View Full Version : Touch and Go mishaps
racedo
15th Mar 2009, 18:45
About 10 -15 years ago I remember a Herc doing a Touch and Go in a farmers field in Newport in Shropshire got bogged down. It was there for a considerable period of time until they got a strip sorted. Ground was a little boggier than expected.
Anybody else aware of mishaps like this.
Shackman
15th Mar 2009, 18:56
You do of course mean a landing at RAF Chetwynd which is a grass airfield used by the Herc Force for training. Unfortunately whilst taxying for take off he went off the 'beaten' track and became a 'Shropshire Landmark' for a few days before being ignominiously moved to a suitable take off position.
The wheel marks remained 'in' the grass airfield for some considerable time after.
scarecrow450
15th Mar 2009, 20:44
Funny they have'nt been back since, Aug 99, but they did ask about it last year. :cool: