I wonder how much compensation the farmer received for loss of build’s/stock and income from those 2 incidents. He’s probably a millionaire now.
There’s an aerial view of the damage done by Aird and the canopy, and it’s surprising little – and likewise, believe it or not, the Buccaneer. You’d expect the Brick to have gone through it like a runaway train but in fact most of it was outside the greenhouses still, must almost have rolled in. There were probably some hefty repairs after the Buccaneer, but if they were Dutch-light-type greenhouses then new lights could just have been bolted in after the Aird incident – timber-framed greenhouses, as I suspect these were back then, were pretty modular.
Thinking about it, when I saw the air-to-ground view, I had a go at working out where the tractor must have been and it was on the airfield – I bet it was the company grass-cutter – hence the badge?. Perhaps slightly surprising that it’s not on grass tyres, but I guess for just keeping the grass down, rather than keeping a bowling-green finish, they weren’t needed. And I’m fairly sure from what little you can see of it, that’s a mower on the back rather than a plough.
*EDIT* – In fact, it might even be a hay turner. If it’s a plough I’ll eat my hat!
I’m thinking far too much about tractors… Oooh arr!
Adrian
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