By: Radpoe Meteor - 17th July 2015 at 19:56
I heard that Tiger Moth R-5136 based at Worksop has suffered an accident. Anyone know if this is true – details?
How sad to hear that the Tiger Moth has crashed at Netherthorpe, though I’m pleased that both occupants are OK. For my 50th birthday July last year I had an 1/2hrs flight in N-6720, with Blue Skies Aviation,( If you can appreciate my point, I hope that this and R-5136 is not the same aircraft are not one and the same).
I hope this is not the end for this particular Tiger Moth, like them all its a joy to see them in the air.
By: Derbyhaven - 16th July 2015 at 20:58
G-APAP was alive and well when I saw it over Dovedale, near Darley Moor, last month.
By: Propstrike - 16th July 2015 at 20:43
I am not writing it off! There have been too many Tiger Moth accidents in the last few years where the machines have not been at fault.
The Moth Cub shares your concern, and have produced a worthy educational series of videos covering various aspects of Moth operation.
This is, after all, an eighty year old design, and contemporary flight training barely touches this sort of flying.
Check out the films ( 7 or so ) . They are well put together.
By: David Burke - 16th July 2015 at 18:15
I am not writing it off! There have been too many Tiger Moth accidents in the last few years where the machines have not been at fault.
By: Albanian Bob - 16th July 2015 at 16:25
Don’t write it off too soon. I had a flight in G-ANMV about 20 years ago. Then a couple of years later it suffered a forced landing, flipping over on to its back when the undercart collapsed. Now flying as D-ECTM with Meier Motors…
By: David Burke - 16th July 2015 at 12:39
A waste of a superb Tiger Moth
By: Mr Merry - 16th July 2015 at 10:55
I have flow from Netherthorpe a couple of times, it’s a short runway!
By: Consul - 15th July 2015 at 16:58
Steady on chaps!
The OP asked about Tiger Moth R-5136 – that is G-APAP.
The new AAIB report published last week and the press reports refer to G-BYTN, which is N-6720.
I responded in relation to the OP’s 2nd post in which he provided a link which relates to G-BYTN’s incident.
By: WH904 - 15th July 2015 at 16:04
The operator has two Moths – one operates from Darley Moor and the other from Netherthorpe. The latter aircraft was a familiar sight over Sheffield – I wondered where it had gone 🙁
By: Albanian Bob - 15th July 2015 at 16:00
Looks like G-APAP now flies out of Darley Moor, according to Blue Eye Aviation’s website.
By: AgCat - 15th July 2015 at 15:43
Steady on chaps!
The OP asked about Tiger Moth R-5136 – that is G-APAP.
The new AAIB report published last week and the press reports refer to G-BYTN, which is N-6720.
By: DH82EH - 15th July 2015 at 15:43
I’m always quite distressed to hear of an aircraft incident or mishap.
I’m always so very grateful to hear that no one was seriously hurt. That truly is the most important thing.
No doubt the Tiger will be rebuilt.
Andy Scott
By: Consul - 15th July 2015 at 15:14
An informative summary can be found at the following along with links to the relevant AAIB source. No real mystery. http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=177769
By: WH904 - 15th July 2015 at 14:38
Mystery solved-
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/local/vintage-tiger-moth-plane-flipped-upside-down-in-netherthorpe-airfield-report-reveals-1-7356481
No wonder we haven’t seen it round these parts for quite a while!
Pretty worrying if Netherthorpe is judged by some to be too small even for a Tiger Moth 🙁
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