'Legend of Flight' crashes on PR run in DC

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Published on June 8, 2010 2:25 PM |

By Julie Johnsson | A public relations stunt for an Imax movie celebrating the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and other iconic aircraft went awry Tuesday morning when a vintage Boeing aircraft buzzing downtown Washington, D.C., crashed after landing.

The 1940s-era Boeing Stearman PT17 biplane, featured in the film, "Legends of Flight," flipped on its back as it touched down at Washington National Airport, a not so uncommon event in the early days of flight.
A Washington Post reporter, who was a passenger in the plane, caught the incident on video and walked away unscathed, as did the pilot.

The National Transportation Safety Board dispatched a team to investigate the incident, which closed one of the airport's runways for 90 minutes.

Washington Post transportation reporter Ashley Halsey III told WJLA-TV in Washington that the plane flipped forward and "I could hear the propeller crunch as it hit the tarmac. ... We were hanging upside down on our shoulder harnesses."


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[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Yikes!

[Captain Hilts]

2. I would LOVE to have a Stearman!!!!

[av8rdave]

3. I had the opportunity to fly one years ago...what a blast!

You could get it in and out of a spin in just a few hundred feet.

[The Magistrate]

4. Hell, Sir, That is No Crash, That is A Good Landing, Possibly Even A Great Landing

"A good landing is one you walk away from. A great landing is one where you can use the airplane again."