According to BBC News, a vintage aircraft has crashed during a display in a village in Bedfordshire.
Bedfordshire Police and other emergency services were called to a crop field near Old Warden airfield on Sunday morning after the aircraft came down.
Police said: “The aircraft is a vintage plane taking part in an air display hosted from the Old Warden Collection. The 44-year-old male pilot of the aircraft which was single crewed has walked away with only slight injuries.”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-14006653
By: TonyT - 6th July 2011 at 01:12
The important point is that the Pilot’s Ok, the Jungmann can be fixed.
It would have been nice if the BBC had asked before they stole a photo marked all rights reserved and cropped the copyright off it. It would have been even better if they’d chosen any of the better photos of the Jungmann from the same Flickr account.
Rob, file a complaint against them, I had similar when one of my photos was lifted off PPrune and made its way into The Sun newspaper, PPrunes lawyers took it up resulting in money coming our way which I split with PPrune, was a couple of hundred quid better off for it personally. It is copyright theft plain and simple and make a point of it in your complaint, in fact to have cropped of the copyright without your permission is also I think illegal?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/
see
http://www.bitterwallet.com/bbc-uses-copyright-image-from-flickr-for-news-24/7498
he didn’t accept the first payment offered by the looks of this
A spokesperson has contacted Mike and offered an undisclosed amount, which he has accepted:
Posted by Michael Bailey • July 15, 2009 at 9:49 am just for info.. The BBC paid me £600 for use of the image.Thanks BBC.
remember to check and tax due on it
By: RPSmith - 5th July 2011 at 23:29
Send them an invoice.
Roger Smith.
By: Eddie - 5th July 2011 at 01:10
Not a bad report really. For those of you who don’t watch it, Sir John Allison gives a brief statement on what happened – paraphrased, the pilot was practising aerobatics at a safe height, the engine stopped and the only available field was one with crops in it – and the aircraft turned over on landing.
By: trumper - 4th July 2011 at 17:10
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-14006653 video report
By: Bruce - 3rd July 2011 at 19:25
Poor old GRETA – I rebuilt it in a life gone by!
Bruce
By: Dr. John Smith - 3rd July 2011 at 17:35
Vintage Plane Crashes at Old Warden
More info at the Aviation Safety Network website: http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=137106, which says
“Date: 03-JUL-2011
Time: morning
Type: CASA 1-131E Jungmann Series 2000
Operator:Near Old Warden Airfield – EGTH
Registration: G-RETA
C/n / msn:2197
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Airplane damage:Substantial
Location:Near Old Warden Airfield – EGTH – United Kingdom
Phase:Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature: Demo/Airshow/Display
Departure airport: Old Warden Airfield – EGTH
Destination airport: Old Warden Airfield – EGTH
Narrative:
A CASA Jungmann crashed in a crop field near Old Warden Airfield (EGTH) during a practice in the run-up to a display.
The pilot escaped with minor injuries.
Sources:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-14006653
http://www.bearsdenherald.co.uk/news/pilot_walks_away_from_plane_crash_1_1712499
http://www.airliners.net/photo/CASA-1-131E-Jungmann/1155206/L (photo)
By: Mike Smart - 3rd July 2011 at 13:01
A Bucker Jungmann apparently…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-14006653
Mike
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July 3, 2011 at 12:34 pm