I think for any long-term HA 1112 joy riding operation the question is not ‘will there be a damaging loss-of control incident ?’ but ‘HOW SOON will there be a damaging loss-of of control incident? ”
Needing ideally a grass surface, and minimal crosswind it is trickier prospect than, say, a Spit.
Also , if the aircraft inverts on the ground, has the passenger any chance of getting that canopy open ? Needs a bit of thinking about.
If it is true that it is to eventually join the ‘£3,000 whizz-round’ fleet, then from a commercial view point, as a ‘ride in a WW2 German fighter ”, or at least the closest the public will ever get, it would perhaps be required to look like this !
This will have to do, for the moment!
Interesting shots ! But Hell’s Bells, those disc cameras were just terrible!
The neg was about as big as the nail on your little finger. No wonder Kodak went bust!
That Mitchell was Laden Maiden, which was once a regular flyer with the Confederate Air Force
http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=33364
Go over to Flyer Forum if you really want to pick the bones out of this story…… 12 pages and counting!
The Mudry CAP 10 is a two-seat training aerobatic aircraft first built in 1970 and still in production in 2007. The plane was developed from the Piel Super Emeraude and was born as the CP100.
Despite the best of intentions, I fear if the airframe were recovered and placed on display, it might end up rather like the JU87 pulled from the Adriatic sea a few years ago, just a shattered wreck, and continuing to degrade.[ATTACH=CONFIG]242986[/ATTACH]
http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=54175
G-AOKF Prentice
”Wilkinson moved to Jersey, in the Channel Islands, in mid-1965 and used at least one of the Prentice aircraft to commute between the Island and the UK mainland. He sold all three aircr’aft in 1966, G-AOLU to another UK owner and G-AOKF to Liberia, with delivery to that country as a condition of sale. G-AOMF went to CAVU International Ltd., also of Jersey, on 13Sep1966.’
see post 77
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?131582-New-Zealand-Percival-aircraft/page3
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Like a melting ice cube, the mortal remains of that P38 must eventually fizz away to nothing.
From a curiosity perspective, something curious will no longer be there, but as a historical artifact it has no particular merit.
Probably it does not matter terribly what happens to it, and future generations are unlikely to give a hoot.
It is a romantic and fascinating relic, but in any realistic appraisal the sea took it decades ago, sadly.
Another photo and a bit more from MK12 here (scroll down a bit )
http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=24538
Having no personal knowledge of the circumstances of any of these very sad events, I have ( for information purposes) quoted from attributed online sources and provided links, and my use of quotation marks around text is intended to indicate a third party source, rather than my own opinion.
These accidents, and others of course, are distressing to read about especially if serious injury is involved, but beyond my own personal sadness, I have no information or opinion to contribute.
Ahh………Bicester[ATTACH=CONFIG]242846[/ATTACH]
”This is the second fatal crash involving one of the company’s Tiger Moths in just two years.
Pilot Alexander ‘Jimmy’ Rae and French tourist Taissia Umenc died when one of the company’s aircrafts crashed in water off South Stradbroke Island in December 2013.”
http://www.capitalbay.news/australia/950581-tiger-moth-plane-crashes-in-norwell.html
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?128075-Queensland-Tiger-Moth-crash-report
Hi all
A quick question to ask if anyone knows if the good Capt Brown is scheduled to give any of his excellent lectures in the Central London area in the near future please.
Many thanks
Eric had a fall in London a few weeks ago, and at his age, these things take quite some getting over.
The feedback from those who know him better is that the formal public appearances, may now be coming to an end, sadly..
It has been an honour to see him, a true hero .
The new Spit is well advanced, and I think Peter might see this development as an effective way of funding the completion of the restoration, and putting the collection on a stable footing.