… therefore allow it to continue so individuals can contribute to it if they so wish.. Trying to pretend it never happened is not the answer.!

Just a thought but does anyone know how many Fireflies are currently airworthy worldwide.. is it one in Canada and Australia respectively.?

Hi TJ
It does not really matter!!
It was a really stupid thing to do,doing low level aerobatics in a bomber especially with passengers on board was and is plain dumb or much worse.
I have tried hard to stay out of this thread but aviation is a tough environment with no room for sentimentality,everything needs to be out in the open.
Also an experienced pilot running an aircraft out of fuel in good weather on a local flight is inexcusable,bad weather or student pilot would make it more understandable.
I have said on another (unrelated) thread that a very low pass is not necessarily dangerous…looping/rolling manoevers at low altitude are extremely risky and I have witnessed 3 fatalities as a result of either starting the manoever low/slow or failing to gain enough height for the recovery.

regards baz

Baz.. totally agree with what you have just said.
But personally i would be interested to know if anyone on here, or during the subsequent investigation, witnessed DB successfully doing exactly the same at a much greater height and possibly with fewer individuals on board.. such as a practice flight close to Dx. Its hard to believe that any pilot would carry out such a manouevre without having done it at least once before and so believing that he could do it again..

Is there anyone on this forum that actually flew with him in the Invader at sometime.?

Bruce, have tried to add some pics to this thread but it appears i have reached my limit for uploading photos on the forum. How do i go about fixing this.?:confused:

Beat this………………………………:D

Was this the one on loan to Greenpeace..:D

Thanks Paul,
i realise this is always going to be a touchy subject but you will never satisfy everyone. I can just remember my father talking to DB at Duxford on occassions, but thats about it, and have always wondered just what sort of guy he was. According to a lady that worked in the canteen in the seventies he was a real gent, in fact far more than some of those that she served.
Some want to know exactly what happened, others don’t. We are all different. So those that want to know can follow the link, those that don’t.. then don’t.

Cees, yes i believe it was on display at the Rebel Air Museum before it closed down, and is still in the vicinity.

Scouse, don’t suppose you remember anything that resembled parts of a Wyvern do you.? The reason i ask is that the vast majority of Westland Wyverns scrapped at Lossiemouth were handled by a company called British Alluminium based in Warrington, and although they seem to have been processed fairly quickly i have always wondered if anything ended up in local scrappies..!