Guess there is a P-51, B-29, and B-24 in town this weekend in Charlotte for the holiday. I was at work yesterday and saw the B-24 take off. It came back around for a pass down the runway then trundled off to the east after extending the landing gear. I guess they were going out to work on getting it cranked down. Nice job even though the nosewheel collapsed. Damage looks minimal..

PIC

http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/World-War-II-plane-causes-delays-landing-gear-fails-154566095.html

Glad there seems to be little damage.

I saw a B-24 fly over my location just a week or so ago. Could have been the one based near Dallas, it's webpage said it was at Washington DC for an airshow just a day or two later, and it was headed that direction. A spectacular sight and sound.

Yes..I believe the planes are on loan from the country of Texas.. The pilots probably ate too much Carolina BBQ and caused the nosewheel to collapse. One too many hushpuppies..

Most Texans are completely revolted by Carolina barbecue.
I happen to like it,but they are definitely 2 different animals.

This was common during the war. The nosewheel was very weak.

I wunder if it was going to be in the fly past for the NASCAR race considering is Memorial Day?

It was that Davis and his airfoil's fault.

That's not one of the Cavanaugh's, I don't believe. The biggest thing they have is a C-47.

It was the Commemorative Air Force's B-24 "Diamond Lil."

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_surviving_Consolidated_B-24_Liberators#United_States

Source: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/05/26/3269896/world-war-ii-planes-landing-gear.html



Wheels

Oh man, so quite possibly the same B-24 I saw just fly over a couple weeks back.