The T33 actually parked up for a few minutes in the position shown below before opening his engine up. The “Stupid Kids” were at the time stood behind the “Safety Barrier” (does the name give you a clue?) behind which they are supposed to be “Safe” and not in danger of being blasted out of existance by a rooky T33 pilot with no common sense!! Nobody was hurt as you say and Duxford officials conducted a quick rethink of the position of the safety fence. The photo below shows the positioning.
It probably wouldn’t have been so funny if anything had happened to the also present ‘heavily pregnant’ woman who wasn’t capable of running out of the way! I don’t want to over labour the point, but I do think that someone with authority to operate a high performance machine like the T33 should be capble of thinking through his actions before hand.
Peter
Accept that had the jetwash caused an injury it would not have been funny. I did say amusing, which I think is different to funny. The pilot was on his first solo (no excuse I know). I assume that was you with the pregnent lady? Once the issue of the jetwash became apparent, the majority of those present moved away. My comment about the kids, was that they stayed in place without any effort to move. I appologise if that offended you.
Sign In
