Air Display 'C*ck Ups'

[Airbubba]

Originally Posted by Haraka

Airbubba's 4,3,2,1,...0 story may have had it's origins in an incident at a display at RAF St Eval in the very early 50's when a Coastal Command Lancaster did almost that. In this case, however, the recovery was successful, albeit below cliff height ,and the Lancaster exited at low level over the sea.

Originally Posted by Pontius Navigator

Or the Lincoln at Farnborough with 4 feathered.

Thanks, Lincolns and Lancs were indeed mentioned in the conversation four decades ago. About half of our discourse was mutually intelligible due to accents and acronyms. And as I said, the beer.