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Aircraft crashed at RAF Cranwell

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Old 9th Jan 2013, 12:30
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Aircraft crashed at RAF Cranwell
Reports are coming in on the radio of an aircraft crashing at or around RAF Cranwell today. Both crew members are reported to have walked away...
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Old 9th Jan 2013, 12:43
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It is believed to be a tutor...
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A more correct headline would be "Tutor makes successful forced landing ivo RAFC Cranwell"
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BBC News - Plane crash lands at RAF Cranwell
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Hopefully not another prop failure otherwise there'll be some red faces around.
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Glad to hear they both walked away...not a good period for the Tutor fleet.
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Fleet grounded.
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Glad I got current this morning then!
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Hmm, how long for this time, I wonder?
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I've complained to the BBC about the exaggerated headline. Let's see if they change it.
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And by the looks of the grainy photograph the undercarriage stayed intact. Quite a result given recent rainfall.

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Crew did a good job. Thankfully it wasn't a poor weather day.

Rumour is it was another prop blade loss but on a younger airframe.

No doubt they'll be more official detail on here soon:

Military Aviation Authority | Occurrence Reporting
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Old 9th Jan 2013, 16:17
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Hmm, how long for this time, I wonder?
Rumour is it was another prop blade loss but on a younger airframe.
It's going to be a while if it is another prop blade...
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RAF Grob 115E Forced Landing
Another Grob 115E (known as the Tutor) has made a forced landing after departing RAF Cranwell around 12:25 today.

View video: BREAKING NEWS AND VIDEO - RAF Cranwell trainer damaged after forced landing - Local - Sleaford Standard
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Old 9th Jan 2013, 16:44
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From the above link:

MoD spokesman Wg Cmdr Martin Tinworth told the Standard: We employ professional instructors ...
Wouldnt surprise me to learn that someone at MoD is working on a plan to get the job done by amateur volunteers!
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These are getting like Starfighters, buy a field and sooner or later one will drop in.

Glad everyone walked away from it.
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Old 9th Jan 2013, 18:08
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Similarity fails on the basis that we don't have 700+ Tutors!
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Make more Chipmunks, the perfect trainer.
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Neptunus Rex Make more Chipmunks, the perfect trainer.


Gets my vote
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Old 9th Jan 2013, 20:17
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And to think we had over 700 of those wonderful little aeroplanes ... and we owned them not "hired" under a ludercrous PFI deal
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