View Full Version : Single seater down near Corby
Echo Romeo
23rd Jul 2019, 13:44
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-england-northamptonshire-49064873
DaveReidUK
23rd Jul 2019, 16:43
Almost certainly Leicester-based G-AWIR:
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/520x343/g_awir_67a93b468b5b09bd0ca4ee8856a51449e174d9ad.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
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-northamptonshire-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-aviation/267929-valiant-crash-wittering-august-1960-a.html?highlight=xd864