What is very clear is that the pilot not only managed to bring the a/c back to the airfield without further incident but subsequently went on to display other vintage a/c so soon afterwards. All credit to him for his skill and professionalism
Amen to that. It is always a pleasure to have JR and AW over here for the show, true gentlmen and gifted pilots.
Cheers Dave C
Spent the last 2 days at the Russell show. The poles were put up 1 week before the 2008 show which caused a few acts to cancel that show due to the poles. The incident happened on thursday evening on a test flight of the 109 which was being readied for the show. Their has been ledal action in place since 2008 to have the poles removed from that location, legal action is very slow here in Canada. I was told the poles were just a inch or two below the legal limit and were set very deep and concrete with the concrete pyramided up the base of the pole approx 3-4feet to prevent anyone from cutting it down. As far as I can see the poles were put up to try and close Mr. Russell’s strip. On friday their was alot of police and Department of Transport people investigating the accident.
The most important thing is John R. made it back to the strip un-injured. I feel a foot one way or the other and this could have been very worst. John and Alan did a wonderful job in the Spitfire and Hurricane on Saturday with the CWH Lancaster.
Cheers Dave C
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