Oops at Old Sarum / Earls Colne, Saturday.

That registration really is tempting providence

Moggy

Not pretty and as mentioned – could have been much worse…
Anyone else notice the irony of one aircraft is G-AVEC which is French for “with”??

Would have been even more ironic if it had gone into the line of aircraft a couple of spaces away, where I gather G-BUMP was parked!

Wicked Willip :dev2:

Reported over on FLYER to be a Wellesbourne-based Warrior and the two pictured were innocent bystanders (so to speak)

Moggy

Not pretty and as mentioned – could have been much worse…
Anyone else notice the irony of one aircraft is G-AVEC which is French for “with”??

I was only teasing anyway. Those two types are the workhorses of the aviation world and have worked with many a harassed student to help him through those 40-45 hours of doubt and uncertainty.

I was pleased enough to punt one (Warrior 160) all around Northern France shortly after I had qualified.

They may not be the most exciting flight in the world, but (generally) they don’t bite – which makes you wonder what went wrong here.

Moggy

Oooh, saucer of milk for MoggyC!:p

Actually I meant that a low wing monoplane hitting a high wing monoplane is probably not a bad recipe for wingtips and the like missing vital bits like occupants (though anyone in the Cessna at the time might have had their hairstyle, and underpants colour, changed)…

…but I take your point!

Adrian

You mean they could have been nice aircraft?

Moggy 😉

Ouch!

Could have been a whole lot worse, though, couldn’t it?

Adrian

The aftermath

http://s32.photobucket.com/user/buttino/media/photo2_zps389cd09f.jpg.html

Moggy

The goings-on at Earls Colne this weekend sounded even more alarming.

By all accounts somebody left the runway on their second landing attempt and collected a couple of parked aircraft.

Moggy

The bare details! 😉

http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/10338846.Earls_Colne__Planes_crash_on_runway/

What a wonderful term ‘Failed to land correctly’. 🙂 Glad both are OK by the way.

Comes from me initially writing ‘failed to take off’ and then having to correct it. Does sound poetic doesn’t it! :diablo:

The goings-on at Earls Colne this weekend sounded even more alarming.

By all accounts somebody left the runway on their second landing attempt and collected a couple of parked aircraft.

Moggy

What a wonderful term ‘Failed to land correctly’. 🙂 Glad both are OK by the way.