View of Plane crash

[Rocky Raab]

Don't raise eyebrows at those Russian models. In some respects, they improved the old Gooney bird.

The Russky version was specifically adapted for cold weather and rough fields (well, duh!) and was -if anything- even more rugged than the Douglas version.

BTW, the TV pics I saw showed what seemed to be the standard radial engines. The brief look I had also showed that the starboard engine was pulling high power when it hit, and the port one either little or no rotation. (The port prop blades were bent almost straight back and the starboard ones were corkscrewed.)