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Old 4th Dec 2003, 23:35
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Say again s l o w l y
 
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Definately not setting up a JP 'club' of my own FD. Not sure what you mean by shroud waving?

I've done a quick evaluation of the Historic a/c accidents in the AAIB website and then tallied these to the current numbers of those a/c flying today. ie not including the crashed machines.

The types I looked at were:

Hurricane: 10 on U.K reg. 0 accidents
Spitfire: 33 on U.K reg. 7 accidents (1 display, 6 'normal' flying) 4 fatalities
JP: 30 on U.K reg. 6 accidents (0 display, 6 'normal' flying) 4 fatalities
L-39: 3 on U.K reg. 1 accident ('normal' flying) 1 fatality
L-29: 5 on U.K reg. 1 accident (Display) 1 fatality
Harvard: 21 on U.K reg. 3 accidents (normal flying) 0 fatalities
Lockheed Lightning: 0 on U.K reg. 1 accident (display) 1 fatality
Hunter: 32 on U.K reg. 3 accidents (1 display, 2 'normal' flying) 1 fatality
Mosquito: 0 on U.K reg. 1 accident (display) 2 fatalities
Sea Fury: 1 on U.K reg. 1 accident ('normal' flying) 1 fatality

This gives a total of 137 Total a/c, 24 accidents (5 display, 19 'normal' flying) and 16 fatalities.

When you consider the number of hours these type of machines fly, it makes pretty sobering reading.

Stats can be manipulated to mean anything you wish, but I've tried to be as conscientious and un-biased as possible.
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