I was a mere 10 year old boy when 9/11 happened, however my memories or the day are very clear. I remember by father picked me up from primary school telling me that some aircraft had crashed into “a big warehouse somewhere, I think maybe Chicago”. At this I thought, well OK terrible accident, some pilot has crashed on approach into some warehouse under an airport or has over-run the runway by some distance an the thing to stop the stricken plane was a warehouse building. After the short drive to my house, I went into the living room where BBC news was on and as I saw that a plane had crashed into a massive skyscraper, despite my very young age I knew this was the start of something that was going to drag on, maybe not for the next decade or longer but for a few months anyway.

I also remember going back to school the next day and it being the talk of the classroom and the teacher being asked countless times by every pupil in the room “Is World War 3 breaking out miss?” The teacher just didn’t know how to answer it and simply kept saying I don’t know but in a sombre tone.

Scary time for everyone involved I guess

The sheer incompetence of the Politics department at the University of Edinburgh, supposedly amongst the top 10 universities on the island!! 😡

Why not just pop along to GLA- 7 based 757’s TOM and TCX, plus CO, US, FI ! 😉

I don’t know of any spotting locations accessible by public transport. I used to be a regular there when there was a reasonable place to spot in the terminal but no more!

Translation if it is any help 🙂

“Aerobatic pilot Alex McLean has died after an accident at Casarrubios airfield”

The accident occurred whilst the pilot was carrying out a training flight in an area of the aerodrome reserved for this type of flight.

At around 1pm today (Tuesday), Spanish aerobatic pilot Alex Mclean, 39, died at the Casarrubios del Monte airfield near Toledo. He was Spanish champion many times in this discipline and one of the best pilots in the Red Bull cup.

According to sources consulted by ABC,the accident happened whilst the pilot was conducting a training flight reserved for this type of flight, often referred to as the ‘aerobatic chimney’, which has been used for these types of aerobatic manoeuvres for 5 years now and is set up in a way to eliminate any danger to the public from aerobatic flights in the area.

The aerodrome, the largest in Spain in terms of private flights, contains a maintenance and training base for Red Bull cup pilots.

According to sources, the accident happened whilst the pilot was carrying out a manoeuvre he was very accustomed to however also very risky, a nose dive whilst doing barrel rolls. For reasons which are not yet clear, the pilot was unable to recover from the dive and flew straight into the ground!

Hope this is of some help people 🙂

News to me!

Off topic I know but does that mean that Britain no longer has a stake in Airbus? 🙁

Surprised they didn’t opt for PIK as a diversion airport. Closer and let’s face it, PIK won’t mind a closed runway for a few minutes! To MAN that’s a major headache!

The situation would be freedom fighters wanting separation from Spanish occupation . It doesn’t need any interpretation -would you consider targeting civilians to achieve that aim legitimate?

No, I believe the Canary Islands would be better as part of Spain!

Those that fly the imperial flag (Union Flag) on the island of Ireland!