Spitfire accident @ East Midlands
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Spitfire accident @ East Midlands
BBC News - East Midlands Airport shut by Spitfire undercarriage collapse
Sketchy details atm, but sounds more than cosmetic
Sketchy details atm, but sounds more than cosmetic
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will find out tomorrow, hope everyone ok first and foremost and it's not to badly damaged.
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According to the BBC, it's the RR Spit.
BBC News - East Midlands Airport shut by Spitfire undercarriage collapse
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BBC News - East Midlands Airport shut by Spitfire undercarriage collapse
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According to today's Telegraph, the front wheel collapsed!!!!
I guess they mean 'main wheels'?
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The Torygraph also identified the aircraft as a Rolls Royce Spitfire..
And being slightly fair - again - because that's the weekly that I occasionally buy for the yacht racing results and crosswords...
The front wheel that did not fail was on the right/left/port/starboard, North/East/South/West side. Not entirely sure, but aren't we in Aquarius yet? Not sure about that alignment. The leg it was sort of attached too, but didn't fail either, was mounted to a lock mechanism in front of the back wheel. And that may have failed. I say 'may' because I have not read a report of a pilot forgetting to lower one of more than one wheel gear. Or having a button that might let him.
Oh. My foot hurts. I seem to have shot it.
Not all tail draggers have tail wheels. So any skid tail a/c has only wheels. Neither front nor back. No wonder they ground loop all the time, even it doesn't know.
The front wheel that did not fail was on the right/left/port/starboard, North/East/South/West side. Not entirely sure, but aren't we in Aquarius yet? Not sure about that alignment. The leg it was sort of attached too, but didn't fail either, was mounted to a lock mechanism in front of the back wheel. And that may have failed. I say 'may' because I have not read a report of a pilot forgetting to lower one of more than one wheel gear. Or having a button that might let him.
Oh. My foot hurts. I seem to have shot it.
Not all tail draggers have tail wheels. So any skid tail a/c has only wheels. Neither front nor back. No wonder they ground loop all the time, even it doesn't know.
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Journo's Screw it up ... AGAIN!
BBC News - East Midlands Airport-closure Spitfire 'recently restored'
Wasn't BoB in 1940?
Doesn't that make 2007 the 67 Years of the Battle of Britain?
It took part in a memorial flight in 2007 to mark 50 years of the Battle of Britain.
Doesn't that make 2007 the 67 Years of the Battle of Britain?
I hope it's not a commercial right-off. How much does a new set of Spitfire props cost plus a 12 cyl Merlin rebuild plus a lot of other repairs and checks for CAA air worthiness? It had just undergone an overhaul apparently.
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Definitely a Griffon!
Their beautiful Mx XIV, lost in the tragic accident at Woodford 20 years ago, is also being rebuilt.
Their beautiful Mx XIV, lost in the tragic accident at Woodford 20 years ago, is also being rebuilt.