An original Canberra—kinda - Travel for Aircraft seattlepi.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from seattlepi.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Travel for Aircraft By joseph may on May 16, 2021 at 4:58 PM
On April 17th, during an airshow, the Valiant Air Command’s TBM-3 Avenger was in flight and wowing the crowd at Patrick AFB. Beachgoers at nearby Cocoa Beach got an extra bit of excitement that day when the Avenger’s pilot was forced to make a soft landing in the waters offshore. What a landing! It was picture perfect with no one left injured or killed while the aircraft looked to sustain largely cosmetic damage, plus whatever fault caused the pilot to make the water landing but closer inspection of the airframe as well as engine will tell. Just shy of a month later I saw this Avenger at the Valiant Air Command (Titusville FL)
A Look at the Recovery of the TBM Avenger That Ditched at Cocoa Beach Airshow theaviationist.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theaviationist.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A World War II-era plane was forced to land off the coast of Cocoa Beach, Florida, after it experienced engine failure on Saturday afternoon.
Authorities are now working on getting the plane, which was part of an air show, out of the water, according to Cocoa Beach Air Show spokesperson Chris Dirato.
The only person onboard the plane, the TBM Avenger, was the pilot.
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A World War II-era plane was forced to land off the coast of Cocoa Beach in Florida.(CNN)
When he realised the plane was having engine problems, he initially tried to make it to the nearby Patrick Space Force Base where the air show was being held, according to Mr Dirato.