I took these on my recent visit to RAF Manston. Each pic shows part of one big list, that shows when eveytime a Fire truck was called out to accident at Manston.
Dating right back to 1964 to 1980. Hope this will be of some interest to someone. 🙂
1st part of the list.
By: LesB - 13th July 2003 at 16:09
A330
Doubt you’ll find these on the net, I didn’t, the pics are both from old hard-copy RAF sources. You’d have to find someone with old copies of Bomber and Strike Command Flight Safety Reviews from the 60s and 70s.
Might be a quest for you though, eh?
By: A330Crazy - 13th July 2003 at 14:14
Cheers for that once again Les. Very interesting stuff! I might go searching for some myself on the net later this evening.
By: LesB - 13th July 2003 at 12:01
A330
Glad to be able to fill in some background – at last! 😀
Anyway, 8th down on the list in your 1st pic is Victor XH671. This suffered a partial nosewheel lowering and was diverted to Manston’s foam runway. As the Victor’s nose was lowered the nose oleo collapsed under the weight causing Cat 3 damage. A team from an MU (St Athan?) recovered it.
Remarkable stuff that foam runway, greasy, smelly, brownish, off-white gunk that took about an hour to lay. Saved lives and pounds though.
By: A330Crazy - 13th July 2003 at 00:07
Thanks for that Les. That adds a little more info to the list above.
Thanks to you I know alot more about that particular event.
Thanks Les, appreciate it greatly. 🙂
By: LesB - 13th July 2003 at 00:03
OK, the picture didn’t show! No idea why, and the site won’t let me edit my own post!
Try again . . .
Ah, that worked. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
By: LesB - 12th July 2003 at 23:59
You may be interested in the attached. It is one of a series from official Air Ministry pictures showing XM244 on the foam at Manston. (XM244 is 5th down in the list in your first picture).
This is a B(I)8 from 3 Sqd (my old sqd) at RAF Geilenkirchen. It was flown by Flt Lt Ron Ledwidge with nav Flt Lt Martin Fortune. Ron experienced a port u/c sequence valve problem and got the kite down safely (and remarkably neatly) in very stormy weather. Consider Ron’s straightish landing path through the foam.
Anomaly : Ron gives the date as 9 June 1965 though and that’s what I have on my web site (B(I)8 Galleries – XM244). I’ll have to have a word with him, maybe the years have confused the dates.
By: A330Crazy - 12th July 2003 at 22:04
Note there are only 4 Vulcan accidents. Has anyone got any history on Vulcans at MSE?
By: coanda - 12th July 2003 at 20:16
crappy u/c huh?
coanda
By: A330Crazy - 12th July 2003 at 19:45
3rd part, sorry its blurry but I think you just make it out. 🙂
By: A330Crazy - 12th July 2003 at 19:41
2nd part:
Sign In
July 12, 2003 at 7:39 pm