{"id":5911194,"date":"2026-07-17T11:45:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T09:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/neil-williams-zlin-folded-wing-inverted-landing-1970\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T16:06:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:06:13","slug":"neil-williams-zlin-aterrizaje-invertido-con-alas-plegadas-1970","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/es\/neil-williams-zlin-folded-wing-inverted-landing-1970\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c9l pleg\u00f3 su ala... en pleno vuelo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style><\/p>\r\n<p>A mil pies de altura sobre Wiltshire, mientras sal\u00eda de un picado vertical con una fuerza cinco veces superior a la de la gravedad, Neil Williams oy\u00f3 un estruendo y sinti\u00f3 que el fuselaje se sacud\u00eda. Su ala izquierda hab\u00eda empezado a plegarse. En los segundos siguientes, el campe\u00f3n brit\u00e1nico de acrobacias a\u00e9reas hizo algo tan sereno, tan poco intuitivo, que los pilotos a\u00fan lo estudian medio siglo despu\u00e9s: volte\u00f3 el avi\u00f3n \u2014a prop\u00f3sito\u2014 para volver a colocar el ala en su sitio.<\/p>\r\n<p>Y entonces lo consigui\u00f3. Invertido, casi en el \u00faltimo segundo.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f5f5f5; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 24px 0;\">\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: .03em; color: #111;\">DATOS R\u00c1PIDOS<\/p>\r\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 12px 6px 0; font-weight: 600; color: #333; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\">Piloto<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">Neil Williams \u2014 Campe\u00f3n brit\u00e1nico de acrobacias a\u00e9reas y piloto de pruebas<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 12px 6px 0; font-weight: 600; color: #333; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\">Fecha<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">3 de junio de 1970, Hullavington, Inglaterra<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 12px 6px 0; font-weight: 600; color: #333; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\">Aeronave<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">Zl\u00edn Z-526A Akrobat (G-AWAR)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 12px 6px 0; font-weight: 600; color: #333; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\">Falla<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">Grieta por fatiga en el larguero principal; ala izquierda plegada hacia arriba.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 12px 6px 0; font-weight: 600; color: #333; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\">La soluci\u00f3n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">Se volte\u00f3 invertido, de modo que el flujo de aire oblig\u00f3 al ala a volver a su posici\u00f3n original.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 12px 6px 0; font-weight: 600; color: #333; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\">Resultado<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">Aterriz\u00f3 sin problemas, con leves contusiones; recibi\u00f3 la Menci\u00f3n Honor\u00edfica de la Reina.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">El estallido a cinco G<\/h2>\r\n<p>Williams estaba ensayando para el Campeonato Mundial de Acrobacia A\u00e9rea con su Zl\u00edn, un monoplaza checo muy apreciado por los pilotos de competici\u00f3n. Tras recuperarse de una picada vertical a unos 300 metros de altura, sometida a una fuerza de 5 G, fall\u00f3 el larguero inferior del ala izquierda. El ala se dobl\u00f3 hacia arriba y el avi\u00f3n entr\u00f3 en un tonel que no pudo detener con los controles.<\/p>\r\n<p>Un piloto menos experimentado habr\u00eda acabado. Williams, con 6500 horas de vuelo registradas, lo calcul\u00f3 en un abrir y cerrar de ojos. Si la fuerza G positiva hac\u00eda que el ala se plegara hacia arriba, entonces la fuerza G negativa \u2014empujando en la direcci\u00f3n equivocada, forzando el est\u00f3mago de todos hacia la garganta\u2014 podr\u00eda hacer que se plegara hacia abajo.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f8f9fa; border-left: 4px solid  #1565c0; padding: 20px 22px; margin: 18px 0 24px; border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; display: flex; gap: 20px; align-items: flex-start;\">\r\n<div><em>\u201cPor lo tanto, se invirti\u00f3 el aler\u00f3n y se aplic\u00f3 una fuerza G negativa mientras el morro descend\u00eda. Al invertirse la aeronave, el ala volvi\u00f3 a su posici\u00f3n correcta con un fuerte estruendo. Se comprob\u00f3 que la aeronave pod\u00eda volar con total normalidad en vuelo invertido.\u201d<\/em>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"><strong>Neil Williams<\/strong> \u2014 seg\u00fan su propio relato, a trav\u00e9s de Michael Riley<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin: 0 0 24px;\"><img data-opt-id=1516466129  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 6px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/zlin-z-526a-akrobat-2.jpg\" alt=\"Zlin Z-526A Akrobat\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\r\n<figcaption style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #777; text-align: center; margin-top: 6px; font-style: italic;\">Un Zl\u00edn Z-526A Akrobat, el mismo modelo que el G-AWAR de Williams. Apreciado por los pilotos de competici\u00f3n, nunca fue dise\u00f1ado para regresar a casa boca abajo con un ala rota. Foto: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<p>Funcion\u00f3. Invertida, el ala volvi\u00f3 a su sitio, pero solo mientras la fuerza G negativa la mantuviera all\u00ed. En el momento en que se enderezara, volver\u00eda a plegarse. As\u00ed que Williams tom\u00f3 una decisi\u00f3n extraordinaria: volar\u00eda todo el circuito, la aproximaci\u00f3n y el aterrizaje invertidos, y se enderezar\u00eda en el \u00faltimo instante posible.