Thorp Air Command - T18.net

Guys, I saw this on uTube and was wondering if anyone knows what this was about?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bDwXMFCT4o

Jim

To me, it looks like an RV 6 not a Thorp. If it is a Throp it's a highly modified version, it has a horizontal stabilizer and elevator instead of a stabilator, a rounded turtle deck, RV wheel pants and the rudder is different. Just my opinion I could be wrong.

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Bruce Finney
N18JF T-18C #262
Yelm, WA USA

Yes, I wondered about that but the wing seems to be a Thorp wing.

Jim

Looks like an RV ? Mustang ? Why land in the water ? Probably wanted a seaplane rating ! BOOM ! I had my turn in the "Dilbert Dunker" and once was enough !

RB

Airshow in Italy- RV 7 & RV 8 did a midair. RV 8 lost a wing (& the pilot).
http://www.vansairforce.com/community/s ... p?t=126217

Definitely an RV, and it doesn't look at all like a Thorp wing. OK... I just saw the previous post - RV-7.

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John Evens
Arvada, Colorado
T-18 N71JE (sold)
Kitfox 7 SS N27JE

Here is a vid with a frontal view of the ditching. The damage on the port wing is pretty bad and makes it look a little cranked from the side. He was definitely the "other" plane in the mid air. I'm amazed this guy survived to ditch as well as he did. Check out his prop. Formation ain't for sissies!!

http://www.youreporter.it/video_Alba_l_ ... _coinvolti

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Fraser MacPhee
N926WM
Serial #279-1
Angel Fire, NM (KAXX)

Not that I like to keep the morbidity alive, but here is another vid of the mid air........it shows the RV-8 inverted during the pass, and rolling into the 7. The RV site also has a pic just before impact that is pretty crazy.

http://www.youreporter.it/video_Inciden ... ingrandito

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Fraser MacPhee
N926WM
Serial #279-1
Angel Fire, NM (KAXX)