Oh lordy, first day of 2009 and already the nasty boys are picking on me:p

This is the year of my anti ‘anti-speculation’ campaign, and I intend to rashly speculate on pretty much everything.

I will further speculate that it was not a PA28, although one is based there, since they are not known for ‘tipping over’, whereas Cubs and Tigers are.

Really good input from Mark.

A cohererent, practical and realistic response is a breath of fresh air in this thread:rolleyes:

OK, but not very ambitious, or imaginative. You seem to have literally just filmed whatever happened, rather than creating (directing) your own film.

You could have had a broader opening shot, in interesting light, after which the procedure of hand-swinging, close up of crew, reactions if possible, reactions of bystanders, more interesting camera angles, better range of lenses to employ, allowing wide-angle cockpit views.

A single shot is unlikely to be interesting enough to sustain for more than about 4 seconds before cutting away. Really you need some air-to-air footage, and a Tiger gives you the opportunity for some gentle aeros, which are quite photogenic with an on-board camera.

I like Scott Joplin (piano) but in this instance it adds very little, and I would suggest you think again. Sorry to sound harsh, but I am sure you will be able to come up with something pretty good with a bit more preparation and a shooting script.

The aeroplane was repatriated in the 1950’s, I think by a Mr Hugh Scope, or perhaps Scrope. It was ‘fettled’ for the trip home by Doug Bianchi, who subsequently wrote a characteristically comical article for ‘Pilot’, which I have, but it is in deep storage ( tea chest in shed ).

One of the details of the article I do recall was that, for some obscure reason, Mr Scope visited a French clairvouyant, who was adament that ill-fortune would befall anyone who was associated with the aeroplane!

It certainly has had a turbulent history; chopped up by an Auster at Redhill, badly crashed at Old Warden, heaven knows what else.

‘Storch’ is M.S 500 G-AZMH, Based at Booker until about 1990, then to a Museum in Germany.

The various Lanc sections /debris round the back of the Aces High (North Weald) hangar in 1992 looked pretty much like the result of a scrapping :(.

Obviously it was, and remains a complicated and sorry tale which led to that outcome, but it all looked a bit brutal.

The quality of that G-ALGT image is amazing for a scan of a small print.
Has it been digitally ‘tickled’ a bit ?