red arrow massive bird strike at wadd

[flybeboy]

understand a reds hawk had a massive bird strike at waddington show today, landed ok but theirs a very large hole in the nose, poss cat 4 or cat 5 wfu.

[sharpend]

Not as bad as my Hawk bird strike!! :)

[BEagle]

And for those who don't know:

This is the quite remarkable and true story of Squadron Leader Derek J Sharp AFC BSc Dip Comp JP RAF and his incredible adventures. Nothing perhaps was more astonishing than his survival after meeting a Mallard duck at 500 mph and his subsequent fight back to become a pilot in command once again. That he survived to age 30 was amazing, that he continued unashamedly on to a ripe old age was nothing short of a miracle. Conceivably he followed the advice written on a fridge magnet in his kitchen ‘Never drive faster than your Guardian Angel can fly’. Those who knew him would say not a chance! He lived in a time long before Political Correctness, the Breathalyser and motor car safety checks. He achieved all that he set out to do, and more. That would undoubtedly be his epitaph

Now Blunty, how goes the book? That was what you wrote 3 years ago....

Sorry to hear that a RAFAT Hawk had a coming-together with one of our feathered friends, but good to hear that the pilot got it back OK. The Team's emergencies training obviously paid dividends!

[Treble one]

Whilst far from being an expert on this things, the port side of the Hawks nose looks like its been hit by a 20mm shell. Or something a bit bigger even.


The photo is on the UKAR Twitter feed if anyone is interested.

[CoffmanStarter]

Pictures here ...

https://mobile.twitter.com/paulharv

[500N]

https://twitter.com/UKAirshowReview



Here

http://i60.tinypic.com/n1szrm.jpg

[Flap62]

Angle of the pitot probe would suggest serious internal damage. Hope it's not too bad, don't have too many of those little red rascals left!

[NutLoose]

It'll buff out..





Glad everyone is ok.

[Willard Whyte]

Well there are a whole s**t load of massive birds in the North, no surprise one got tagged.

[TBM-Legend]

Looks like another trip to the mall!

[Deskex76]

That's quite a stone-chip. Glad no-one was hurt.

"Northern", Willard? Not according to Sheffield University..... North-South Dividing Line (http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/maps/nsdivide/) Of course it might have been a visitor from further up the A15..

[Hempy]

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k144/h3mpy/C1813FA5-065E-4C18-80BE-F5B34019EB0F_zpsch0mjk8c.gif

[expatfrance]

Are you sure he did not hit Mark Cavendish?

[Willard Whyte]

"Northern", Willard? Not according to Sheffield University..... North-South Dividing Line Of course it might have been a visitor from further up the A15..

I don't agree with that map. As far as I'm concerned North is anything above Banbury. I'm not entirely at ease travelling that far up either.

[Yozzer]

I have heard of having a thick chinagraph; but this really is taking the psis.
http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/maps/nsdivide/north-south_divide_UK_no_labels_blue_red_small.jpg

Watford Gap Service Stn on the M1 gets my vote.

[goudie]

With the pitot head that askew, I presume he was accompanied by another aircraft during landing.

[Simplythebeast]

Looking at the other photos it doesnt look like the pitot head is askew. I think its just the angle the photo was captured that makes it look that way.

[goudie]

Yes, you're right. Looks ok in one pic.

[gibbo568]

Sorry WW, but you are not in the north till you get to Lancaster!

[CoffmanStarter]

Another view/angle ...

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Br2DH_dCMAAPQi3.jpg

Image Credit : Red 8, https://mobile.twitter.com/WaddAirShow & ITV Central

Red 6 : XX177

[ACW418]

As the only Northerner (Cheshire for BEagles benefit) on my Vulcan crew I can assure you that they reckoned that the North started at Watford! They were navigators etc. so knew about these things.

