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Photo by Tim Bath from Kokomo TribuneOn Nov. 5 a B-29 replica drifted while landing and struck a golf cart in Indiana, sending one woman to the hospital.
The B-29 replica was an experimental 35 percent scale model, built and flown by Raymond T. Hodgson. A female onlooker was seated on the golf cart filming the landing next to the runway. The Howard County Sheriff's Office reported that the dispatch center received a report at about 1:37 p.m. of a plane crash involving a golf cart at the Glenndale Airport (8I3).
The plane came down for a landing during a flight test and drifted, striking the cart and causing it to roll over. The woman was knocked unconscious and transported to a local hospital by a helicopter for her injuries. The pilot was uninjured and the condition of the woman is unknown.
Hodgson has built most of the parts on his replica B-29. The model is equipped with four Honda Fit engines. Even at a smaller scale, the B-29 replica is an impressive size. According to AVweb, at a 35 percent scale, the plane is about 35 feet long and has a wingspan of almost 50 feet. The real B-29 Superfortress was about 99 feet with a wingspan of 141 feet, according to the National Museum of The United States Air Force.
The Howard County Sheriff's Office reported that the FAA was to send investigators to the scene. There is no information on the damage to the plane or the current state of the woman injured.