Hurricane incident at North Weald

12 out of 10 RP !
……. anyway what’s wrong with a nice pair of Hawkers ?:diablo:

(Smacks wrist – thread creep not allowed)

…………….and the Sun has better pix :D:D:D:D:D

Thought we were discussing Hawkers, not Bristols :D:D
Sorry, couldn’t resist that
Roger Smith.

…………….and the Sun has better pix :D:D:D:D:D

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I say chaps…

Could we all pop over to the Daily Mail site and leave a suitable comment on the hyped up report:

“The last Second World War Hurricane still in flying condition…”:p

Oh dear…

Nie

does anyone here actually read that bilge, The DM? Its barely much better than The Sun.

Just out of interest Robbo, at what point does a bang on the nose following landing stop being a bang an start being a crash?

When parts start getting left behind before you come to a stop….;)

at what point does a bang on the nose following landing stop being a bang an start being a crash?

:confused:

crash
verb
to have an accident, especially one which damages a vehicle:

crash
noun
an accident, especially one which damages a vehicle

:rolleyes:

Maybe this will push the shock-horror “Red Arrows inches from disaster” (last August, by the way) off the headlines doing the rounds today (heavy sigh).

Let’s hope the incident ocurred towards the end of the landing run when the engine was more in idling mode (fingers crossed). I guess this is always a risk with airworthy restorations, and the Hurricane is a better bet than many when it comes to landing, ground handling – bad luck, this.

I have to agree with this. Maybe i did go abit over the top but as i heard it on national radio i thought flippin heck this must be bad.

Having worked on peters collection for 1 year or so i know him and the team quite well and was quite worried.
Havent heard that a hurricane had gone down at north weald worried me.

Next time i wont go in with all guns blazing but i didnt know the serverity of the accident

Glad all is well 🙂 and i shall hopefuly catch them saturday

668

668,
No need to justify yourself in my opinion. You were only reporting what you heard on the radio. I think in the same situation we’d all have done the same. I think some of the people on here were a little harsh on you over the way you reported it.

Just out of interest Robbo, at what point does a bang on the nose following landing stop being a bang an start being a crash?

Hello Pete.
Great to hear that you are ok and that the damage sounds fairly minimal. I do sincerely hope that the merlin was undamaged in the tip up and that all being well June will see you safely roaming the skies in the Hurribomber!

Posted on the Hangar 11 website.
”
Hi mates

just a brief note to say that I am absolutely fine after yesterdays upsetting incident in the new Hurri Bomber 🙁

In short I took my first flight after her 3 year restoration this morning after several days of weather related delays. The flight involved a departure to the East and transit to the Black Water where I had loads of fun , looping and gently aerobating this wonderful old lady around the sunny Essex skies.

After stalls, low speed manoeuvres and getting comfortable with the flight envelope and flying characteristics, I returned to Weald; couple of passes for the snappers and then break into a left hand circuit to land. Gear came down snappily , flaps, downwind checks all text book as was the following curving approach to runway 20 in a light westerly wind.

The speed was spot on as was the 3 point touchdown right on the numbers.

Sadly at that point, just as the main wheels touched I knew I had a big problem as the brakes appeared to be stuck on causing the aircraft to lurch forward and in spite of my best efforts to keep the stick back and wrestle the controls, she gently nosed over and came to rest on the prop.

Thankfully I had landed at the minimum speed commensurate with a 3 pointer and was carrying the least forward momentum, otherwise she may well have flipped over with obvious consequences. Clearly we had a mechanical failure associated with the brake relay system as the skid marks on the runway demonstrate but luckily I managed to keep her on the centreline and the damage is really pretty minimal, even the spinner is untouched. Prop is trashed and the motor will have to come out for test but I am 100% fine and hey we can fix the plane.

Best estimates are with the help of all our supporters, we will be back in the air by June 2009.

Sincere thanks to all of you who have called and showed so much concern, I am trying to put this down to the rich tapestry of life.

Luv

Pete ”

Having seen the photo it’s hardly wreckage. Alittle misshapen maybe but definitely wreckage. Can’t trust the media to get anything right.

Just thought I would add the following from our local rag….

Firefighters and paramedics were scrambled to North Weald yesterday after a WW2 fighter plane crash landed. The Hawker Hurricane appeared to stall on touchdown sending the planes nose crashing into the ground and flipping its tail section into the air. The pilot emerged from the wreckage unscathed.

Gordonbennet! talk about beefing the story up.

Great jounalism ‘Harlow Star’ :rolleyes:

I read that too, laughable!

668

‘Local news for local people’

Just thought I would add the following from our local rag….

Firefighters and paramedics were scrambled to North Weald yesterday after a WW2 fighter plane crash landed. The Hawker Hurricane appeared to stall on touchdown sending the planes nose crashing into the ground and flipping its tail section into the air. The pilot emerged from the wreckage unscathed.

Gordonbennet! talk about beefing the story up.

Great jounalism ‘Harlow Star’ :rolleyes:

I have been away for a few days and I am sorry for bumping this thread, which has a little bit of controversy in it, up to the top again.

I would just like to wish PT all the best in putting her back into the air. I am happy everyone is ok from this little incident.

She truly is the most pretty Hurricane on the scene.

Interesting thread. Gone from wishing the pilot well and hoping he’s ok and to a speed recovery of a historic Hurricane aircraft to a debate over whether its right or wrong to photograph an aircraft misap. I wonder how many of you if told there were pics of say a spitfire wheels up on youtube would go and have a look.
Oh and god forbid use the word crash, when it obviously did’nt. However it was’nt a traditional landing and it will be fixed.
picky picky picky

How long will it go on for!

Have to agree UNC….FF is a bitchy home for the terminally bored.

I am pleased Mr T is ok…….that Hurricane is quite honestly one of the loveliest I have ‘seen’ in forumite’s piccies.

I personally feel Moggy did the right thing posting the piccie. It went someway to counter the heart flutters many probably got from Matt’s original title/post….I would STRONGLY suggest that in future people put ‘incident’, especially until facts are known?

Historic Aviation is a small world, many of us personally know pilots etc. Every time I see a post with key words…crash, accident etc I go OMG.

I have to agree with this. Maybe i did go abit over the top but as i heard it on national radio i thought flippin heck this must be bad.

Having worked on peters collection for 1 year or so i know him and the team quite well and was quite worried.
Havent heard that a hurricane had gone down at north weald worried me.

Next time i wont go in with all guns blazing but i didnt know the serverity of the accident

Glad all is well 🙂 and i shall hopefuly catch them saturday

668

Most likely looking at about June 2009 before she is back in the air.

I am pleased Mr T is ok…….that Hurricane is quite honestly one of the loveliest I have ‘seen’ in forumite’s piccies.

I personally feel Moggy did the right thing posting the piccie. It went someway to counter the heart flutters many probably got from Matt’s original title/post….I would STRONGLY suggest that in future people put ‘incident’, especially until facts are known?

Historic Aviation is a small world, many of us personally know pilots etc. Every time I see a post with key words…crash, accident etc I go OMG.

i wonder if hawker restorations over a 5 year warranty with their purchases….

Damn unlucky but at least P T and the plane are Ok and hopefully see her in the air within a couple of months.

With regards to the props, would it not make more sense to have a wooden prop similar to the 2 spit tr IX’s that had their mishaps last year, as heaven forbid they didn’t do too much damage to their engines? And would a wooden prop have an adverse effect on the performance of the engines?

I think the term you’re looking for is “exacting restoration” – if I remember rightly, the prop and engine are the exact type as fitted to this particular variant.