Tucano Down at Linton (Pilot OK)
 

Currently on another site is a report that a Tucano has gone down at Linton this afternoon, Pilot reported to have ejected at low level, but is reported as OK

BBC report: BBC NEWS | England | North Yorkshire | Pilot injured as aircraft crashes

Just seen the Yorkshire Air Ambulance land on scene followed 25 mins later by SAR.

God bless Martin-Baker:D:D:D

Been there, done it - it hurts!!


Ivor

"pilot taken to QMC NOTTINGHAM".
probably laying on a trolly in a forgotten corner as we speak, wondering when he will be treated.
oh, and thinking "why can i smell pizza"?

QUEENS MEDICAL CENTRE, the only hospital with a pizza emporium in the foyer!!!!
a shocking, dump of a hospital!!!:(

p.s, i of course hope he is well soon:ok:

Must have changed considerably since I was there having my back re-assembled :suspect:

Pilot named by BBC.

Get well soon!

Odd that his name's got out so quick.
Careless talk....
Walls have ears and all that!
BV:oh:

Assuming NOK all informed it is good that his name is released quickly - it means that all the other Tucano pilots relatives and friends need not be concerned.

Looks like he was meant to be the 2009 Tucano display pilot

RAF Tucano Display Team - News

Not many people have had that carreer path - Harrier - GR4 - Tucano!!!

One less for the line tomorrow
:=
http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=7157

Tucano Crash 12th March 09

Understand the Tucano bit.

Don't understand the Harrier to GR4 bit.

Lack of single seat slots at the time?

So Flap,

What are you trying to say??????

Wishing the pilot a speedy recovery.

Some images recorded after the ejection.

Tucano Crash 12th March 09

Where does that leave the 2009 tucano dispaly then? :}

Interesting pictures on the link from TEEEJ. Airframe looks almost totally intact with a few obvious exceptions (prop and ejection seat to name two!). Obviously have no idea what went wrong but from the images one could suggest he almost got away with it...or did a fantastic job flying the aircraft before pulling the yellow and black!

Glad to hear pilot on the road to recovery. No doubt he'll have a good story to tell in the bar once the excitement has died down and to the grandchildren in a few years!

SW

If he makes a full recovery, (and here's hoping he's back in the wide blue yonder in very short order) then he will probably be given the chance to carry on, if everyones happy with it. If not, then whoever came second in the selection will be brought up to speed.

PS Lets hear it again for those wizards at Martin Baker :D:ok:

PPS Very sadly, it reminds me of a JP3 crash in allmost the same part of the airfield in the early 1980's. I believe it was a JP display practise; unfortunately the pilot died. (Perhaps someone can confirm this?)

A JP display pilot crashed at Linton in the spring of 1977.

I remember that one because it was the day before I arrived to begin my BFTS course on the aircraft.

The pilot didn't die but he was very severely injured and I don't think he ever recovered. The SMO got a bravery award for digging in the earth down to the pilot and performing a tracheaotomy on him in situ, which saved his life (aircraft was inverted, with him still strapped into the live ejection seat).

Something in the depths of my memory also tells me there may have been yet another aeros accident later, perhaps the one previously referred to.

Has there been a change in the rules of late regarding naming those involved in non-fatal accidents. I saw in the RAF News they named both occupants from the Harrier crash in Cyprus and were very quick to name the chap today. Whilst I know people will say that families of all the other Tucano pilots can rest easy by naming the individual today but it certainly didn't used to be the case (regardless of whether informing net of kin had taken place or not). Is this just a result of everyman and his dog having mobile comms so its easier to quash rumour control early?

I say Sir, that's a bit strong... On the three occasions I found it necessary to eject, my name was never posted on the internet within hours of the event.

Are we to assume that you made the Harrier to GR4 transition with bells on?

