Harrison Ford crashed his airplane - seriously injured

[DigitalDrifter]

He has flown a number of rescue missions (hikers, climbers, etc.) in Wyoming. he's supposedly a very competent pilot.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Here's the plane in happier days.

Ryan PT-22, World War II trainer. Not many made; very few survive. Most of the general type were the PT-19 with an in-line engine and a smaller quantity of the PT-23 which had a radial engine which became standard when the supply of in-line engines became short. The 22 was a sort of bridge between the two and only built for a very short time.

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Note the "50" marking, visible in the crash photo also.

Note the aluminum fuselage on Ford's PT-22. The other versions were of fabric covered tube construction. Wings were also plywood, some covered with fabric for weather protection.

Cool plane. I thought by the TV images that it was a T-6 Texan/Harvard.

 

[Politico]

Though not sure how serious, heard ranging from critical to serious.

No one reported him as critical which means near death.

 

[Katzndogz]

He's going to be fine.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Though not sure how serious, heard ranging from critical to serious.

"What a piece of junk!"

"She'll make point-five past light-speed! And crashes with the best of 'em..."

Glad he's ok.