Plane Spotting Luke AFB

Right between those two signs was always one of the better places.

Cirrus Ditch at Sea Enroute Hawaii Registration N7YT

CLICK THIS for the Coast Guard video that has no audio.

FlightAware : HERE

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N483VA Maui Air Navajo Plane Crash Lanai

Aircraft crashed departing LNY Airport on 2/26/14.

Built 1975 (msn 31-7552124).

Photo taken as aircraft departed OGG on 8/13/2007.

P-40E Warhawk 80th Fighter Group Burma Banshees - Skull Squadron CRASH DAMAGE

As their probe continues, NTSB investgators painstakingly reassemble the airframe in a secluded hangar.

The aircraft was not equipped with a flight data recorder, or cockpit voice recorder.

Retracts still work.

She went in at 50% throttle. The spinner shattered as designed, thus absorbing some of the force. Pushrods and tubes are bent, but the prop shaft is OK. 

Photos by LBBC.

P-40E Warhawk 80th Fighter Group Burma Banshees - Skull Squadron

Top Flite 1/7th scale R/C P-40E Warhawk

First flight - 2002

Build time - 2.8 years

Engine - 1.2 cubic inch four stroke

This is not an exact replication of a Burma Banshee aircraft, but was built as a tribute.

Last flight - July 9, 2013. According to the NTSB preliminary report, the test pilot reported a loss of flight control. It's an unrepairable hull loss.

Thanks to our Long Beach Bureau Chief for these.

Aloha Airlines Wyland N748AL

Gone but not forgotten. 737-76N, (30050/429).

Crashed WW2 Aircraft Relic

A perfect "fixer upper" for the shade tree A+P mechanic. Needs TLC ... along with a fuselage, empennage, wings, cockpit, takeoff gear, and engines. But once you get that stuff, you're good to go! Aircraft was last used for low level aerobatics. Airworthiness Certificate is no longer current.

N23BT Cessna 310 Seaplane

OK well, Sky King he's not. This chap was flying from Monterey, CA to Hilo, HI. He made it all the way except for the last 13 miles. Ran out of fuel. That crosswind component will getcha every time. Maybe he should have put some, "mileage enhancing pellets" in his tip tanks. Pilot is OK; discharged from hospital. As the saying goes, any landing you can swim away from is a good one. An ironic twist is that this guy once won United's "Halfway to Hawaii" game. USCG video that has no audio.

Collections gone mad !

I noticed this "music themed" dashboard in some guys car today, and thought, "Why would anyone do that?"

... because collecting die cast airplanes makes so much more sense ...