Originally Posted by
possel
As I recall, the story was that there had been an issue with the engine (a small oil leak, I think) at Humberside and they "fixed" it for the journey home, but the fix didn't last long...
From very dimming memory cells of a post elsewhere on the subject from some years ago (probably Flypast forum before it went belly-up) the speculation was that the 'small leak' was likely a result of Stefan putting G-FURY onto its nose at Stapleford (IIRC) prior to the trip up north (weekend before perhaps?) and the engine finally quit about 6 or 7 hours later...perhaps not to many peoples surprise after Stefan's mishap, given the engine wasn't pulled for thorough inspection after the nose-over.