I would agree if there had been fatalities and the names hadn’t been announced but in a case like this when an extremely skilled pilot has an accident and survives, I for one would like to know the conditions surrounding the event. Hence my request for the relevant METAR.
Does anybody have the weather data for Shoreham on the day in question? Judging by the way the glider was “rocking” prior to the turn on to finals it would seem to have been very gusty. This routine is normally extremely smooth so I guess there were several elements at play in the incident. All very well to wait for the AAIB report but that will be 12 months in the future and we’ll all have forgotten about it. In the meantime there could be some worthwhile learning points to be gained. It does prove that the Swift is a very tough piece of kit.
Well I’m sure we’re all very pleased that you’ve found something to enjoy “pagen01”, but you are correct, the Blades are in the main ex-Red Arrows pilots.
The only problem is that if the Red Arrows re-equipped with Extras, would they be able to do as many shows in a day because of the longer transit times?
Just for the record the Harvard is owned by a group,two of whom are Ryanair pilots, and it was operating experience flights for Classic Wings. An appropriate bag of gold will secure a flight for you. Nice pictures by the way but wasn’t it hot?
I believe that DAS, the Duxford one, were offered an ATP, the GTI version of the 748, but declined due to lack of facilities, manpower and money to maintain it.
Armed with the appropriate credit card or bundle of cash, you can fly in G-APAO at Duxford. This is now flying as R4922 in a silver RAF scheme but is now back to being a Tiger Moth. See G-INFO for the full story.
Don’t shoot the messenger but I heard on Friday at Duxford that four of the applications had been approved. I don’t know which ones but it’s a good start.
I’m sorry I’m a bit late on this one but I remember being at Duxford when “Black Six” did a run and break and on the overrun sounded like a bag of nails. I was unwise enough to say this within earshot of Charlie Brown and got a very pithy rundown of just what an excellent motor the Daimler Benz was. (Still prefer the Merlin though).
Thanks for that, it looks like a good afternoon. I was surprised to see the various Moths there as I understand they don’t have air filters to the carbs so I hope they weren’t sucking in any ash. I wasn’t brave enough and in the absence of any definite information I left the Airtourer in the hangar.
Thanks for that, it looked like a very good day although it was a pretty liberal interpretation of “Jodel”. It was good to see the Wicko amongst the rarities. I thought your editing was very good with just the right balance.
I seem to remember Al Murray having a pretty good discussion with James May on the relative merits of the Spitfire 9 versus the FW 190 on one of his Friday night “pub landlord” TV shows. They both seemed to know their stuff.
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