4 hours sideways 😉

Did a Nimrod AEW ever reach the RAF to count as ‘production’ ?

Never mind who flew or serviced them, what happened to the planes? Any surviving?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/forzaq8/4675780851/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/macbrun/2627869279/

The Vulcan would never have wing fold, plus imagine the hangar height if it did.

So huge lifts, mahoosive steam catapults and arrestor gear……

Be easier to put a motor on the Isle of Wight

Very sad,and I guess one of those accidents that would happen one day.

Large groups of people in close proximity to machinery is always going to be risky. Hopefully lessons will be learned and the races continue next year in a safer form.

Having seen the video, the aircraft goes up very steeply whilst rolling right to the inverted, then descends near vertical to impact – nasty

F16 was still planted last night, parts have been removed.

Found this on the net:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mike_miley/5991710179/

Interesting object in the background too – historic ( demobbed ) or visiting ?

Please don’t speculate guys….it is unhelpful, does not serve any purpose only to upset people and make armchair enthusiasts feel they have a rightful opinion, which in this case, they do not. That is why we have investigators.
I have been involved in aviation all my working life and such speculation is worthless.

Tony – I’m not speculating ( and made that clear ) but having spent all my working life in aviation, including assisting in several AAIB investigations, I ( like most engineers ) do find the ‘why’ a fascinating subject 😉

The main thing is this was a non fatal

With yellow spinners ?