flygcforum.com ✈ KERMIE CAM #16 ✈ Sopwith Pup - Update & Flight w/ Cowling Incident ✈
That very well could have costed you your life. That metal could have cut your head off.
This Sopwith Pup update starts with the planes first taxi run, moves into the final rigging, and concludes with it's first flight . . . a very eventful one, to say the least . . . as the engine cowling comes off during a low pass approach, hits the engine, gets shredded, and takes out a part of the wing and center section. Kermit Weeks successfully lands the plane and walks away uninjured, to inspect the damage with his maintenance crew. Big Wow indeed!