The story seems a bit garbled, but just picked this up:
By: Propstrike - 29th November 2012 at 09:15
By: davecurnock - 25th November 2012 at 14:23
RIP Brian.
The 80th Entry remembers you.
Blue skies!
By: low'n'slow - 25th November 2012 at 09:19
Sadly, whatever the reporting, Brian died at the controls of his SE-5 replica, which he initially built in the UK, then flew from RAF Halton before emigrating with it to the USA.
Brian was a true perfectionist and his aeroplane reflected that. His Air Force career saw him rise from Halton ‘brat’ to Wing Commander Engineering and among other adventures he helped with the introduction of the Harrier into field operations in Germany.
RIP Mr North.
By: Merlin3945 - 23rd November 2012 at 19:19
What your forgetting people is that it matters not one cent which aircraft it was that he was flying the fact is a man lost his life in that accident. All the rest of the details will become apparent once the dust settles.
RIP Brian North
By: Stepwilk - 23rd November 2012 at 19:03
Well, it’s confusing…if you watch this news video, 55 seconds in the manager of the Front Range Airport, where the crash occurs, speaks in some detail about the Gypsy Moth that the pilot had recently finished rebuilding, and which he was flying when it crashed:
http://kwgn.com/2012/11/21/pilot-killed-in-plane-crash-in-adams-county/
By: charliehunt - 23rd November 2012 at 17:33
It was here earlier this morning….
http://news.sky.com/story/1015194/raf-veteran-dies-in-colorado-biplane-crash
By: Stepwilk - 23rd November 2012 at 17:31
I’m guessing the FAA is wrong. Imagine that. Certainly they didn’t get the N number off the wreckage…
By: Stepwilk - 23rd November 2012 at 17:30
I’m guessing the FAA is wrong. Imagine that.
By: AgCat - 23rd November 2012 at 17:29
The FAA says its N17SE, which equates to a SE5A replica registered to one Brian North.
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 17SE Make/Model: EXP Description: EXP- SE5A
Date: 11/21/2012 Time: 2058
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N
LOCATION
City: WATKINS State: CO Country: US
DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT CRASHED ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT FRONT RANGE AIRPORT, WATKINS, CO
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 1
# Crew: 0 Fat: 1 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
OTHER DATA
Activity: Pleasure Phase: Landing Operation: OTHER
FAA FSDO: DENVER, CO (NM03) Entry date: 11/23/2012
By: Stepwilk - 23rd November 2012 at 16:09
Seems to have been a Gypsy Moth that he’d recently restored, not an SE5A. This information from a good friend of his who was the airport manager, I believe. So it’s not just a journalist’s mix-up but reasonably reliable information.
By: Newforest - 23rd November 2012 at 15:44
Video of crash scene. RIP. 😮
http://kwgn.com/2012/11/21/pilot-killed-in-plane-crash-in-adams-county/
By: AgCat - 23rd November 2012 at 14:35
A couple of particularly good pics of Brian on pprune:
http://www.pprune.org/military-aircrew/501100-wg-cdr-brian-north-obe-raf-rtd-rip.html
By: paulmcmillan - 23rd November 2012 at 14:01
This one
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