Originally Posted by JEM60
Black Six ended up upside down in a ploughed field the other side of the M.11 at Duxford after what was thought by the pilot to be an engine problem during a display some years ago. It was deemed irrepairable, and is now in the RAF Museum at Hendon.
It didn't end up in Hendon because of the accident, that was it's scheduled last ever flight before permanent grounding and displaying at Hendon anyway.......and it was easily repairable to fly again had there been a willingness of the MOD to let it happen, but it had already been given an extention to it's flying days, after a missed season a few years earlier. Both of the higher time Black 6 pilots were unavailable for that last Duxford display slot, so, said high ranking officer, who was the 3rd pilot, flew the display, but hadn't done so for a while IIRC, which resulted in an incorrect human/mechanical interface issue occuring.......