If you are worried about the quality of what is written here, why do you choose to add to it with more crap and another stupid comment? (not aimed at you AA)

Strange photos of the ac after the accident minus the prop. Wonder if it was a prop or gearbox failure? Some very high gyroscopic loads on the front of a Tucano during aerobatics. Clearly a successful use of the aircraft jettison handle!!

H Peacock - I should imagine there is a good chance of the gearbox shattering on impact with the ground allowing the prop to go flying away.

Ref Post 19 by Green Flash

MAAS, RAF Jet Provost T5A XW288, 17 May 1982 PDF [519.4 KB]

This was the ninth Jet provost incident Between 05.08.80 and this date, nine incidents in 21 months, one every three months. This one (XW288) very sad.

Monty77
 

Insider knowledge!
BV;)

Is Bludaxe still flying the Tincano at Linton?

alwayslookingup - many thanks, that was the one. I remember it as I was on duty at Linton that day but didn't actually see it - view was blocked by the Fire Section (although we all heard/felt the thud). The motorbike in question was a friends enduro bike that was parked against one of the hanger offices where it was struck by debris. That was a bad time for accidents as alwayslookingup mentions. Too many good men were lost.

I heard the Grade 1 diversion call come out on Guard for 3 Tucanos, including LOP01 - he must have been quite interested in what was going on and will have been racing straight down to Toppers to get on the telephone back to Linton...

Glad to hear that the pilot is OK.

SB

TheShadow- no, he retired some time ago.

I remember the JP in '77 because I was changing a main gearbox on one of 666 sqdns Siouxs at Topcliffe and we sent another over to Linton to take aerial photos for the accident investigators. Hadn't thought about that in a coons age!!!!!!!

What a spectactularly offensive turn of phrase.

No it isn't....
What's the origin of "coon's age"?

May 25, 2004
Dear Straight Dope:
Where does the expression "coon's age" originate? Is it a racial reference or does it actually pertain to raccoons?
— LDziurda
It actually refers to raccoons. The expression "in a coon's age" dates to the early 1800s, and to the folk belief that raccoons are long-lived. My pal Colibri of the Straight Dope Science Advisory Board says, "References differ, but a wild individual raccoon might live up to 5 to 7 years (average survival being much lower, though, probably 2-3 years), and in captivity they can live up to 14-17 years. So their lifespan is comparable to that of a dog."
In the early 1800s, it's doubtful if anyone knew how long raccoons actually lived, and two to three years in the wild is not really very long. But raccoon fur is hardy and reasonably durable, which might have given rise to the belief of longevity.
Many slang terms use the term "coon" to mean raccoon. Their black eye-mask and nocturnal habits suggest anthropomorphic parallels, so we get the term "coon" meaning to steal or pilfer, for instance. The word also was used in the 1830s to mean a rustic, a country-bumpkin. In 1840, the coon was the figurehead of the Whig Party. (Where are the Whigs now when we need them?)

And thankfully only post once every 2 years.........

spectactularly :

A pompous attempt at using a really big word to impress others whilst achieving the opposite effect. Being 'Right on', when you're not right and there's nothing going on is not big or clever.

I am angrificated by your twatificallity. You're not GW are you?

Anyone else prepared to responcify:ugh:?

Indubitably old chap – what he said!!!!:D

You can get compensatorified for that.

Isn't it.

Mwahh ha ha ha etc.

Arse. ****. Nuns.

Note the punctuation. Very post-Orwellian, dontcha think?

Oh, look what just happened.

Crap post removed by chastened poster rendering all thereafter illogical.

Well done bluntmate. You are blunt. And a blackboard is still a blackboard, because it is black and it is a board, just like my arse is an arse, a white arse, and therefore by definition, a white arse.

Am I sorry? For what? Keep your venom for what really matters. In my experience of the military, they are actually more tolerant of race and religion than civilian equivalents. You are judged on how good you are at your job, not on the fact that you pray/wear a turban etc. And long may it remain so.

Monty 77
 

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