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; margin: 24px 0;\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0; border-radius: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aj2uFT5YuO4\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-no-lazy=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>Se alej\u00f3 en posici\u00f3n invertida, y el motor se par\u00f3 inmediatamente. En el p\u00e1nico de los primeros segundos, hab\u00eda cortado el suministro de combustible, previendo un accidente. Lo volvi\u00f3 a abrir y, con el sistema de combustible invertido del Zl\u00edn que le proporcionaba solo unos minutos de autonom\u00eda, prepar\u00f3 su imposible aproximaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f8f9fa; border-left: 4px solid  #1565c0; padding: 20px 22px; margin: 18px 0 24px; border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; display: flex; gap: 20px; align-items: flex-start;\">\r\n<div><em>\u201cEn cuanto me puse boca abajo, el motor se par\u00f3; hab\u00eda cortado el suministro de combustible cuando pens\u00e9 que iba a estrellarme. Lo volv\u00ed a encender y me alej\u00e9, apretando las rodillas contra los laterales de la cabina para que no me temblaran las piernas.\u201d<\/em>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"><strong>Neil Williams<\/strong> \u2014 seg\u00fan su propio relato, a trav\u00e9s de Michael Riley<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">De pie en el \u00faltimo segundo<\/h2>\r\n<p>Cuando el umbral de la pista pas\u00f3 por encima de su cabeza \u2014recordemos que estaba boca abajo\u2014 Williams inici\u00f3 una lenta maniobra de aterrizaje invertido. En el instante en que el Zl\u00edn se nivel\u00f3, lo enderez\u00f3 y lo dej\u00f3 caer los \u00faltimos metros sobre su fuselaje, justo cuando el ala izquierda finalmente cedi\u00f3. Sali\u00f3 ileso, con solo algunos moretones. No llevaba paraca\u00eddas; m\u00e1s tarde coment\u00f3 que, de haberlo tenido, habr\u00eda saltado y el mundo jam\u00e1s habr\u00eda sabido lo que hizo en su lugar.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin: 0 0 24px;\"><img data-opt-id=1463605510  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 6px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/zlin-526-akrobat-3.jpg\" alt=\"Zlin 526 Akrobat\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\r\n<figcaption style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #777; text-align: center; margin-top: 6px; font-style: italic;\">Williams recibi\u00f3 la Menci\u00f3n Honor\u00edfica de la Reina por sus valiosos servicios en el aire. Tres semanas despu\u00e9s de recibir un Zl\u00edn de reemplazo, qued\u00f3 quinto en el Campeonato Mundial. Foto: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<p>El v\u00eddeo que aparece a continuaci\u00f3n es una reconstrucci\u00f3n moderna de la secuencia: aquel d\u00eda de 1970 no hab\u00eda ninguna c\u00e1mara grabando, solo un piloto, un ala plegable y una mente que se negaba a quedarse paralizada.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; margin: 24px 0;\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0; border-radius: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cTppRwujXIM\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-no-lazy=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>Neil Williams escribi\u00f3 el libro sobre acrobacias a\u00e9reas, literalmente; su 1975 <em>Acrobacia a\u00e9rea<\/em> Sigue siendo una obra de referencia para los pilotos de competici\u00f3n. Muri\u00f3 en 1977 mientras transportaba un bombardero antiguo a trav\u00e9s de las nubes hacia una monta\u00f1a espa\u00f1ola, junto a su esposa Lynn. Pero el d\u00eda en que el ala se dobl\u00f3, demostr\u00f3 que el instrumento m\u00e1s valioso en cualquier cabina es un piloto que no deja de pensar.<\/p>\r\n<p><em>Fuentes: AOPA; FLYING THINGS (Michael Riley); Informe de la AAIB; Wikipedia.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f0f4ff; border-left: 4px solid #5C91FF; padding: 16px 20px; margin: 32px 0 8px; border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0;\">\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 8px; font-weight: 600; color: #333;\">Publicaciones relacionadas<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/es\/colision-aerea-en-carmel-en-1965\/\">Le faltaban 25 pies de ala, pero la aterriz\u00f3.<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/es\/saburo-sakai-zero-ace-guadalcanal-vuelo-herido\/\">Le dispararon en el cr\u00e1neo y sigui\u00f3 volando.<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cuando el ala de su Zl\u00edn comenz\u00f3 a plegarse a 5G, el campe\u00f3n de acrobacias a\u00e9reas Neil Williams hizo un giro invertido para forzarla a volver a su posici\u00f3n original, y aterriz\u00f3 el avi\u00f3n boca abajo.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":5910961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[665,666,664],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5911194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aviation-world","category-history-and-legends","category-military-aviation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Neil Williams: The Folded-Wing Inverted Landing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In 1970 aerobatic pilot Neil Williams felt his Zlin&#039;s wing spar fail mid-display. 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