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Old 6th Oct 2018, 14:56
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Wensleydale
 
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I even have a beach landing/aero-tow out of a beach once.


Back in 1976, a YUAS Bulldog on summer camp to Woodvale crashed on Southport Beach after becoming locked into a flat spin. The student and instructor bailed out - the instructor quite late and hurt his back. The CFI heard the mayday and seeing the injured QFI lying close to the wrecked aircraft attempted to land on the deserted beach (which was a recognised forced landing point) so that he could administer first aid. Unfortunately he found the one soft spot of sand for miles and at the end of the landing run he dug in a wheel causing the aircraft to catch its wing tip and it ended up on its back. Reports in the newspapers varied: the most lurid was in the Sun which headlined with "Hundreds of holidaymakers ran in fear as two trainer planes collided in mid-air and fell blazing into the sea".
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