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OT - Avenger ditches at Cocoa Beach airshow - 4/20/2021 12:46:27 AM   
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Pilot OK, didn't hit anyone in the water, and settled in shallow water. Not sure what the state of the tide was, but hopefully they get her out quickly. Not sure if a good rinse will help avoid a significant rebuild. Pilot did a good job of ditching - not a skill you get to practice.
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RE: OT - Avenger ditches at Cocoa Beach airshow - 4/20/2021 8:34:05 AM   
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Very nicely done! Tks for posting even if it is a sorry sight.

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RE: OT - Avenger ditches at Cocoa Beach airshow - 4/20/2021 12:45:28 PM   
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Status: offline 		It's going to be big repair job. Salt water wreaks havoc with everything, especially electrics.

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RE: OT - Avenger ditches at Cocoa Beach airshow - 4/20/2021 5:52:33 PM   
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Status: offline 		the Bermuda triangle claims another Avenger....that must have wakened up several swimmers!

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RE: OT - Avenger ditches at Cocoa Beach airshow - 4/20/2021 6:27:13 PM   
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ORIGINAL: pontiouspilot

the Bermuda triangle claims another Avenger....that must have wakened up several swimmers!


"Ironically, the TBM Avenger that went down in the accident yesterday is painted in the same markings as one of the five TBM Avengers that disappeared in a famous incident in the “Bermuda Triangle” on December 5, 1945 that claimed the lives of 14 crewmen and an additional 13 that disappeared in a PBM-5 Mariner involved in a search operation for the five aircraft. The incident has remained as a significant piece of lore in the Bermuda Triangle superstition."
https://theaviationist.com/2021/04/18/check-out-this-dramatic-video-of-a-tbm-avenger-ditching-yesterday-at-cocoa-beach-airshow/

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RE: OT - Avenger ditches at Cocoa Beach airshow - 4/20/2021 10:28:18 PM   
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ORIGINAL: LargeSlowTarget


quote:

ORIGINAL: pontiouspilot

the Bermuda triangle claims another Avenger....that must have wakened up several swimmers!


"Ironically, the TBM Avenger that went down in the accident yesterday is painted in the same markings as one of the five TBM Avengers that disappeared in a famous incident in the “Bermuda Triangle” on December 5, 1945 that claimed the lives of 14 crewmen and an additional 13 that disappeared in a PBM-5 Mariner involved in a search operation for the five aircraft. The incident has remained as a significant piece of lore in the Bermuda Triangle superstition."
https://theaviationist.com/2021/04/18/check-out-this-dramatic-video-of-a-tbm-avenger-ditching-yesterday-at-cocoa-beach-airshow/


That's just bad juju.

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RE: OT - Avenger ditches at Cocoa Beach airshow - 4/21/2021 12:19:22 AM   
Gregg

 

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Status: offline 		Said TBM just completed a 18 year rebuild early last year, and had been flying just 14 months.
It belongs to the Titusville/Cocoa (TICO) Florida airport based Valiant Air Command.
Now it will at very best, have another very long rebuild period.
Salt water is hell on aircraft aluminum structures.

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RE: OT - Avenger ditches at Cocoa Beach airshow - 4/21/2021 5:02:58 PM   
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Status: offline 		Was on the news here as well, they said a WWII Fighter aircraft crashed...

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RE: OT - Avenger ditches at Cocoa Beach airshow - 4/21/2021 5:50:44 PM   
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RE: OT - Avenger ditches at Cocoa Beach airshow - 4/21/2021 6:29:01 PM   
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ORIGINAL: fcooke

I saw something on either BBC, Reuters or CNN yapping about a BB that escaped the DEI using forestation as camo. I don't think I know everything but Dutch BB? Turns out it was a minesweeper....slightly different tonnages.

Lost in translation: warship ~ battleship to people who haven't studied what they report on.

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RE: OT - Avenger ditches at Cocoa Beach airshow - 4/21/2021 9:46:34 PM   
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RE: OT - Avenger ditches at Cocoa Beach airshow - 4/22/2021 12:42:40 PM   
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