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Old 31st Oct 2013, 18:31
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TheOddOne
 
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Wow, that dates me. I remember watching the Blenheim incident.

Were you standing with the rest of the great unwashed on the North Side? That's where we witnessed it from; we were certain that they'd perished, amazing they survived, let alone not badly injured.

The story was that the pilot was a very experienced jet pilot but with relatively little tailwheel/piston time. We heard the distinctive 'popple' of a rich cut as the a/c attempted to lift, then tip stalled to the left. As it was on 25 at the time, it could have easily gone through the single strand of barbed wire at the end of the runway onto the golf course. I believe a C150 did that once and simply taxi back onto the airfield!

Fond memories of Denham and Lapwing 30 years ago. Where is everyone now?

TOO
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