Flightsmanship Averts Disaster in Commemorative Flight


What: Commemorative Air Force T6 Texan modified to resemble a Nakajima B5N2 “KATE” Torpedo Bomber, a type of aircraft that “devastated Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.” The replica is part of the Central Texas wing from the San Marcos Municipal Airport. The replica had taken off from an air show at Lackland AFB in San Antonio. The plane was being returned to the San Marcos Airport from which it is based.
Where: San Marcos Municipal Airport
When: Friday
Who: Pilot Pat McClure of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) and passenger
Why: Airport manager is quoted as saying “There could not have been a better outcome to this emergency, and I’d be putting the former Naval Aviator in for the Air Medal if we were still in the Navy. It was superb airmanship.”

The pilot landed the plane on the right main landing gear, holding the left wing off the runway until the plane’s speed had slowed. The problem was with the left wing gear which would not lock.

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