ACW

[BEagle]

Regarding where the Saarf ends and 't Nawth begins, my rule of thumb is that a line between the mouth of the River Welland just south of Boston, across to Welshpool is roughly the border:

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/nw969/Nawth-Saarf_zpsd90700a1.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/nw969/media/Nawth-Saarf_zpsd90700a1.jpg.html)

North of that line the world turns grey and grim, with clogs, shawls, whippets and racing pigeons much in evidence, tha' naws - whereas south of the line it's the land of milk and honey....and lager shandy....innit? :eek:

[Jimlad1]

Frankly the idea of leaving the comfort of Zone 2 to anywhere in any direction is enough to bring me out in shivers. Do you even know how much garlic, holy water and smallpox infested blankets I need to pack in order to survive a trip to Zone 3? :-)

[Willard Whyte]

North ... the world turns grey and grim,...

Like I said. Banbury.

I'm wary of Bicester too. Although that may be more down to Bicester itself.

[Basil]

As a Jock, I was always mildly amused by references to Blackpool being in 'The North'. :)

[MOSTAFA]

Blackpool is in the North.............. of England isn't it?

[NutLoose]

If God was going to give the World an enema, he'd stick the tube in Blackpool.

[Rigga]

Cat 3, possibly cat 4 if 71Sqn cant deal with it - purely from the pics seen and experience.

[Tashengurt]

Nutty,
I take you've only ever passed through? :)

[goudie]

Q. What's the name of the river you have to cross to get to the North?

A. The River Thames!

[Been Accounting]

North-south line (http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/maps/nsdivide/)

[CoffmanStarter]

Q. What's the name of the river you have to cross to get to the North?

A. The River Medway :}

[Tashengurt]

Quote:

Q. What's the name of the river you have to cross to get to the North?

A. The River Medway

Foul! That would make me a Northener. Not happy with that!


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[Courtney Mil]

Anything closer to the Pole Star than the Loire Valley is "north".

[Courtney Mil]

Now, here's proof of something I've always suspected. The picture in Coff's post clearly shows a Red Arrows pilot holding his remote control box, looking at his dented aeroplane. I just knew that's how they did it.

[NutLoose]

Tashengurt, to far south for me, and I'm not talking as a skirt wearing separatist, :p though if you are indeed from Newcastle, you're to far east for my home town :}


Bend the pitot back into line and speed tape the hole, job done... :ok:

[Genstabler]

Back to Red 6's jet, are the jihadis of the north training suicide pigeons? Only a matter of time before .......

[clunckdriver]

North? You guys are not even close, we have places in Canada that no matter which way you face, its all South! As for the "Massive " bird strike, in fact its not as bad as many by any means, enough to get ones attention, but by no means "Massive", and much nicer than those which go into the engine intakes.

[CoffmanStarter]

Nutty ... Clearly I would have over engineered the fix ... I was thinking more of a good blob of Isopon and some Wet-n-Dry :}

[Canadian Break]

anyone - were the Reds at Silverstone today? Didn't see them and nary a mention.

[NutLoose]

Little known fact Isopon is an anagram for poison.

[CoffmanStarter]

CB ... Yes they were and Suzi Perry :ok:

[Genstabler]

Canadian Break

Yes. The cloud lifted and they got in a full show.

[Pontius Navigator]

As a Jock, I was always mildly amused by references to Blackpool being in 'The North'. :)

Buying a house many years ago we were told the vendors were down south - Dundee.

[ACW418]

Been Accounting,

No your map cannot be right. Lincoln is not in the south as anyone who has been stationed at Waddington or Scampton will testify. Note the clever inclusion of aviation content!

ACW

[goudie]

Lincoln is not in the south

Too right. When stationed there, the drive down to Lunnon was a veritable escape!

[Tashengurt]

Nutty,
Living in Newcastle ( and father to two Geordies) but not from. Definately not from.


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[Always a Sapper]

Coming from South Devon, one has always considered anywhere t'other side of Exeter to be the North.... :E

[NigelOnDraft]

Had a similar one when I was a stude at Valley. Hole in front fus / avionics door, and took out some wiring e.g. AHARS or whatever it's called? Half seagull ended up in the avionics area and other half down donk.

