Alan Weals, ex BA, a very experienced ATPL, recently retired.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2011315/Ex-British-Airways-captain-killed-mid-air-collision-light-aircraft-causes-lose-control-crash.html

A ‘version’ of events in the Daily Mail

A pilot managed to divert his plane from a busy town centre minutes before it nosedived and exploded in a 30 foot fireball.
The man, a 63-year-old from the local area, had been involved in a mid-air collision with another small aircraft, causing his plane to lose its tail and crash land in a sports ground, narrowly missing a dog walker.
The second plane managed to land safely after the accident near Shoreham Airport, close to Brighton in West Sussex, yesterday afternoon at 4.30pm.

The crashed plane was thought to be a privately-owned Vans kit plane while the other was a Diamond two-seater model.
A Sussex Police spokesman said the pilot appeared to avoid houses before the crash on to the Adur recreation ground.
There were people in the area at the time but there were no casualties on the ground.

: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2011315/Pilot-dies-steers-plane-away-crash-landing-town-centre-following-mid-air-collision-West-Sussex.html#ixzz1RDQTeLh2

When the forum starts talking about the forum, you know that a thread has run its course. :rolleyes:

I was writing my post when Student Pilot posted : just to qualify my earlier post, presumably Anna had time on her side to prepare for the landing : the sequence of photos well demonstrates her skill throughout, the area was clear of obstructions , people were presumably kept well clear, and it was a grass surface. How different the results when this happened on the confines of a carrier deck, flying splinters caused many injuries, and in a well-documented landing by a Wyvern there was a fatality when a shard of the propellor pierced the ship’s structure, killing a sailor. I think that spelled the start of the end of carrier ops for the Wyverns. So well done again Anna, whom we are told it was, hope there is minimal/no bruising from the straps and also hope to learn that you’ll be back in that harness soon again! Best wishes. Brian

You may be making some assumptions here. The absence of emergency vehicles might indicate that this unfortunate event was not expected.

What am I going to watch now, as I drive down the M4 ?

The road, I suppose.

What a bore 🙁

Taken last Sept, over Little Missenden, Bucks, from a CJ-6.

The shortest air/air shoot I have ever done, it broke up after 25 seconds !

Why ? Lets just say health & Safety .

With exactly the same photographs… :rolleyes:

Richard

I wanted to have a punt at that one, but he specifically says ‘ no time-wasting plane spotters’ !

Curses.

Hi Rory,

It will be interesting to see in what light this production portrays the endeavours of Bomber Command, and no doubt Arthur Harris. Some ‘historians’ have made a name for themselves taking a pretty revisionist view of events, and strongly condemned the actions of the ‘rank and file’ aircrew , and the consequences of their operations.

This injustice has been perpetuated for too long, and the story of huge personal courage and sacrifice needs to be told.

Survivors are few now, and time is short. Best wishes for your production.