. Even if you enjoyed your last customer you still need to remember to get paid.

  9. Full flap, nose up, wings level, parallel to swells and in the trough. Textbook perfect.

    It didn’t nose over, so salvage should be as uncomplicated as lifting a plane out of the ocean can get. That old girl will fly again.

  10. The most impressive ditching since Sully Sullenberger put down a US Air passenger jet on NYC’s Hudson River …NOTHING will ever top that amazing feat.

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