Damn that was quick, thanks! It looked like a gear down ferry, and passed just outside the aerobatic competion box at EGBW.
Cheers
Most likely looking at about June 2009 before she is back in the air.
Here are some details of Miles Aircraft if anyone is interested, although they might me a little out of date. I will try and find a few photogrphs out:
Hawk Major M. 2F G-ACWY NF748 Struck Off Charge
Hawk Major M. 2F G-ACYO NF752 Crashed
Hawk Major M. 2F G-ADCI NZ587 Crashed
Hawk Major M. 2H VT-AGH NZ578 Crashed
Hawk Major M. 2H G-ADMW DG590 Stored
Hawk Major M. 2H G-AENS DP848 Crashed
Hawk Major M. 2P G-ADDK BD180 Struck Off Charge
Hawk Major M. 2P G-ADLO NZ588 Struck off Charge
Hawk Major M. 2P VP-KBT NZ589 Crashed
Hawk Major M. 2R G-ADLN DG664 Struck Off Charge
Hawk Trainer M. 2W G-ADWT NF750 Awaiting Test Flights
Hawk Trainer M. 2X G-AEAX DG666 Damaged Beyond Repair
Falcon Major M. 3A G-ADHG A37-3 Airworthy
Falcon Major M. 3A G-ADFH HM496 Dismantled
Falcon Major M. 3A G-ADIU A37-6 Dismantled
Falcon Six M. 3D G-AEAG A37-1 Stored
Falcon Six M. 3D G-AECC DG576 Crashed
Whitney Straight M.11A G-AERS ES922 Crashed
Whitney Straight M.11A OO-UMK BD168 Crashed
Whitney Straight M.11A G-AERV EM999 Rebuild to Airworthy
Whitney Straight M.11A ZK-AEO NZ576 Crashed
Whitney Straight M.11A G-AETS DR611 Scrapped
Whitney Straight M.11A G-AEUX DJ713 Crashed
Whitney Straight M.11A G-AEVF BS814 Scrapped
Whitney Straight M.11A G-AEVA DR612 Crashed
Whitney Straight M.11A G-AEWA DJ714 Crashed
Whitney Straight M.11A G-AEVL DP855 Scrapped
Whitney Straight M.11A ZK-AFG NZ579 Crashed
Whitney Straight M.11A G-AEVM BS815 Scrapped
Whitney Straight M.11A G-AEWK AV970 Crashed
Whitney Straight M.11A G-AEYA DP237 Crashed
Whitney Straight M.11A G-AFAB BD145 Crashed
Whitney Straight M.11A G-AEXJ BS818 Crashed
Whitney Straight M.11A G-AFCN V4739 Scrapped
Whitney Straight M.11A ZK-AGB NZ577 Crashed
Whitney Straight M.11A G-AFJX BD183 Rebuild?
Whitney Straight M.11B G-AERC AV971 Scrapped
Mohawk M.12 G-AEKW HM503 Rebuild
Hawk Trainer Mk. III M.14 G-AFBS BB661 Display
Hawk Trainer Mk. III M.14A ZK-AEZ NZ585 Destroyed
Monarch M.17 G-AFCR W6461 Crashed
Monarch M.17 G-AFJU X9306 Display
Monarch M.17 G-AFJZ W6462 Scrapped
Monarch M.17 G-AFRZ W6463 Stored
So, what lessons have there been from the past 5/10/20/30/100 years ?
Some of the usual suspects:
– dont do aeros near the ground.
– dont run out of fuel.
– make sure the runway is long enough.
And one of the golden rules of display flying, do not deviate from your thoroughly rehearsed and practiced display routine!
My personal view even today is that I wish the pilots were half as talented
as the crew that restore these aircraft and we would lose less of them.
I am genuinely curious. What calibre of pilot do you think is trusted with these aeroplanes in order to have that viewpoint?