Originally Posted by
ex82watcher
A former coleague,an ATCO at LATCC, bought a Hunter,I heard that when he told his wife,she thought he'd bought an old Hillman car. However,it flew on the airshow circuit for a few years,before the pilot (Craig Prentice I believe) had to jump out and leave it in a Welsh bog.
Craig Penrice.....who used to be a regular poster here on PPRune.....and yes, it was one of the few remaining airworthy F.6A Hunters at the time, and CP's 2nd ejection (having already had to vacate a Lightning during his RAF service) and resultant broken back put an end to his FJ flying for fun as well as for BAe as a TP.