Comments by "FiveCentsPlease" (@FiveCentsPlease) on "Taking Off" channel.

  1. +Jordan Cunanan It sounds like dropping the gear too early with reduced power brought the plane below minimum speed. They may not have needed to feather #4 and could have had some power available when #3 failed. And when they collided with the ILS and dragged a wingtip, they shoved the throttles on #1 and #2 creating asymmetric thrust and turning the aircraft to the right.
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  2.  @WarblesOnALot  I believe that there are some EFI and electronic ignition updates for the smaller radials, but I don't think any are available for the big iron engines at this time. And some of your thoughts are sadly true. I thought the human factors analysis would be interesting, but not in this way.
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  3. +Andrew Donohue "Liberty Belle" is being reconstructed at least, although it is going to take a long time.
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  4. +Jesse Merriam Contaminated fuel was ruled out fairly quickly because other planes had taken fuel from the same source.
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  5. +Technik Meister I think that regulations for PAX carrying vintage aircraft in Europe set standards closer to commercial aircraft certification. This can be good for maintenance and reliability but it is also making it cost-prohibitive to operate them. But seeing them in the air can be good without passenger flight experiences.
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