IIRC boroscope engine, temporary patch, QFI flew it back a few days later, CAT 3.

I'm not sure that pitot tube is bent, just telescopic lens affect?

I would not call it a "massive" bird strike ;)

NoD

[SFCC]

sharpend

Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Lechlade, Glos.UK
Posts: 245
Not as bad as my Hawk bird strike!!


Well it wouldn't have been would it?

"You might have told us you at least had a trumpet" (Edmund Blackadder, circa 1990)

[Courtney Mil]

Coff, I vote you Engineer of the year, my Friend. Thing is, it would probably work!

[ACW418]

SFCC

I am not sure if you are being ignorant or sarcastic. Sharpend's birdstrike involved him losing an eye and gaining an AFC!

ACW

[Onceapilot]

Maybe he hit a bird on the fence?:E

OAP

[Clockwork Mouse]

ACW418

Well that's blown his anonymity out of the water.

[Danny42C]

Genstabler,

Just spotted your #38. There's many a true story told in jest. Will get around to it (on "Pilots Brevet in WWII") one day soon - if I'm spared that long.

(Don't hold your breath),

D.

EDIT: Clue: Dishforth, summer '72 ('71 ?), AFS operating there as Leeming runway receiving some TLC).

[saudipc-9]

Clockwork,

Sharpend did that willingly in another thread. No harm done here.

Spc9

[MOSTAFA]

Q. What's the name of the river you have to cross to get to the North?

A. The River Thames!


Personally Goudie, I'd say the Tamar.

[Martin the Martian]

'Tis but a scratch!

Time to reach for the milliput, methinks.

What kind of mallard did he hit? A steam engine?

[Ogre]

Give it a couple of hot days in the hanger and it will stink!

[KPax]

Nip across to Strawbs and pick another one up from Storage, I think there are still a couple left.

[Get me some traffic]

You southerners have all got it wrong. As you drive north from London on the Great North Road, the A1, all signs say to the north. North of Grantham you are in the midlands. Signs still say to the north until you reach Scotch Corner. That is where the north begins. Leeds, Manchester, York, Sheffield are all in the midlands. The north begins at Scotch Corner!!

[skua]

this thread takes the biscuit for drift!

A (proud & proper) Northerner

[LowObservable]

Nobody seems to be the least bit concerned about the fate of the bird. Who knows what the last thing was that went through its mind?

[500N]

It's beak ;)

I notice that the MSM have missed this incident even though
they ran stories on the Red Arrows display.

[NutLoose]

Probably it's arse, it's beak would have been first.

[Ogre]

If it was a head on collision then the arsehole would have been closely followed by the tail feathers

Might have been the beak, if it was overtaken by the 'awk.

[Background Noise]

That could take a while to fix. If it were just the skin it could be patched up and fixed properly over the winter. If the frames are damaged (and it looks like the next row of rivets have pulled out) then a new frame(s) will have to be fabricated. I guess they will be one smoker down for a while.

[Wander00]

Just think where the pitot might have gone!

[Mike51]

Another one today during RIAT/FIA validation apparently. :(

[AeroMad]

Yep, another one hit the nose of RED 7.

[teeonefixer]

Has anyone seen any pictures of this latest incident, please ?

[Bill4a]

When I left Cosford in 1970 I was presented with a map of England that was accurate to the middle of the Thames. Above it was blank inscribed "here be ye Dragonnes!"
That's the north south divide!

[g0kmt]

Tis a mere scratch, just a bit of speed tape and bend the Pitot back into line. Or if really concerned cut a few coke cans into shape and pop rivet a patch over t'ole.

p.s. don't shoot me, I don't often post ;-)

[NutLoose]

T1fixer, look on page 1 and 3 for piccies.

Gokmy post 37.... Great minds and all that...

[teeonefixer]

I was after pics of the 2nd birdstrike at RIAT

[teeonefixer]

I was interested in pics of the 2nd incident at RIAT