Connie Kalitta's plane problem today

dam good thing he aborted when he heard the first loud noise ..probably the first structual falure occuring ..
and bringing all that weight to a halt probably caused the rest of the structual falure.
Good thing they were able to "walk" away from that one.
could have been much worse if the pilot had decided to fly that one off the runway , just to have it break apart at 200 feet off the ground.

 

I've seen the cigar man at the Coney Island there by Kroger. I don't talk to any of them, just nod my hello and move on. I'm not a 'star' chaser and have sat with people that are famous and just ignored them!

Hell, the most impressive thing about Christina Aguilerra is her body guard. Now that's a guy I'd like to have a beer with! A human WALL. So a guy with a stogey doesn't do much for me.

Good thing they didn't get off the ground. BRU is not far enough from town if **** starts to fall from the sky.

 

Maybe the guy who wants to go 200 mph for 20 grand can buy one of the engines.

 

Dubious alleged Henry Ford quotation: "If God intended for man to fly, why'n'hell did he put all the traction down here??"

 

My experience with Kalitta is that they don't like to spend money on maint. May or may not be the case here.

I worked a few of his airplanes used to haul race horses. Totally corroded and ate up.

Those are old Kitty Hawk airplanes I believe.