Hi all, got a couple of questions about Skegness air displays from the seventies:
1 – a mate of mine has a photo taken by her parents of her (aged two!) at Skegness in May 79 with five aircraft in formation in the background. I haven’t seen the photo yet, but I’m told their wings are straight and are quite far forward on the fuselage. Does anyone know of a formation team from 1979 which would fit that profile?
2 – while discussing that particular photo, I mentioned that there was a Lightning which went in (I think fatally) at a Skegness air display one year. Although on second thoughts it might be Scarborough… Either way, I’m sure it was a Lightning which went into the bay after getting a fast low pass wrong. Can anyone else shed any light on that one? Year, aircraft identity, pilot, etc?
Thanks in advance…
Steve
By: Gareth Horne - 13th April 2004 at 16:40
A bit more information at
http://www.allenby.info/aircraft/planes/ryedale/scarboro3.html
By: JDK - 13th April 2004 at 13:16
Without speculating and thus misleading, or causing offence, do we know what went wrong?
By: Firebird - 13th April 2004 at 13:10
Originally posted by DGH
Not long after he won the award for the best display at IAT that year.
It’s during that particular aero’s display that I took the photo that you can see as my avatar…..:D
Have to say the aero’s display Mike did in this a/c at the BAe Families day at Hatfield (either just before or I think just after the IAT show) was one of the most awesome Lightning solos I had ever seen….:D
I seem to remember Mike had one of those great wartime fighter pilot handlebar moustache’s……..:D
Very sad way for it to end:(
By: DGH - 13th April 2004 at 11:30
Not long after he won the award for the best display at IAT that year.
By: Arabella-Cox - 13th April 2004 at 00:21
That’s the one! Thanks very much Ken, greatly appreciated.
By: dodrums - 13th April 2004 at 00:18
Re: Skegness air displays
Originally posted by SteveYoung
2 – while discussing that particular photo, I mentioned that there was a Lightning which went in (I think fatally) at a Skegness air display one year. Although on second thoughts it might be Scarborough… Either way, I’m sure it was a Lightning which went into the bay after getting a fast low pass wrong. Can anyone else shed any light on that one? Year, aircraft identity, pilot, etc?
Steve
a quick look through Martin Bowman’s “English Electric Lightning” gives:
“F3 XP753 Crashed into the sea off Scarborough 26.8.83, during unauthorised aerobatics. Flt Lt Mike Thompson, LTF, killed”
Ken
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April 13, 2004 at 12:03 am