AOP
In Remembrance 2023
Flew up to the Lancaster Airport's Community Days celebration yesterday. There were about 5 L-birds there, but there was no formal waiver in place. The Tower was controlling the activities. Several of the L-birds decided to go up and fly a few low passes over the runway for the crowd, so we taxied out and took off in a line. Immediately upon takeoff, the tower called and told us to divert to an airport about 10 miles away, at Smoketown, as there was a disabled aircraft on the runway. The Delaware Valley Wing, CAF's L-6 was the last airplane in line, and it turned out to be him.
Evidently, he took off and almost immediately stalled it and crashed nearly wings level into the runway. We landed at the other airport, then waited about an hour until they cleared the runway, then we returned. I didn't see the airplane, but saw pictures. The engine and front end were bashed up pretty well, the left gear collapsed, the left wingtip was bent upward about 30 degrees for about 2 feet. Pilot was OK.
http://lancasteronline.com/article/...-at-Lancaster-Airport--pilot-not-injured.html
Evidently, he took off and almost immediately stalled it and crashed nearly wings level into the runway. We landed at the other airport, then waited about an hour until they cleared the runway, then we returned. I didn't see the airplane, but saw pictures. The engine and front end were bashed up pretty well, the left gear collapsed, the left wingtip was bent upward about 30 degrees for about 2 feet. Pilot was OK.
http://lancasteronline.com/article/...-at-Lancaster-Airport--pilot-not-injured.html
