Stanwell,
Yes, she (they?) made a right hoo-hah of it this time. Could've happened to anyone, I suppose. But when I think what Amy Johnson did when I was a small boy, I feel distinctly underwhelmed by Miss TCT.
But can you tell me what it had (had) in front ? I know it isn't the Continental 220hp 7-pot radial fixed-pitch which was the standard fit in our PT-17s. Could it be a Wasp Junior (with a 2-speed prop) lifted off an old BT-13 ?
The AT-6A did not suffer fools gladly. IIRC, we had three fatalities with them on our course at Advanced School, Selma. It was said that the Spitfire made a good lead-in to it in its Harvard guise !
Danny.