cant see the need to ‘drop it in’ ,that runways more than ample for an aeroplane with far worse handling at slow speed that a Spitfire. it certainly wasn’t that windy. he simply got too slow and misjudged the round out!

Its at Shoreham, no question.

Visited last week. B of B hall open. Bit surprised which aeroplanes they have taken apart. Defiant wingless and lots of panels off; hasn’t been back at Hendon that long after a major rebuild? Jungmann, likewise and a relatively newer addition in terms of when it last flew. The German types have lots of fairings removed which is very interesting to see. The only aeroplane that, at face value, really looks like it will need a serious amount of work to it is the Spitfire.

The Mile Stones hall has some big gaps as part of the re shuffle.

Still a great way to spend a few hours though.

Finally it appears that one ‘outfit’ has actually read the revised 403. Some absolute rubbish being banded around by some seasonal display pilots who should know better. Whilst I appreciate the ‘uproar’ with regard to additional charges the previous set up operated as an ‘old boy network’ within a set of rules that have been exposed as not fit for purpose.

The notion that the Shoreham crash was a ‘freak accident’, by a current display pilot, smacks of the arrogance that plainly contributed to the tragedy in the first place.

As clearly stated in one of the CAA’s first responses the priority at any event is the safety of third parties. Mr O’Brien’s statement (5 live last week)that the changes “wouldn’t have made any difference” at Shoreham is downright wrong.

Very sad and as usual rather aviodable. Some interesting changes to operating procedures at the end of the AAIB report. Mention of fitting ‘accurate instrumentation’ to old aeroplanes rather strange. Simply only fly them in suitable weather would suffice.

As per the last ‘incident’ I like the pilots comment that the aeroplane system must have been at fault. Previous nose over had an interesting AAIB follow up that found nothing wrong with the aeroplane! Hope he’s sitting down when his insurance renewal arrives.

bump!

I can think of several airfield that if you undershoot you would be in a load of trouble. As Ewan says the threshold is somewhat further west. I recall a Sea Harrier landing short at YVL a few years ago and actually hitting the runway lip! Pure and simple pilot misjudgement as in the case of the B17. The P51 was aiming for the threshold when it lost power hence the understoot which being grass is a lot more friendly than it could have been at most airfields.

VULCAN FLYPAST??

Me thinks more chance of a sqdn of FRS1 Sea Harriers flying down over London than the Vulcan.