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On Friday, May 27, 2016, a P47 Thunderbolt crashed into the Hudson River, New York, on a promotional flight for the American Airpower Museum,of Farmingdale, New York. The pilot, William Gordon, 56, flew what he thought was a routine airshow, but the engine started to smoke. Making a U turn over the Hudson River, the plane belly landed onto the water and quickly sank at 7:30 pm. The pilot made a futule attempt to escape, but was pulled down by the sinking aircraft.
It took a rescue party three hours to retrieve the body. The P 47 was hoisted from the river bottom the following day by a salvage ship. Gordon was an experienced pilot with more than 25 years of flight. Photos by Fox News
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What a tradjedy. My prayers go out to William Gordon's loved ones.
Coincidently this is the plane i modeled my P-47 after.
I'm finally retired. Now time I got, money I don't.
Very sad indeed!The airframe does not look too damaged and I am sure it will fly again.
The lack of damage to the airframe means to me that the pilot did an excellent job of ditching.
Don Stauffer in Minnesota
Don Stauffer The lack of damage to the airframe means to me that the pilot did an excellent job of ditching.
Only one blade is bent, visible in the first picture. That makes me think he lost power in the engine.
T&P for the family of the pilot.
This is sad. He saved the aircraft but couldn't save himself. Prayers out to his family...
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LOL! This is old news from last week. The pilot managed to belly land it instead of in a dive. The aircraft can be salvaged though.
I'm saddened to see the P-47 wrecked but sadder still to hear that the pilot lost his life.
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It sounds like he got his foot tangled in something in the cockpit. Yes, very sad loss.
Airplane is fine, I am sure.
45-90447 P-47D-40-RA built in Evansville Illinois, 1944.
Taken on strength by USAAF 1944.
Yugoslav Air Force 1945-?
Park display derelict in Belgrade, Yugoslavia until 1989 (?) couldn't find any record. Castelnouvo know?
Variuos restorations and museums, first flight in 1993.
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Ack, my prayers to the family of Mr. Gordon. I guess though as trite and silly as it sounds he did go doing what he loved to do.
"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen
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R.I.P., Mr. Gordon. So sad.......so sad.
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirthOf sun-split clouds, --and done a hundred thingsYou have not dreamed of --Wheeled and soared and swungHigh in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring thereI've chased the shouting wind along, and flungMy eager craft through footless halls of air...Up, up the long, delirious, burning blueI've topped the wind-swept heights with easy graceWhere never lark or even eagle flew --And, while with silent lifting mind I've trodThe high untrespassed sanctity of space,Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
John Gillespie Magee Jr.
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A beautifuly touching quote Lee ,and highly appropriate for Mr. Gordon. May he rest in God's peace
Ronald Reagan used this same speech to honor the astronauts when the Space Shuttle exploded.
At Elmwood Cemetery in Gooding, Idaho, there is a short version of this poem that is inscribed on the headstone of a man who lost his life in an aviation accident.
BlackSheepTwoOneFour LOL! This is old news from last week. The pilot managed to belly land it instead of in a dive. The aircraft can be salvaged though.
If the pilot was killed, why would you put LOL in your post!
By the looks of the one bent back prop it almost seems that the engine was not turning at time of impackt. Hell of a job in saving the plane though. :-(
Theuns
PritMar BlackSheepTwoOneFour LOL! This is old news from last week. The pilot managed to belly land it instead of in a dive. The aircraft can be salvaged though. If the pilot was killed, why would you put LOL in your post!
I agree, very poor taste
I think Blacksheep's post should be deleted. Cllearly not in the spirit of this forum.
John
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RockyD PritMar BlackSheepTwoOneFour LOL! This is old news from last week. The pilot managed to belly land it instead of in a dive. The aircraft can be salvaged though. If the pilot was killed, why would you put LOL in your post! I agree, very poor taste
X3! Sometimes mr. Black sheep should just keep silent.
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No matter how routine it gets, this week certainly shows that flying high performance aircraft remains a dangerous business.
I last went to Reno in 2010; the next year the Galloping Ghost crashed more or less right where I usually hung out in the pits.
I think it was said above, and correctly, that life is all about doing the things that you love.
Guys, This is a sad event. Prayers going out for Mr. Gordon and his family. The fact that the plane is salvagable is good news, but whats even better news is that the pilot prevented any deaths or injuries on the ground. Crashing in water is harder to survive, as is in evidence, but this way no one on the ground was hurt. I submit he was a hero to make sure that he was the only one injured. Same thing with the demonstration team pilots, both of whom put their planes down making sure no one on the ground was hurt. Unfortunately, the Blue Angel pilot paid the ultimate price for his heroism. My heart goes out to these brave men and their families. Clear skies gentlemen, and may the angels come to greet you.
I wonder if the pilot fully expected to survive the crash and did not want the plane to be severely damaged.So he carefully ditched in the water but his foot got caught and he drowned.
I'm willing to think Black Sheep didn't intend to be disrespectful or offensive, however a human did lose his life, the LOL came off as inappropriate and not at all amusing or even of interest. Should have re-read and thought, before hitting "reply." Apology would be considerate.
Patrick
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