Llandow air disaster
Today is the seventieth anniversary of the Llandow air disaster and I have a few questions.
I have been trying to find an accident report but without success. Would anybody know the weather conditions of the day of the crash and what navigational aids would the airfield been equipped with? Why did the aircraft not have used Rhoose ? Eighty passengers in a Tudor also seems excessive. |
Have a look at Wiki Here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llandow_air_disaster
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Originally Posted by tubby linton
(Post 10711698)
Eighty passengers in a Tudor also seems excessive.
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Originally Posted by DaveReidUK
(Post 10711886)
The accident aircraft had been fitted with additional seats at the rear of the cabin to accommodate more passengers, with a resulting adverse effect on the CofG which was likely a factor contributing to the accident.
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Originally Posted by Phileas Fogg
(Post 10711931)
And what was a passenger doing in the toilet for landing?
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Originally Posted by tubby linton
(Post 10711698)
Today is the seventieth anniversary of the Llandow air disaster and I have a few questions.
I have been trying to find an accident report but without success. Would anybody know the weather conditions of the day of the crash and what navigational aids would the airfield been equipped with? Why did the aircraft not have used Rhoose ? Eighty passengers in a Tudor also seems excessive. |
As far as the weather was concerned, I can tell you that the weather in Bridgend was bright, sunny and pretty ordinary. I remember it as a 10 year old because I nearly got run down by an ambulance rushing to the accident. Of course I didn't know that until much later when I heard the news.
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Thank you for the replies. I had read the wiki page and unfortunately the references to Flight no longer work as they took their archive off line when they changed owners recently.
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Off direct topic, but related to the Tudor.
The only occasion I know of a Serviceman being charged with "Spreading alarm and despondency" was because of the Tudor. As we know, it was banned from passenger carriage but during the Suez operation at least one was used to carry troops into Aden. One of our Squadron members was a keen aviation buff and, unfortunately, alcoholic. Dozing through the post lunch session he heard the unmistakeable pop and crackle of the Merlins and went to investigate. Unforfunately, he then made it his business to loudly inform the (in transit) pongos that their aircraft was 'unsuitable'. Pleas from the Movements Officer to retract had no effect and he was duly charged. The, somewhat nervous, passengers went on to Nairobi and our hero was 'reduced to the ranks'. Pope's "A little learning ... exemplified! |
A few years later I joined the local ATC and our CO had been a F/E on LIncolns. He had known the Tudor pilot quite well and knew that, being very short, he occasionally had problems with the seat. He had it raised to the highest level and it sometimes dropped down unexpectedly. (cf. Cessna 172) As the Tudor had the same seating arrangements he wondered if this problem happened on the final stages of the approach. The Llandow runway was quite short with a significant hump in it and might have been critical for a heavy laden Tudor.
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Originally Posted by Warmtoast
(Post 10711855)
Have a look at Wiki Here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llandow_air_disaster
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Both of those links say "a nose-up attitude of 35 degrees to the vertical"
I'm assuming that should be to the horizontal |
There are some very good and indeed poignant images at these links:
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2020-...-air-disaster/ https://home.bt.com/news/on-this-day...11363967355517 https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifest...aster--8807605 |
Originally Posted by Liffy 1M
(Post 10714144)
There are some very good and indeed poignant images at these links:
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2020-...-air-disaster/ https://home.bt.com/news/on-this-day...11363967355517 https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifest...aster--8807605 QP |
I wonder if it could have been from the Tudor |
A policeman’s view of the crash.
http://swplive.blob.core.windows.net...r-Disaster.pdf |
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