Tractor Crash
Originally Posted by me
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Some of you here actually flew it - many apologies.
In my limited and long-past experience of these things, a Right-handed person will leave that hand free for the hydraulic controls (on the right) and it appears the implement has controls that are biased to the right. Most offset implements are on the right (mowers, balers etc.) so it is natural to be looking over that way.
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There is a dark object top left of the image. Is that the canopy? If it is that would be when the tractor driver heard the bang. So maybe he looked in the direction he did because the noise was in that direction?
That picture used to adorn many ejection seat servicing bays.
I stand to be corrected but considering the accident rate in those days and the proliferation of the Mk4 seat, I would guess it saved more lives than any other MB seat.
I stand to be corrected but considering the accident rate in those days and the proliferation of the Mk4 seat, I would guess it saved more lives than any other MB seat.
The pilot, although attached to the drogue and deploying chute, seems to be slightly lower than the airframe doing its impression of a simonized brick. Was Galileo wrong?
Aerial photo of crash site at end of Hatfield's runway.
You can see the broken glazed roof panels in the greenhouse 2nd from left, where George crashed through.
You can see the broken glazed roof panels in the greenhouse 2nd from left, where George crashed through.
My understanding was that the airframe was tumbling during its descent. It may look like a well thrown lawn dart but that was just how it was caught at the instant of the camera shutter operating, the pilot and seat were likely ejected downwards and thus overtook the airframe.
