Just an American gobs h i t e seeking publicity. He was never much good as an actor, and he’s even worse at PR..

tw@t:D

There are just so many things I want to write, but biting my tongue will have to do lest I get banned..:rolleyes:

G-APAM, Thruxton Jackaroo ‘Myth’ (converted back to Tiger Moth and still active 2011). Can anyone identify the badge on the nose?:

The aircraft was owned/flown by Sheila Scott at the time and I believe that this was her ’emblem’..

UK Display pilots are only exempt from the 500ft rule at a private event which has an exemption from the 500ft rule, or at a public air display, when their own DA minima becomes the base height at an airfield site, or the height specified in the CAA Permission, normally 200ft over land, 100ft over sea.

Ah, i see. we can quote things…Actually I do know a bit about this subject, both the airfield and the aeroplane. which is why i clarified things in the first place to end the hysteria. I could say “don’t quote ICAO at me when I know more about it than you”, but I wouldn’t ever say that!:cool:

Actually, the CAA’s CAP168 applies to UK Licensed aerodromes, which is broadly ICAO Annex 14 rules with a few differences. I can’t be asked to cut and paste, but it’s CAP168, Chapter 3, Paragraph 5 which applies.. Duxford grass is a Code 2 runway, and you’ll see that it is only compulsory (90m) for Code 1 & 2 instrument runways which this isn’t.

It is recommended that there is at least 120 m for all Code 2 runways, so even if Duxford 24 grass had 120m of RESA, the Mustang still would have landed outside!! Don’t you think that if there were any shortcomings, the AAIB would have recommended it? They normally cant resist recommendations…..

I’m off out to fly my aeroplane now; you anoraks can argue amongst yerselfs…:D

PS. DC-3’s with 30 pax would be Commercial Air Transport and wouldn’t land on the grass!

I think you’ll find that ‘the bump’ is way outside the required distances for smooth surfaces required by the CAA. As the threshold of the 24 grass runway is some 156 metres further West, technically there is no requirement to have it as smooth as the rest of the grass area. Well, smooth is a bit of an understatement, as the grass runway at Duxford is far from smooth! The undershoot area is not designed for landing aircraft outside of, in this instance, 60 metres from the end!

If you landed in the undershoot of the Tarmac 24 runway at Duxford, at the same distance, you’d have a few more problems with passing cars etc…

The pilot walked away, after an approach with not many options other than to put it down where he did!

And just to confirm, the Blenheim hit the embankment, some 300 metres East of the 24 Grass runway, and not ‘The Bump’

Dunbar,

I assume you’re involved, and I wish you all the very best with the project. I’m looking forward to the day when the CAA will allow experience rides for all those without Licenses, and I am confident that this will happen in the near future

My own experience is that once you’ve had a taste of R-R Merlin you’ll want some more….:cool: