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Echo Romeo

23rd Jul 2019 13:44

Single seater down near Corby

Midget Mustang, pilot injured but okay, aircraft trashed.

golfbananajam

23rd Jul 2019 14:29

Happened on Sunday near Spanhoe, from the BBC article, pilot suffered leg injuries which are not believed to be life-threatening

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-49064873

DaveReidUK

23rd Jul 2019 16:43

Almost certainly Leicester-based G-AWIR:

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....49e174d9ad.jpg

VictorGolf

23rd Jul 2019 16:55

It certainly looks like it from the BBC pictures.

treadigraph

23rd Jul 2019 19:03

It is. Remember seeing it in the hangar at Leicester in the early 80s covered in dust. Nice to see it has been active, what a shame it's oranges. Hope the pilot is mended soonest.

N707ZS

24th Jul 2019 18:23

Both planes had been to Breighton fly-in on Sunday. Sad day for both.

DaveReidUK

24th Jul 2019 21:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by N707ZS (Post 10527191)

Both planes had been to Breighton fly-in on Sunday. Sad day for both.

Were there two aircraft involved ?

N707ZS

24th Jul 2019 22:05

Sorry, the aircraft in the picture above and the one in the alps mentioned elsewhere were at Breighton.

Hipper

14th Dec 2019 09:58

AAIB report on the BBC:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...shire-50780832

How strange that it has some things in common with this crash in August 1960 involving my father's Valiant (see post 5 for a summary):

http://www.pprune.org/military-aviat...ighlight=xd864

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