B.E.A. S1-11 at Carlisle 1969/70
I worked for BE. S1-11 division at MAN, and remember the flight training
on the type was sometimes done with "Touch and Goes" at Carlisle airport. On one, possibly two of these flts, the aircraft was badly damaged, and possibly landed "Wheels Up" I recall someone chartering an Aztec, and with a can of paint, had to fly MAN/CAX to paint out the BEA on the a/c. Can anyone remember seeing the a/c at CAX, or know the outcome of the incident (s). Lance Shippey. |
I remember a 500 did a wheels up at Tees Side during crew training. Was in the hanger for ages.
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Sorry to jump threads Lance. Doctor Cruces have you got any photos of the aircraft in the hangar at Teesside.
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There's no reference to the Carlisle event in the DTI/CAA annual summaries, so it doesn't seem to have been classed as an Accident. Runway excursion, perhaps?
The Teesside event involved G-AVMX on 21st February 1973. It was making a flapless landing on a training flight, where the airspeed was higher than the maximum at which the gear warning horn would operate. Oops ... |
Dear Dave and Dr Cruces,
Thanks for the info. The MME incident could have caused a runway closure at MME so the Aztec flew to CAX with the paint, and road to MME, although NCL would have been closer. I remember someone saying, "It's also hit some Drums" I guess the capt. required a change of underwear. Lance Shippey |
Fly from MAN to CAX to get to MME? Somebody really wanted to have a go in an Aztec!
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Originally Posted by SWBKCB
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Fly from MAN to CAX to get to MME? Somebody really wanted to have a go in an Aztec!
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I know someone who was told to get a hire car from Guernsey back to Stansted.... So he did, ferry and all.
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On the flip side of the coin, some 30 years ago I received an invoice at work for £10k from PLM for a helicopter flight from (I think) Sumburgh to Inverness. A couple of our chaps had missed their Dan-Air 748 flight after a late running ferry trip back from Unst, so rather than rebook the flight for the following day and find a hotel, the senior engineer simply chartered a Squirrel. We paid it but I gather there was a rather interesting interview held with the culprit. Good job there wasn't a Bizjet outfit on the airfield, they'd have likely slummed it back to Gatters on a Learjet...
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Originally Posted by N707ZS
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Sorry to jump threads Lance. Doctor Cruces have you got any photos of the aircraft in the hangar at Teesside.
No unfortunately not. I was very young at the time and probably didn't own a camera either! Doc C |
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