Quote from the "Aviation History and Nostalgia" forum, "Scimitar Crash nr Ben Vorlich." As the last post for that was in May I thought (rightly or wrongly) I would include it here as it is a similar thread.
"Speechless Two"...
My good mate "Bush" Skrodski had a pitch up and locked controls on finals to Ark and ejected okay only to repeat the experience 19 days later when his wingman reported he was on fire. A few weeks later Bush was the last to land on Ark in a stream of Scimitars. As he folded his wings and taxied into Fly One, the parking area forward on the starboard side, the Officer of the Watch put on rather too much port wheel to get back on heading and Bush skidded on the fuel the other Scimitars had vented onto the deck and he went over the side of the ship, fortunately with the nosewheel getting caught in a walkway and stopping a complete disaster.
