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    NAS Alameda A4 Jet falls after crane lifting it tips over video.

    Some things in life are funny. Here's one of them.

    This happened at the Alameda Naval Air Station, near San Francisco, a few months ago. The Jet had fallen off the tower during some high winds due to decay of the mounting hardware. A group of people got together and restored it. As it was being fitted to it's mount, the crane lifting it tips over and damages the plane worse than the original wind storm damages. Now it's been repaired and mounted properly.

    Here's the video of the fall.

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    Crane Fails in Placing Plane on Pedestal at Former Alameda Naval Air Station
    http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/san-francisco/crane-fails-placing-plane-pedestal-former-alameda-naval-144033686.html
    Brian Shields ALAMEDA (KRON) -- Restorers are going back to work on a 1957 Douglas A4 Skyhawk that was badly damaged when a crane fell on it at the former Alameda Naval Air Station. Severe winds damaged the plane in … Continue reading →
    Last edited by SkyvanDelta; 01-21-2012, 07:51 PM.
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  • #2
    Re: NAS Alameda A4 Jet falls after crane lifting it tips over video.

    Wow, that's a bummer!!!
    Tony

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    • #3
      Re: NAS Alameda A4 Jet falls after crane lifting it tips over video.

      I remember when that happened. That created "negative pressure".
      You'd think with the wet ground, they would've put down steel plates to distribute the weight. Oh well..........we live and learn (hopefully)

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        • #5
          Re: NAS Alameda A4 Jet falls after crane lifting it tips over video.

          There's 2 parts to the damages. Part 1 when the plane hits the ground. Part 2, which I think does more damage, the crane lands on top of it. And the restoring crew had just spent months or years restoring it. Murphys Law.

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          • #6
            Re: NAS Alameda A4 Jet falls after crane lifting it tips over video.

            yes, the worst was the crane boom striking the vertical fin.

            Here's some pics of said tail after having been removed from the newly-damaged A-4:

            Damaged Tail Section of a Douglas A-4 Skyhawk
            http://www.flickr.com/photos/bunaen/6311826030/
            A refurbished Douglas A-4, on loan from the Navy was being mounted on a pylon for display at an Alameda public school. There was a crane mishap, and the tail was damaged. Two former Navy men (I didn't ask, but I think they are civic minded volunteers) have mounted a replacement tail on the plane. Picture_13



            And here's the Skyhawk again with a replacement tail, still unpainted:

            Former Navy Jet Driver, Now Aspiring Wrench Twister
            http://www.flickr.com/photos/bunaen/6311827582/in/photostream/
            He's refurbishing fast movers for display at local schools. What a nice guy! He saw me taking pictures through the warehouse door, and invited me in. Good thing for me. With that 15mm super wide lens I had to get close close to get any detail of what's going on in there. I took this shot from about 15 feet (5 meters). Picture_17
            Last edited by AirDOGGe; 01-21-2012, 11:03 PM.

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            • #7
              Re: NAS Alameda A4 Jet falls after crane lifting it tips over video.

              That was quite a noise coming from the crane when things started heading south.

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              • #8
                Re: NAS Alameda A4 Jet falls after crane lifting it tips over video.

                Just to follow up this post the plane was repaired and put back on it's Pedestal on Dec. 20th, 2011
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                http://www.action-alameda-news.com/2011/12/21/a-4-skyhawk-back-at-alameda-point/

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