TBM Avenger emergency landing

TBM Avenger emergency landing

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19 April 2021 at 08:43 #36365
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19 April 2021 at 08:43 #540464
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War II-era TBM Avenger making emergency landing next to people on Florida beach

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19 April 2021 at 10:56 #540478
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Just about as tidy as a ditching gets, some cool calm skill displayed there. He fared a bit better than the Tiger clubs Turbulent did in a very similar incident .
19 April 2021 at 20:43 #540583
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I bet some of the swimmers wished he was further out.
20 April 2021 at 07:38 #540615
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A subsequent short video of recovering the aircraft by dragging on shore with a strap around the tail looked a bit brutal.

Be a while before that takes to the skies again
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