[ARC5] Lady Be Good - more.

[Francesco Ledda]

All airplanes are dangerous, when it comes to water ditching. When ditching, most of the buoyancy comes from the fuels tanks (when empty). The B-24 has a high wing; even after a perfect ditching, the airplane compartment would end up below the water line, very quickly. 

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On May 1, 2011, at 14:09, "Michael A. Bittner" <mmab at cox.net> wrote:

> "Was the B-24 so dangerous in a water landing that no one could have gotten out of it?"
> 
> A veteran of the Polesti raid was on the Military Channel the other night. He indicated that the B-24 had very bad ditching characterisitcs.
> 
> Mike, W6MAB
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Kenneth G. Gordon 
>  To: Arc5 at mailman.qth.net 
>  Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2011 11:59 AM
>  Subject: [ARC5] Lady Be Good - more.
> 
> 
>  One thing that has always bothered me about the LBG incident was why did 
>  they all bail out?
> 
>  Was the B-24 so dangerous in a water landing that no one could have gotten 
>  out of it?
> 
>  When found, three of the props were feathered, indicating, obviously, that 
>  they were very dangerously low on fuel.
> 
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