I remember hearing about this Hunter that came down in a field in Wales on its way back from an airshow in June 2003, with its pilot Craig Penrice – a BAE test pilot at the time, receiving quite severe injuries from the resultant ejection http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/2954538.stm .
Does anyone know if he made a full recovery and returned to flying afterwards?
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By: wes - 14th August 2017 at 13:29
Nice articles…thanks for posting
By: Wyvernfan - 11th August 2017 at 16:14
Skeeler – many thanks for taking the time to post up those links, very informative and they have indeed answered my initial questions. A shame but understandable that this incident effectively ended his flying career.
Scotavia – nice idea, thanks for the tip off.
Rob
By: scotavia - 11th August 2017 at 09:18
You could ask him..https://www.facebook.com/craig.penrice.7
By: skeeler - 11th August 2017 at 09:14
Rob,
Here are some web links that may assist in answering your question – the first being the most pertinent, but already 15 years old – go to the end of the page and read the 4th to last paragraph. The rest of the article is also very interesting regards this incident and ejection as well as a previous one by the same pilot.
http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/project/Biographies/P/Penrice_Craig/Penrice_Craig.htm
The second link is the AAIB report concerning the loss of the Hunter – https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5423018f40f0b61346000b95/dft_avsafety_pdf_028723.pdf
And third, a more up to date link to a YouTube interview with Craig Penrice that was published in October 2015 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHV1MVvUxu4
and finally a link to a BAe article – http://www.baesystems.com/en/feature/former-pilotrsquos-pride-in-symbol-of-bae-systems-heritage
Steve.
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