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Old 09-29-2011, 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by winny View Post
Popular Mechanics has done an article on the crash.

Some stuff I'd not heard before in it.


"In 1999, another highly modified P-51 called Miss Ashley II, piloted by Gary Levitz, lost its trim tab during an Unlimited race. It pitched violently upward just as Galloping Ghost did. When it went vertical, the plane broke up..."

That means 3 racing Mustangs have lost trim tabs!!

Why did they not abandon using them after 2 accidents?
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