Originally Posted by
Greeb
I remember it well, young TTE. (Afternoon Thomas) I was one of the last to fly it before the accident. I did the last days towing at the event and then flew the aeroplane back to its base across the ranges in a strong westerly. Plenty of turbulence was experienced. The wing failure was as a result of a compression shake in the wooden mainspar. As a consequence, the fuel tank was taking some of the flight loads and developing cracks which leaked fuel into the wing.
Greeb
Yep, scary ****! Affected so many people.
