Really interesting to see, especially as one who was there on the Sunday afternoon. What a great outcome.

I was berated on here by one individual, at the time, for being overly sensational in my reaction, but with Shoreham such a recent memory, if that had ended with a very bad outcome, I believe that non-coastal UK airshows would have been stopped dead, for good.

Too windy for the Lanc, that is fine and quite understood.

But what about rustling up a C-130, or even a A-400, to mark the occasion? There used to be so many thing we could do, which now are, for some reason, just too difficult. It is the 100th year of the RAF, if that means anything.

I have probably been reading too much this week about the Air Training Corps gliding organisation and its total collapse over the last few years, due to chronic incompetence and MOD mismanagement.

You hope that no one will do it, and then somebody does. Always.

What a nice find.

That would look great at Old Warden, or Brooklands.

posted on WIX

” The owner, Ron, was flying the TBM home from California and was on a leg from Phoenix to Albuquerque when he had what he called a catastrophic engine failure at around 12,000 feet.

The terrain was pretty rough and they decided to bail out instead of trying to put it down in the rugged mountainous area below. Ron said he rolled it over a bit so his passenger could get out and after he was safely clear Ron followed shortly after.

They landed in a heavily forested area and his passenger was caught in a tree about 30 feet up. In the process of getting himself down he fell and hit pretty hard. Ron also hit hard but his helmet to save him from more serious injuries. Both Ron and Kenney were pretty beat up but are going to recover. In fact they are on their way home as I write this.

The TBM-3E 53337 was a sweetheart for sure. The previous owners in Australia did a lot of work on the old gal and she was in great shape. We helped with the pre purchase inspection, import and licensing/airworthiness. We also put a lot of the original WWII gear back in to make her more authentic. Ron was going to take her to the TBM gathering that is coming up and was very excited to do so.

We are so relieved that Ron and Kenney are okay. We are also heartbroken that the TBM is gone as we really became attached to the old gal. They still haven’t located the wreck so I guess there is a slim chance that she put down by herself but that is our dream at this point”

Taigh Ramey

http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=66486

Broussard G-HOUR over Amersham heading NW 12.10

What a great effort, and so pleasing to see. You should call it ‘Lazarus’….

Really well done.