Has anyone heard anything?
Assording to a press release by the Dutch MOD, the Dutch Spitfire was involved in a landing mishap tonight. While/during landing, it ran of the runway shortly after 19.00 lt. Pilot is ok, damage to the airframe is unknown
By: rivet - 19th September 2007 at 21:29
Mk732 OOoops!!
I wish them well with the repairs, I’ll be interested to see how the engine fairs this time as the prop is VERY much shortened in the pictures, more so than when it landed at Volkel AB (hope the spelling is near!) with the gear unlocked back in the late 90’s (I have on of those blades still in my hallway) I’m sure someone will be able to sort them out, again, I wish them luck!
By: Jur - 12th September 2007 at 09:29
This is what she looked like a week before the mishap.
By: Archer - 11th September 2007 at 18:11
Oh dear 😮 That is a real shame as it will take a lot of time and money to put that right. No doubt she will fly again but it might be a while….
It’s the third time that this particular airframe suffered gear problems since its restoration, statistically it shouldn’t happen again for some 20 years or so, but that’s what they said after the second occurrence as well 🙁
By: SADSACK - 11th September 2007 at 10:33
re
get well soon, along with Shuttleworths Sea Hurricane its one of my favourite a/c on the circuit.
By: paulmcmillan - 11th September 2007 at 10:21
Picture of the Spitfire here:
http://www.omroepbrabant.nl/mediaplayer.aspx?object=news&id=86622&mode=video
By: QldSpitty - 9th September 2007 at 08:38
Squints in a painful manner…
Ohhhhhh!!! B^gger!!!!
That looks painful.Hope the hub is Ok..And the landing locks.We all know how elusive they are…:( Good luck with the repair job…Looks like the pilot is shouting the groundcrew at the pub for the next few weeks.:D
By: flyingcloggie - 9th September 2007 at 07:28
OH no, not again.:eek:
This most be the most mishappened Spitfire. Three times already?
Cheers
Cees
So we can buy a secondhand prop from ebay in a few weeks!!
By: springbok - 8th September 2007 at 18:11
Yes, for some reason we are extremely good at this!
By: RF769 - 8th September 2007 at 16:43
I can see a few euro’s needed to be poured into that one… 🙁
By: GliderSpit - 8th September 2007 at 16:34
Very sad news. But it could have been worse.
See for picture: http://www.omroepbrabant.nl/?news/86622562/Spitfire+raakt+van+baan+op+vliegbasis+Gilze-Rijen.aspx
By: Cees Broere - 8th September 2007 at 09:56
OH no, not again.:eek:
This most be the most mishappened Spitfire. Three times already?
Cheers
Cees
By: flyingcloggie - 8th September 2007 at 07:14
Has anyone heard anything?
Assording to a press release by the Dutch MOD, the Dutch Spitfire was involved in a landing mishap tonight. While/during landing, it ran of the runway shortly after 19.00 lt. Pilot is ok, damage to the airframe is unknown
Apparently it went threu its undercarrage
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