Fortunately no one was seriously injured during the taking of this photo:
My sympathies (as a fellow GA pilot) go to the owner/pilot of G-CDRM and the pilot of the other a/c (also reportedly OK) that ended up in a field at the end of the runway at Croft Farm after an engine failure on take off…
Andy
By: The Blue Max - 11th June 2007 at 22:47
What the F**K happened there?? Did the nose leg fail causing the nose to dig in??:confused:
By: EGBB - 11th June 2007 at 15:31
Hi all,
Complete sequence of the flip over of G-CDRM:
http://www.airteamimages.com/search.php?registration=G-CDRM
While the second incident of the day involving an engine failure of a Silence Twister G-TWST on departure and the resulting forced landing in a nearby rape field together with other images from this superb event can be found using the following link:
http://www.airteamimages.com/search_loc_id720.html
Cheers,
Derek
By: Propstrike - 10th June 2007 at 22:51
I have seen a few mishaps, including one as a participant, and yes it is unsettling. Happily, time is a great healer, and the short-term shock usually fades away, and interest returns.
A few years ago there was a bad spell at UK airshows and some well-known aircraft and crews were lost in full public view. A lot of people lost their appetite for airshows for a while, never imagining that they could fully enjoy the spectacle again. I think most of them have rediscovered their enthusiasm, and thankfully we have had a run of much better years.
By: Skymonster - 10th June 2007 at 21:28
S*d the photographer.
Its the crew I am worried about!
That’s what I meant in my flippant way – I understand that there were only minor injuries to those on board, despite the A/C ending up on its back.
Just my way of trying to make light of something that quite upset me – never seen an aircraft accident in 30 years of being around aeroplanes, and it really made me not want to fly today – fortunately the weather put paid to that anyway.
Andy
By: Moggy C - 10th June 2007 at 19:01
Absolutely astounding picture!
Moggy
By: Propstrike - 10th June 2007 at 14:57
S*d the photographer.
Its the crew I am worried about!
It may be too early to speculate ( no, its never too early) but would this have happened if the occupants had not been wearing their charts as improvised headgear?
Anyway, main thing is the person/persons are OK, and with luck the RV-7 will be fixable. Thats quite a photograph.
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