Stearman nose-over

[Hengelo]

Glad to see everyone walked away. Gonna take a long time for the shame to buff out though.

'A miracle outcome': Amateur photographer catches exact moment vintage plane flips during landing at NSW airport

A man and woman in their 50s have avoided serious injury after the 1940s plane they were flying overturned at Shellharbour Airport in NSW.

www.abc.net.au

 

[hindsight2020]

Um it's Australia, the aircraft in the picture is upright...

 

[Dan Thomas]

Maybe 20 years ago, at a fly-in, a Stearman flipped over like that. The pilot had a photographer along in the other cockpit, and the photographer got nervous during the landing and was pushing against the rudder pedals, hard, which applied the brakes. There was nothing the pilot could do about it.

 

[Hengelo]

At least the front stayed on.

 

[frfly172]

Unfortunate event,glad they walked away.

 

[Bell206]

Back in the day when Stearmans were the trainer of choice, more people were killed in these type accidents not by the flip over but when they would release their seat belt without a good handhold and fall breaking their neck. Its also the reason you don't bleed all the air out of Stearman brakes....