engineoff - "First the R44 then this latest incident "
Add to that the grounding of Concorde and we Brits are really celebrating "100 years of Powered Flight" in style.
And this from the nation who gave the world the jet engine, radar and yes, what the hell, say it proud - The Brotherhood of Man's "Save all your kisses for me. What has become of us?
By the way, if that had been Shackelton in the 407, he would have built himself a pogo stick from the wreckage and hopped back to Patriot Hills, none of this "pop the ELT, come and get me" sh-1T.